Private Pilot Checkride Oral Exam
UPDATED ACTUAL QUESTIONS AND
CORRECT ANSWERS
NO acting as PIC in an aircraft that is carrying passengers or property for compensation or
hire, NO acting as PIC for compensation or hire.
1. MAY act as PIC of an aircraft in connection with a business only if it is incidental to the
business and does not carry passengers or property for hire.
2. May NOT pay less than pro rata share of the flight expenses when carrying passengers.
3. MAY carry passengers in a airlift sponsored by charitable organizations
4. MAY be reimbursed for flight operations involving search and rescue, provided only flight
expenditures are paid for and it is sanctioned by law enforcement.
5. MAY demonstrate an aircraft in flight to a prospective buyer if the private pilot is an
aircraft salesman and has at least 200 hours.
6. MAY act as PIC towing a glider if they meet the requirements in Part 61.69 - CORRECT
ANSWER✅✅The privileges and limitations that apply to a private pilot
1. Within the preceding 24 months, accomplished a flight review.
2. To carry passengers, within the preceding 90 days - 3 takeoffs and landings.
3. To carry passengers at night, at least 3 takeoffs and full stop landings at night within the
preceding 90 days. - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Requirements to remain current as a
private pilot
What medical certificate is required for private pilots? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Third-
class medical certificate
How long is a third class medical valid? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅36 months for those
younger than 40, 24 months for those older
What type of flight time must be documented and recorded by all pilots? - CORRECT
ANSWER✅✅Training and experience to meet the requirements for a certificate, rating, or
flight review OR the aeronautical experience required to met the recency of flight experience
required by part 61.
What documents are required on board an aircraft prior to flight? - CORRECT
ANSWER✅✅Airworthiness certificate, registration certificate, owner's manual or
operating limitations, weight and balance data
How can you tell if all the required placards are present in the airplane? - CORRECT
ANSWER✅✅They are listed in the POH
1. Airspeed indicator.
2. Altimeter.
3. Magnetic direction indicator.
4. Tachometer for each engine.
5. Oil pressure gauge for each engine using a pressure system.
, 6. Temperature gauge for each liquid-cooled engine.
7. Oil temperature gauge for each air-cooled engine.
8. Manifold pressure gauge for each altitude engine.
9. Fuel gauge indicating the quantity of fuel in each tank.
10. Landing gear position indicator, if RG.
11. Anticollision light system for planes certified after March 11, 1996.
12. Flotation gear and pyrotechnic signaling device if operating for hire beyond power-off
gliding distance from shore.
13. Safety belt for each occupant 2 years or older
14. Shoulder harnesses for each front seat for aircraft manufactured after July 18, 1978.
15. ELT, if required by 91.207. - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Required instruments and
equipment for day VFR.
1. All instruments and equipment required for DAY VFR.
2. Position lights
3. Anticollision light system
4. Electric landing light if the aircraft is operated for hire.
5. An adequate source of electrical energy for all installed electrical and radio equipment. -
CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Required instruments for NIGHT VFR.
Published when compliance with minimum equipment requirements are not necessary to the
interest of safety under all conditions. Includes only those items that may be inoperable but
still maintain an acceptable level of safety under all conditions. - CORRECT
ANSWER✅✅Minimum Equipment Lists
If equipment is found to be inoperative, what do you do? - CORRECT
ANSWER✅✅Determine if it is necessary for flight from the type design, the CFRs or
Ads. If not, put a INOP sticker over it.
Issued to aircraft that do not meet current airworthiness requirements but are capable of safe
flight. Issued for following purposes:
1. Flying an aircraft to a base where repairs, alterations, or maintenance will be performed, or
to a point of storage.
2. Delivering or exporting an aircraft.
3. Production flight testing new-production aircraft
4. Evacuating aircraft from areas of impeding danger.
5. Conducting customer demonstration flights in new-production aircraft that have
satisfactorily completed flight tests - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Special Flight Permits
How are Special Flight Permits obtained? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Forms may be
obtained from local FDSO or Designated Airworthiness Representative.
The medium the FAA uses to notify owners and other persons of unsafe conditions that exist
because of design defects, maintenance, or other causes, and to specify the conditions under
which the product can continue to be operated. ADs are regulatory in nature, and compliance
is mandatory. It is the owner's responsibility to ensure compliance. - CORRECT
ANSWER✅✅Airworthiness Directives (ADs)
UPDATED ACTUAL QUESTIONS AND
CORRECT ANSWERS
NO acting as PIC in an aircraft that is carrying passengers or property for compensation or
hire, NO acting as PIC for compensation or hire.
1. MAY act as PIC of an aircraft in connection with a business only if it is incidental to the
business and does not carry passengers or property for hire.
2. May NOT pay less than pro rata share of the flight expenses when carrying passengers.
3. MAY carry passengers in a airlift sponsored by charitable organizations
4. MAY be reimbursed for flight operations involving search and rescue, provided only flight
expenditures are paid for and it is sanctioned by law enforcement.
5. MAY demonstrate an aircraft in flight to a prospective buyer if the private pilot is an
aircraft salesman and has at least 200 hours.
6. MAY act as PIC towing a glider if they meet the requirements in Part 61.69 - CORRECT
ANSWER✅✅The privileges and limitations that apply to a private pilot
1. Within the preceding 24 months, accomplished a flight review.
2. To carry passengers, within the preceding 90 days - 3 takeoffs and landings.
3. To carry passengers at night, at least 3 takeoffs and full stop landings at night within the
preceding 90 days. - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Requirements to remain current as a
private pilot
What medical certificate is required for private pilots? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Third-
class medical certificate
How long is a third class medical valid? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅36 months for those
younger than 40, 24 months for those older
What type of flight time must be documented and recorded by all pilots? - CORRECT
ANSWER✅✅Training and experience to meet the requirements for a certificate, rating, or
flight review OR the aeronautical experience required to met the recency of flight experience
required by part 61.
What documents are required on board an aircraft prior to flight? - CORRECT
ANSWER✅✅Airworthiness certificate, registration certificate, owner's manual or
operating limitations, weight and balance data
How can you tell if all the required placards are present in the airplane? - CORRECT
ANSWER✅✅They are listed in the POH
1. Airspeed indicator.
2. Altimeter.
3. Magnetic direction indicator.
4. Tachometer for each engine.
5. Oil pressure gauge for each engine using a pressure system.
, 6. Temperature gauge for each liquid-cooled engine.
7. Oil temperature gauge for each air-cooled engine.
8. Manifold pressure gauge for each altitude engine.
9. Fuel gauge indicating the quantity of fuel in each tank.
10. Landing gear position indicator, if RG.
11. Anticollision light system for planes certified after March 11, 1996.
12. Flotation gear and pyrotechnic signaling device if operating for hire beyond power-off
gliding distance from shore.
13. Safety belt for each occupant 2 years or older
14. Shoulder harnesses for each front seat for aircraft manufactured after July 18, 1978.
15. ELT, if required by 91.207. - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Required instruments and
equipment for day VFR.
1. All instruments and equipment required for DAY VFR.
2. Position lights
3. Anticollision light system
4. Electric landing light if the aircraft is operated for hire.
5. An adequate source of electrical energy for all installed electrical and radio equipment. -
CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Required instruments for NIGHT VFR.
Published when compliance with minimum equipment requirements are not necessary to the
interest of safety under all conditions. Includes only those items that may be inoperable but
still maintain an acceptable level of safety under all conditions. - CORRECT
ANSWER✅✅Minimum Equipment Lists
If equipment is found to be inoperative, what do you do? - CORRECT
ANSWER✅✅Determine if it is necessary for flight from the type design, the CFRs or
Ads. If not, put a INOP sticker over it.
Issued to aircraft that do not meet current airworthiness requirements but are capable of safe
flight. Issued for following purposes:
1. Flying an aircraft to a base where repairs, alterations, or maintenance will be performed, or
to a point of storage.
2. Delivering or exporting an aircraft.
3. Production flight testing new-production aircraft
4. Evacuating aircraft from areas of impeding danger.
5. Conducting customer demonstration flights in new-production aircraft that have
satisfactorily completed flight tests - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Special Flight Permits
How are Special Flight Permits obtained? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Forms may be
obtained from local FDSO or Designated Airworthiness Representative.
The medium the FAA uses to notify owners and other persons of unsafe conditions that exist
because of design defects, maintenance, or other causes, and to specify the conditions under
which the product can continue to be operated. ADs are regulatory in nature, and compliance
is mandatory. It is the owner's responsibility to ensure compliance. - CORRECT
ANSWER✅✅Airworthiness Directives (ADs)
