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COMMERCIAL PILOT QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
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COMMERCIAL PILOT QUESTIONS AND ANSWERSWhat privileges apply to a commercial pilot? - answers -a. Carrying person or property
for compensation or hire
B. For compensation or hire
Commercial pilot operations without an "operating certificate" - answers -student
instruction, nonstop sightseeing flights, ferry or training flights, crop dusting, banner
towing, aerial photography,pipeline patrol
Common carriage - answers -common carriage refers to the carriage of passengers or
cargo as a result of advertising the availability of carriage to the public
4 elements of common carriage - answers -a. A holding out or willingness to
B. Transport persons or property
C. From place to place
D. For compensation
Holding out - answers -holding out implies offering to the public the carriage of persons
and property for hire either intrastate or interstate
How can a pilot determine if the aircraft is equipped with a mode c transporter - answers
-referencing the current weight and balance equipment list
Are afm required to be in the aircraft at all times - answers -yes
What are special flight permits - answers -authorization that may be issued for an
aircraft that may not currently meet applicable airworthiness requirements but safe for
specific flight
When are special flight permits necessary - answers -a. Flying for repairs
B. Delivering or exporting an aircraft
C. Flight test
D. Evacuating aircraft from areas of impending danger
Where do you obtain special flight permit - answers -form can be obtained from the local
fsdo (flight standards district office) or designated airworthiness representative
Equipment required for vfr day flight - answers -airspeed indicator
Tachometer for each engine
Oil pressure gauge for each engine
Mag compass
Altimeter
Temperature gauge for each liquid cooled engine
Oil temperature gauge for each air cooled engine
,Fuel gauge
Landing gear position light
Anti collision
Manifold pressure gauge
Elt
Safety belts
Vfr night flight - answers -vfr day flight+
Fuses
Landing light (if for hire)
Anti-collision
Position lights
Source of electricity
Can an aircraft operator allow flight operations to be conducted in a aircraft with known
inoperative equipment - answers -1. Operation of aircraft with a minimum equipment list
(mel) 91.213
2. Operation without a mel 91.213
Minimum equipment list - answers -is a precise listing of instrument, equipment, and
procedures that allows an aircraft to be operated under specific conditions with
inoperative equipment
How long does the airworthiness certificate remain valid - answers -airworthiness
certificates are effective as long as the maintenance, preventive maintenance, and
alteration are performed in accordance with parts 43 and 91
Does aircraft registration have an expiration date - answers -yes, it will expire in 3 years
at the last date of the month
Required inspections for vfr and ifr - answers -annual inspection 12 cal months
Airworthiness directives
Vor 30 days
100- hour inspection
Altimeter, altitude reporting equipment 24 cal months
Transponder 24 cal months
Elt 12 cal months, hour of use, half battery life
Static system 24 cal months
Define preventive maintenance - answers -is considered to be simple or minor
preservation operations and the replacement of small standards parts not involving
complex assembly operations.
Exp. Oil changes, wheel bearing lubrication, hydraulic fluid refills
What are airworthiness directives - answers -an ad is the medium used by the faa to
notify aircraft owners and other potentially interested persons of unsafe conditions that
, may exist because of design defects, maintenance, other causes, and to specify the
conditions under which the product may continue to be operated.
What is the primary means some examples of obtaining a weather briefing - answers -
primary- 1-800-wx-brief
A. Tibs- telephone info briefing service
B. Direct user access terminal system( duats)
C. Inflight weather information is available from fss. 122.0
Where can you find a listing of fss and weather information numbers - answers -airport/
facility directory -afd "faa and nws telephone numbers
What type of weather briefing are available from fss briefer - answers -standard
Abbreviated
Outlook
Inflight briefing
What is efas - answers -enroute flight advisory service- is specifically designed to
provide en route aircraft with timely and meaningful weather advisories pertinent to the
type of flight intended, route of flight and altitude.
What is atis - answers -automatic terminal information service- the continuos broadcast
of recorded non control information in selected high activity terminal areas.
What is a metar - answers -an aviation routine weather report; a weather observer's
interpretation of the weather conditions at a given sire and time.
What are radar weather reports - answers -these include the type, intensity, and
location of the echo top of general areas of precipitation observed by radar, reported
each hour at h+55
What are terminal aerodrome forecast (taf) - answers -a taf is a concise statement of
expected meteorological conditions significant to aviation for a specified time period with
5 sm
What is an aviation area forecast - answers -an fa is a forecast of vmc, clouds, and
general weather conditions oner an area the size of several states
What is a convective sigmet - answers -convective sigmet imply severe or greater
turbulence, serve icing and low-level wind shear
A. Surface winds greater than or equal to 50 knots
B. Hail at the surface greater than or equal to 3/4 inches in diameter
C. Embedded thunderstorms
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