Instrument rating flight experience requirements - 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 - ANSWERS61.3, 61.5...
e. 250nm XC under IFR with 3 different kinds of approached
Safety pilot - 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 - 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 - ANSWERS91.21
What type of aircraft equipment determines your "special equipment" suffix when filing an IFR flight
plan? - 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? - ANSWERSit must have proper flow of
air in the pitot/static system
what are the errors that the airspeed indicator is subject to? - ANSWERSPosition --- caused by static
reading slip airflow
Density
Compressibility --- above 180 knots
Name three different types of structural ice - ANSWERSClear, rime, mixed
What causes radiation fog to form? - 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? - 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? - 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? -
ANSWERSAIM 5-3-3
NAV, COMM and flight equipments
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