Accurate
Instrument rating flight experience requirements - ANSWER-91.65
a. 50 hours XC as PIC
b. 40 hours actual/simulated instrument time
c. 15 hours of training from cfi
d. 3 hours with cfi in last 60 days
e. 250nm XC under IFR with 3 different kinds of approached
Safety pilot - ANSWER-61.3, 61.55, 91.109
a. current medical
b. private licence with category and class
c. under IFR, instrument rated
required instruments/equipments under IFR - ANSWER-Generator
Radios (Nav equipment)
Altimetor
Ball (Slip skid indicator)
Clock
Attitude indicator
Rate of turn (turn coordinator)
Directional Gyro
DME or RNAV (for flight at Fl 240 and above if VOR equipment is required for the route)
Portable devices - ANSWER-91.21
What type of aircraft equipment determines your "special equipment" suffix when filing
an IFR flight plan? - ANSWER-AIM 5-1-8
a. Radar beacon transponder
b. DME
c. Tacan
d. RNAV
e. GPA/GNSS
f. Reduced Vertical Separation Minimums
What are the limitations the airspeed indicator is subjected to? - ANSWER-it must have
proper flow of air in the pitot/static system
what are the errors that the airspeed indicator is subject to? - ANSWER-Position ---
caused by static reading slip airflow
Density
Compressibility --- above 180 knots
, Airspeed bands - ANSWER-White arc --- Vso to max flaps down
Green arc --- VS to Vno
Yellow arc --- Vno to Vne
Red line --- Vne
what causes the winds aloft to flow parallel to the isobars? - ANSWER-the Corioris force
What are the main types of icing an aircraft may encounter? - ANSWER-Structural
Induction system
instrument icing
Name three different types of structural ice - ANSWER-Clear, rime, mixed
What records must be kept concerning VOR checks - ANSWER-the date, place and
error and sign
How far down a runway does the touchdown zone extend? - ANSWER-The touchdown
zone is the first 3000 feet of the runway beginning at the threshold. The area is used for
determination of Touchdown Zone Elevation.
What are pre-taxi clearance procedures? - ANSWER-whereby pilots of IFR may elect to
receive IFR clearances before they start taxing, and it is not mandatory, and shuld call
no more than 10 mins before proposed taxi time.
What causes radiation fog to form? - ANSWER-a clear sky, little or no wind, and small
temp-dew point spread. exclusively at night or near day break.
ATIS; magnetic or true? knots or mph? - ANSWER-Magnetic.
"If you read it, it's true. If you hear it, it's magnetic".
when considering potential alternate airports, must an airport have an instrument
approach to be legal as an alternate? - ANSWER-91.169
no, but 1 hour before and after ETA, the weather must have VFR minima from MEA and
landing under basic VFR.
What are the required reports for equipment malfunction under IFR in controlled
airspace? - ANSWER-AIM 5-3-3
NAV, COMM and flight equipments
Clearance void time - ANSWER-AIM 5-2-6
when operating from an airport without a tower, a pilot may receive a clearance
containing a provision that if the flight has not departed by a specific time, the clearance
is void.
Hold for release - ANSWER-AIM 5-2-6