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Private Pilot Checkride Oral Practice Questions and Answers
Private Pilot Checkride Oral Practice
Questions and Answers
What can you do with your private pilot certificate? - ANSWER--you can fly solo
-you can fly with passengers
-you can only fly the type of plane you have a license for (no multi-engine or seaplane)
What are the limitations placed on p...
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Private Pilot Checkride Oral Practice
Questions and Answers
What can you do with your private pilot certificate? - ANSWER✔✔--you can fly solo
-you can fly with passengers
-you can only fly the type of plane you have a license for (no multi-engine or seaplane)
What are the limitations placed on private pilots? - ANSWER✔✔--you cannot carry passengers or
property for compensation or hire
-you can act as PIC for compensation or hire if the flight is incidental to the business and you are not
carrying passengers or property for compensation or hire
-you cannot pay less than the pro rata share
-you can be PIC for a charitable, nonprofit, or community event
-you can be reimbursed for expenses caused by participating in search and locate operations
-you can demo an aircraft if you are an aircraft salesman with over 200 hours
-you can act as PIC in a test flight of light-sport aircraft (if you have 100 hours of PIC time in same
category and class)
What is the eligibility to become a private pilot? - ANSWER✔✔--must be at least 17 years old
-must be able to read, speak, write, and understand the english language
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-must hold a student pilot certificate
-must be endorsed to take the knowledge test
-must have passed the knowledge test
-must have received the proper flight training and have an endorsement certifying you completed it
-must have the proper aeronautical experience
-must be endorsed to take the practical exam
-must pass the practical exam
What type of rating would you need to fly a multi-engine? - ANSWER✔✔-multi-engine rating (can get
this without having your commercial)
What can you not do with a private pilot license? - ANSWER✔✔--you cannot pay less than the pro rata
share
-you cannot fly IFR conditions
-you cannot fly for compensation or hire (including people and objects)
Do you have to log every flight that you complete once you are a private pilot? - ANSWER✔✔-no
When must you log time? - ANSWER✔✔--If you are using the flight for training purposes to meet
requirements for a certificate, rating, or as a flight review
-If you are using the flight to meet currency requirements
To carry passengers, what must you have done? - ANSWER✔✔--If you are flying them during the day you
have to be day current which means you have to have ha 3 takeoffs and landings (can be touch and go)
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during the day within the preceding 90 days in the category, class, and type rating of the plane you will
be flying
-If you are flying them at night you must have had 3 takeoffs and landings at night (to a full stop) within
the preceding 90 days in the category, class, and type rating required
-You must also have done a flight review (within the previous 24 calendar months) that includes one
hour of ground and one hour of flight time or if you received a new license or rating (within the previous
2 years) they will supersede this
Who can give you a flight review? - ANSWER✔✔-CFI, DPE
Say you got your private pilot license January 1st 2019, could you take passengers up on January 18th of
2021? - ANSWER✔✔--yes because your flight review is 24 calendar months but it goes until the end of
the month you got it in
What are examples of category, class, and type rating of plane? - ANSWER✔✔-Category: airplane,
rotorcraft, glider, balloon, etc.
Class: land, sea, single-engine, multi-engine (single-engine land, multi-engine land, single-engine sea,
multi-engine sea)
Type rating: turbojet, turboprops above 12,500 lbs
What are the 3 definitions of night in aviation? - ANSWER✔✔--sunset to sunrise
-civil twilight to civil twilight (you can look up these times in the world almanac or google it)
-1 hour after sunset to 1 hour before sunrise
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What must be complied with for the 3 different periods of "night"? - ANSWER✔✔--from sunset to
sunrise you must have your nav lights turned on
-the end of evening civil twilight to the beginning of morning civil twilight can be used to log "night"
flight time and your plane has to be night equipped
-1 hour after sunset to 1 hour before sunrise can be used to log takeoffs and landings for night currency
to carry passengers
Is it possible to not be night current and carry passengers and still log night time? - ANSWER✔✔--yes
because civil twilight comes (usually 30 minutes) after the sun sets and occurs right before the sun rises,
so as long as you takeoff during civil twilight and land during civil twilight, it is legal and you can log night
time. You could also land before one hour after sunset and still be legal. It becomes illegal when you land
past 1 hour after sunset or before 1 hour before sunrise because you are not current. You could land
during that time by yourself but not with passengers
Can you fly for hire? - ANSWER✔✔-no
What kind of medical do you have? - ANSWER✔✔-first class medical
How long are medicals good for if you want to act as private pilot and you are younger than 40 years
old? - ANSWER✔✔-60 calendar months (5 years- don't say the years)
How long are your medicals good for if you are over 40 years old? - ANSWER✔✔-24 calendar months
How long can you exercise your first class medical privileges if you are under 40 years old? -
ANSWER✔✔-12 calendar months then it becomes third class privileges until it completely expires
How long can you exercise your first class medical privileges if you are over 40 years old? - ANSWER✔✔-
6 calendar months then it turns into second class privileges until 12 calendar months from the date you
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