Equipment Requirements

Question 1

What five instruments are required for a Day VFR flights?

Answer 1

Magnetic Compass
Airspeed Indicator
Altimeter
Timepiece
Engine Instruments

Question 2

Engine Instruments are required for Day VFR flights, which engine instruments do you need?

Answer 2

• Tachometer
• Oil Pressure
• Oil Temp
• Fuel Guages for each main tank
• Manifold Pressure Guage (for AC with variable pitch props, super or turbo-charged engins, and helicopters)

Question 3

In addition to Day VFR equipment, what equipment do you need to go VFR OTT?

Answer 3

• Pitot heat
• Heading Indicator
• Attitude Indicator
• Turn Coordinator
• Two way radio
• Radio Navigation (nav that is independant of the compass)

Question 4

In addition to Day VFR Equipment, what equipment do you need for a Night VFR flight?

Answer 4

Day VFR: MAATE
Night VFR:
* F - Fuses
* H - Heading Indicator
* A - Adequate Electrical Energy
* T - Turn Coordinator
* L - Lights (Ldg, Pos/Col, Inst Panel)

Question 5

In addition to Day and Night VFR equipment, what does a private aircraft used for commercial operations require?

Answer 5

• Attitude Indicator
• VSI
• OAT
• Pitot heat

Question 6

A restraining system instead of seat belts may be used when:

Answer 6

• The person is on a stretcher, in an incubator, or something similar
• The person is going to be parachuting from the aircraft

Question 7

CARs 605.24 requires that safety belts include a shoulder harness when:

Answer 7

• Operations like aerobatic maneuvers and external loads and aerial applications
• All seats if in a flight deck must have shoulder harnesses.

Question 8

What are the oxygen requirements for unpressurized aircraft?

Answer 8

Question 9

For pressurized aircraft what are the oxygen requirements?

Answer 9

Question 10

If an ELT becomes unservicable, for how long can the aircraft continue to be operated?

Answer 10

30 Days, provided you have done the following:

• The ELT has been removed and sent to maintenance
• A placard is displayed in the cockpit stating there is no ELT, with the date it was removed

Question 11

No person shall conduct a takeoff in a turbojet-powered aircraft that is operated under Part VII without a standby attitude indicator unless…

Answer 11

• The AC has a take off weight of less than 12 500bls
• Was operated as a commercial air service in Canada prior to Oct 10 1996
• It is a transport category helicopter not operated in IFR flight

Question 12

What types of aircraft don’t require a transponder?

Answer 12

Ballons
Gliders
Ultralights
Gyroplanes
Commercial Jets when flying over Canada