Instrument rating flight experience requirements correct answers91.65
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 correct answers61.3, 61.55, 91.109
a. current medical
b. private licence with category and class
c. under IFR, instrument rated
required instruments/equipments under IFR correct answersGenerator
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 correct answers91.21
What type of aircraft equipment determines your "special equipment" suffix when filing an IFR
flight plan? correct answersAIM 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? correct answersit must have
proper flow of air in the pitot/static system
what are the errors that the airspeed indicator is subject to? correct answersPosition --- caused by
static reading slip airflow
Density
Compressibility --- above 180 knots
Airspeed bands correct answersWhite 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? correct answersthe Corioris force
What are the main types of icing an aircraft may encounter? correct answersStructural
Induction system
instrument icing
Name three different types of structural ice correct answersClear, rime, mixed
What causes radiation fog to form? correct answersa 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? correct answersMagnetic.
"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? correct answers91.169
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?
correct answersAIM 5-3-3
NAV, COMM and flight equipments
Clearance void time correct answersAIM 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 correct answersAIM 5-2-6
A pilot may not depart till a release time or additional instructions are received from ATC.
ODP correct answersObstacle Departure Procedures
Printed either textually pr graphycally. May be flown without ATC clearance.
SID correct answersStandard instrument Departures
Always printed graphically. ATC clearaance must be receive prior to flying it.
Requires pilot to have the texual or graphic depiction.
Standard Instrument departure correct answersAIM 5-2-8
crossing departure end at least 35 feet above, and climbing til 400 feet and make initial turn,
maintaining a min clin gradient of 200 feet per nm
Where are DPs located? correct answers"IFR Take off minimums and Departure Procedures",
section C of TPPs