Private Pilot Checkride Oral Questions
2025/2026 Exam All Answers and
Illustrations Given
CHAPTER 1 CERTIFICATIONS AND DOCUMENTS - 🧠ANSWER
✔✔CHAPTER 1 CERTIFICATIONS AND DOCUMENTS
What is required to become a private pilot? - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔- Must be at
least 17 years old
- Read, write, and speak English
- Pass a written knowledge exam
- Have adequate Ground and Flight training endorsements
- Hold at least a third class medical
What are your privileges and limitations? - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔Priviliges:
- Can demonstrate an aircraft to a buyer as long as you are a salesperson
or broker with 200 hours
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,- Can act as PIC of an aircraft towing a glider as long as you meet
requirements
- Can act as PIC of an aircraft as long as it is incidental to a business; can
not carry passengers for compensation
Limitations:
- Can not pay less than pro rated share of operating expenses with
passengers (fuel, oil, fees)
- Can not fly for hire or compensation
How do you remain current as a Private Pilot? - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔- Complete
a Flight Review every 2 years
To remain current carrying passengers:
- Within preceding 90 days, complete 3 take offs and landings in aircraft of
the same category, class, and type
(If conventional gear, must be to a full stop)
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,(If at night, must be to a full stop and between one hour after sunset and
one hour before sunrise)
FAR/AIM 61.56 and 61.57
What documents are required aboard an aircraft? - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔-
Airworthiness Certification
- Registration
- Radio Certification (International Only)
- Owner's Manual
- Weight and Balance
91 203 and 91.9
Does the registration ever expire? - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔Yes, every 3 years the
owner must reregister
What documents must the PIC always have with them? - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔-
Medical Certificate
- Student/Private Pilot Certificate
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, - Photo ID
What inspections are required for your aircraft? - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔A -
Airworthiness Directives (AD's)
V - VOR Check (every 30 days) (IFR Only)
I - Inspections 100 hour (For Hire Only) and Annual (Required of all
Aircraft)
A - Altimeter/ Pitot Static System
(Every 24 Calendar Months) (IFR Only)
T - Transponder (Every 24 Calendar Months)
E - ELT (Every 12 Calendar Months)
FAR/AIM 91 409
Difference between 100 hour inspection and Annual inspection? -
🧠ANSWER ✔✔All aircraft must undergo an annual inspection. Aircraft for
hire must also undergo 100 hour inspection
Annual inspection is more in depth and requires a more certified mechanic
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2025/2026 Exam All Answers and
Illustrations Given
CHAPTER 1 CERTIFICATIONS AND DOCUMENTS - 🧠ANSWER
✔✔CHAPTER 1 CERTIFICATIONS AND DOCUMENTS
What is required to become a private pilot? - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔- Must be at
least 17 years old
- Read, write, and speak English
- Pass a written knowledge exam
- Have adequate Ground and Flight training endorsements
- Hold at least a third class medical
What are your privileges and limitations? - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔Priviliges:
- Can demonstrate an aircraft to a buyer as long as you are a salesperson
or broker with 200 hours
COPYRIGHT©JOSHCLAY 2025/2026. YEAR PUBLISHED 2025. COMPANY REGISTRATION NUMBER: 619652435. TERMS OF USE. PRIVACY
STATEMENT. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED
1
,- Can act as PIC of an aircraft towing a glider as long as you meet
requirements
- Can act as PIC of an aircraft as long as it is incidental to a business; can
not carry passengers for compensation
Limitations:
- Can not pay less than pro rated share of operating expenses with
passengers (fuel, oil, fees)
- Can not fly for hire or compensation
How do you remain current as a Private Pilot? - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔- Complete
a Flight Review every 2 years
To remain current carrying passengers:
- Within preceding 90 days, complete 3 take offs and landings in aircraft of
the same category, class, and type
(If conventional gear, must be to a full stop)
COPYRIGHT©JOSHCLAY 2025/2026. YEAR PUBLISHED 2025. COMPANY REGISTRATION NUMBER: 619652435. TERMS OF USE. PRIVACY
STATEMENT. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED
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,(If at night, must be to a full stop and between one hour after sunset and
one hour before sunrise)
FAR/AIM 61.56 and 61.57
What documents are required aboard an aircraft? - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔-
Airworthiness Certification
- Registration
- Radio Certification (International Only)
- Owner's Manual
- Weight and Balance
91 203 and 91.9
Does the registration ever expire? - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔Yes, every 3 years the
owner must reregister
What documents must the PIC always have with them? - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔-
Medical Certificate
- Student/Private Pilot Certificate
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STATEMENT. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED
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, - Photo ID
What inspections are required for your aircraft? - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔A -
Airworthiness Directives (AD's)
V - VOR Check (every 30 days) (IFR Only)
I - Inspections 100 hour (For Hire Only) and Annual (Required of all
Aircraft)
A - Altimeter/ Pitot Static System
(Every 24 Calendar Months) (IFR Only)
T - Transponder (Every 24 Calendar Months)
E - ELT (Every 12 Calendar Months)
FAR/AIM 91 409
Difference between 100 hour inspection and Annual inspection? -
🧠ANSWER ✔✔All aircraft must undergo an annual inspection. Aircraft for
hire must also undergo 100 hour inspection
Annual inspection is more in depth and requires a more certified mechanic
COPYRIGHT©JOSHCLAY 2025/2026. YEAR PUBLISHED 2025. COMPANY REGISTRATION NUMBER: 619652435. TERMS OF USE. PRIVACY
STATEMENT. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED
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