Private Pilot Stage Check Oral Guide Questions and Complete Solutions
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Course
Private pilot
Institution
Private Pilot
What documents must you have with you to fly the airplane? (3) 1. Pilot Certificate 2. Medical Certificate 3. Government issued PhotoID
As a student pilot in solo flight - must have log book with endorsements
What are your limitations as a student pilot? (4) 1. No passengers 2. Cannot carry prope...
Private Pilot Stage Check Oral Guide
Questions and Complete Solutions
What documents must you have with you to fly the airplane? (3) ✅1. Pilot Certificate
2. Medical Certificate
3. Government issued PhotoID
As a student pilot in solo flight - must have log book with endorsements
What are your limitations as a student pilot? (4) ✅1. No passengers
2. Cannot carry property for compensation or hire
3. Cannot fly in furtherance of a business
4. Cannot fly with a flight or surface visibility of less than 3sm during the day and 5sm at
night and flight must be made with visual references to the surface
What privileges and limitations apply to a private pilot? ✅Privileges
- act as PIC and carry passengers
- conduct search and rescue operations
- fly for charitable non profit or community event
- act as an aircraft salesman If you have at least 200 hrs
Limitations
- Cannot fly for hire
- Must pay no less than pro rate share
Do you need to take your log book with you? ✅Only as a solo student pilot on a cross
country flight
What type of pilot certificate do you have? Does it expire? ✅Under 40 - A student pilot
certificate expires after 60 calendar months (5 years)
Over 40 - expires after 24 calendar months (2 Years)
PPL, CPL, CFI, Ground Instructors, and ATP certificates are issued without an
expiration date
How do we keep our pilot certificate current? ✅Student Pilot - with a valid medical
certificate
PPL - Flight review every 24 calendar months
What are the currency requirements for carrying passengers? ✅3 take offs and
landings within the preceding 90 dates in an aircraft of the same category, class, and
type if required. At night, these 3 landings must be made to a full stop.
,Night Definition? When can you perform required night landings? ✅Night = the time
between civil twilight and morning civil twilight
Night landings can be logged 1 hour after sunset and 1 hour before sunrise
How long is a medical certificate valid for? (61.23) ✅Under 40 - 60 calendar months
1st Class - 1st class for 12 calendar months, 2nd class for next 12 calendar months, 3rd
class for remaining 36 calendar months
2nd Class - 2nd class for 12 calendar months, 3rds class for remaining 48 Calendar
months
3rd Class - 60 calendar months
40 and over - 24 calendar months
1st Class - 1st class for 6 calendar months, 2nd class for next 6 calendar months, 3rd
class for remaining 12 calendar months
2nd Class - 2nd class for 6 calendar months, 3rd blasts for remaining 18 months
3rd Class - 24 calendar months
What documents should be in the aircraft before flight? (ARROW) ✅Airworthiness
Certificate
Registration
Radio License (required for international flight)
Operating Limitations (found in POH)
Weight and Balance equipment list
When will an aircraft registrations expire? ✅3 years
Which weight and balance information must be in the aircraft, the one on the takeoff
data card or the one in the airplane flight manual? ✅Updated weight and balance
equipment list in the AFM
With Respect to the certification, privileges, and limitations of airmen, what do category,
class, and type mean? ✅Category: Airplane, Rotocraft, Glider, Lighter-Than-Air etc.
Class: Single engine Land/Sea, Multi Engine Land/Sea
Type: Specific to aircraft - only required for aircraft with max gross weight equal to or
greater than 12,500ibs turbojet, or any aircraft specified by the FAA to require one
If a pilot changes their permanent mailing address, how long can the pilot continue to
exercise the privileges of their pilot certificate without notifying the FAA? ✅30 days
Does an airworthiness ever expire? ✅Not as long as inspections are kept up to date
and manufacturer's original design is adhered to
Does the POH meet the requirement of having an AFM? ✅Yes - The POH for most
light aircraft built after 1975 is also the FAA designated AFM
, Who says we have to follow the POH? ✅FAR 91.9 states "no person may operate a
civil aircraft without complying with the operating limitations specified int he approved
Airplane or Rotorcraft Flight Manual"
Who is responsible for ensuring an aircraft is maintained in an airworthy condition?
✅The Owner/Operator
Required Inspections (AVIATES) ✅Annual - every 12 calendar months
VOR - every 30 days for IFR
100 hour if airplane is being operated for hire
Altimeter/Pitot Static - 24 calendar months; required for IFR flights
Transponder - 24 calendar months
ELT - 12 calendar months or after 1 hour cumulative use or half of bater life
Service bulletins and ADs complied with
What is an Airworthiness Directive? is it mandatory? ✅FAA issued order to fix a known
issue - It is mandatory
What different kinds of AD's are there? (3 types) ✅Emergency - These require
immediate compliance before flight
One Time - After the AD is complied with once, there is no further need to address the
specified issue
Recurring - This AD must be complied with at the specified interval
Can you over fly an annual? ✅The only way to over fly an annual is to obtain a special
flight permit from the FSDO (Flight Standards District Offices)
Can you overfly the 100 hour? ✅A 100 hour inspection may be overflow by no more
than 10 hours and only if encountering to the place where the inspection will be done.
An annual inspection can substituted for the 100 hour however, a 100 hour cannot
substitute an annual inspection
Do you need to have an ELT in the airplane today? ✅Not needed for training within 50
nm of home airport
When does an ELT batter have to be replaced or recharged? ✅12 Calendar Months >
1 Hour Cumulative Use > half of Batter Life
What equipment and instruments do you need to have in an airplane for today's flight?
(ATOMATOFLAMES) ✅Altimeter
Tachometer
Oil temperature gage
Magnetic compass
Airspeed indication
Temperature gauge (for liquid cooled engines)
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