ACS PRIVATE PILOT AIRPLANE EXAM QUESTIONS
AND ANSWERS 100% CORRECT
Medical certificates: class, privileges, temporary disqualifications 1st - ATP
2nd - Commercial
3rd - Private
Disqualifications - DUIs, drugs, heart problems
Documents required to exercise private pilot privileges Pilot certificate/medical/photo ID
Part 68 BasicMed privileges and limitations Privileges - VFR or IFR, 250 kts max, below 18000'
Limitations - No more than five passengers, no more than 6,000 lbs, may not fly for compensation or
hire.
Proficiency vs currency Being able to perform duties well vs doing them recently enough to
remember how to
Airworthiness certificate location and expiration dates Must be legible to passengers OR crew, no
expiration date
Pilot-performed preventative maintenance FAR 43 - replacing fluids, batteries, basic
maintenance. Performed by private pilot.
Flying with inoperative equipment Check KOEL (PIM 2-12), either deactivate and placard
inoperable if not needed, if needed the FSDO special permit to go repair
Determine airplane is airworthy Check documents (SPARROW), AD's, maintenance records,
inspections
Locate and describe registration information Must be carried when in operation, shows serial #,
tail #, operator
Sources of weather data for flight
, ACS PRIVATE PILOT AIRPLANE EXAM QUESTIONS
AND ANSWERS 100% CORRECT
planning purposes ForeFlight weather briefing, Aviaton Weather Center, FSS briefing
Flight deck displays of digital weather and aeronautical information G1000 - radar, lightning,
winds aloft, SIGMETS/AIRMETS
Altitude selection accounting for terrain and obstacles, glide distance of the airplane, VFR
cruising altitudes, and the effect of wind VFR Altitudes Above 3000'
East- odd thousand plus 500
West- even thousand plus 500
Calculating:
a. Time, climb and descent rates, course, distance, heading, true airspeed, and
groundspeed
b. Estimated time of arrival to include conversion to universal coordinated time (UTC)
c. Fuel requirements, to include reserve Calculating - tables in PIM
UTC conversion - + 4 hrs to EDT
Fuel reserves - Day 30 min cruise/Night 45 min cruise
Procedures for activating and closing a VFR flight plan Activate/close with ForeFlight, FSS
Factors affecting performance, to include:
Loading (e.g., center of gravity) CG - foward gives increased stability and increased drag/aft gives
decreased stability and higher cruise speeds
Primary flight controls Ailerons/elevator/rudder
Secondary flight controls Flaps/trim/spoilers
AND ANSWERS 100% CORRECT
Medical certificates: class, privileges, temporary disqualifications 1st - ATP
2nd - Commercial
3rd - Private
Disqualifications - DUIs, drugs, heart problems
Documents required to exercise private pilot privileges Pilot certificate/medical/photo ID
Part 68 BasicMed privileges and limitations Privileges - VFR or IFR, 250 kts max, below 18000'
Limitations - No more than five passengers, no more than 6,000 lbs, may not fly for compensation or
hire.
Proficiency vs currency Being able to perform duties well vs doing them recently enough to
remember how to
Airworthiness certificate location and expiration dates Must be legible to passengers OR crew, no
expiration date
Pilot-performed preventative maintenance FAR 43 - replacing fluids, batteries, basic
maintenance. Performed by private pilot.
Flying with inoperative equipment Check KOEL (PIM 2-12), either deactivate and placard
inoperable if not needed, if needed the FSDO special permit to go repair
Determine airplane is airworthy Check documents (SPARROW), AD's, maintenance records,
inspections
Locate and describe registration information Must be carried when in operation, shows serial #,
tail #, operator
Sources of weather data for flight
, ACS PRIVATE PILOT AIRPLANE EXAM QUESTIONS
AND ANSWERS 100% CORRECT
planning purposes ForeFlight weather briefing, Aviaton Weather Center, FSS briefing
Flight deck displays of digital weather and aeronautical information G1000 - radar, lightning,
winds aloft, SIGMETS/AIRMETS
Altitude selection accounting for terrain and obstacles, glide distance of the airplane, VFR
cruising altitudes, and the effect of wind VFR Altitudes Above 3000'
East- odd thousand plus 500
West- even thousand plus 500
Calculating:
a. Time, climb and descent rates, course, distance, heading, true airspeed, and
groundspeed
b. Estimated time of arrival to include conversion to universal coordinated time (UTC)
c. Fuel requirements, to include reserve Calculating - tables in PIM
UTC conversion - + 4 hrs to EDT
Fuel reserves - Day 30 min cruise/Night 45 min cruise
Procedures for activating and closing a VFR flight plan Activate/close with ForeFlight, FSS
Factors affecting performance, to include:
Loading (e.g., center of gravity) CG - foward gives increased stability and increased drag/aft gives
decreased stability and higher cruise speeds
Primary flight controls Ailerons/elevator/rudder
Secondary flight controls Flaps/trim/spoilers
