Oral - Gold Seal

Question 1

What flight time can be logged as Instrument time?

Answer 1

When the pilot operates the aircraft only by reference to instruments (actual or simulated)

Question 2

What are the elements of 6HITS?

Answer 2

• 6 instrument approaches
• Holds (plural, so at least 2)
• Intercepted & Tracked a course
• Using Nav systems)

Question 3

In the grace period (> 6 months, < 12 months) who can the 6HITS be done with.

Answer 3

• Safety pilot
• CFI or Examiner

Question 4

What are the requirements to be a Safety pilot.

Answer 4

• Private pilot certificate (doesn’t ned to be current)
• Rated in the same Cat & Class
• Current medical
• Aircraft must have dual controls
• Visibility of front and side of aircraft

Question 5

What is the acronym for the personal pre-flight assessment?

Answer 5

I - illness
M - medication
S - stress
A - alcohol (no drink within 8 hrs or 0.04 blood alcohol concentration)
F - fatigue
E - emotion

Question 6

What preflight info’ must be obtained for every flight?

Answer 6

N - notams
W- weather
K - known delays
R - runway lengths
A - alternates
F - fuel requirements
P - performance data

Question 7

What is the memory aid for required VFR equipment?

Answer 7

ATOMATOFLAMES
Airspeed indicator
Tachometer (each engine air cooled)
Oil pressure gauge (each air-cooled engine)
Manifold press gauge (for each engine)
Altimeter
Temperature gauge (liq cooled engine only)
Oil temperature gauge (air cooled engine)
Fuel gauge (each tank)
Landing gear position indicator
Anti collision lights (cert after 3/11/96)
Magnetic compass
ELT
Safety belts

Question 8

In which regulation are the requirements for obtaining an IR?

Answer 8

§ 61.65 Instrument rating requirements.

Question 9

What requirements must be met to allow a pilot to carry passengers?

Answer 9

3 takeoffs and full stop landings in the previous 90 days. Same category and classs of aircraft.

If carrying passengers at night, these must have been achieved at night!

Question 10

What is meant by the pre-flight acronym - P A V E

Answer 10

Pilot
Aircraft
EnVironment
External factors

Question 11

‘P’ - what does this encompass

P A V E - go/no go

Answer 11

pilot - has the required documents, physical and mental state, and currency.

Question 12

‘A’ - what does this encompass

P A V E - go/no go

Answer 12

aircraft - required and current documents and equipment on board.

Question 13

‘V’ - what does this encompass

P A V E - go/no go

Answer 13

weather

Question 14

‘E’ - what does this encompass

P A V E - go/no go

Answer 14

External pressure (meetings, people waiting at destination, etc.) -pilot recognizes the factors that may add risk to the flight.

Question 15

91.205

What’s the minimum equipment needed for a VFR flight at night?

Answer 15

F - fuses
L - landing light
A - anticollision lights
P - position lights
S - source of powere

Question 16

91.205

What is GRABCARD used for?

Answer 16

Lists all equipment needed for IFR (in addition to VFR equipment and F L A P S if at night).

Question 17

What is a ‘Clearnance void time’?

Answer 17

Time at which an IFR clearance becomes void and you may not take off.

If not departed, advise ATC within 30 mins after void time.

Question 18

What is a Release time?

Answer 18

Earliest time the aircraft can depart under IFR

Question 19

Name the 2 types of DP (Departure Procedure)

Answer 19

ODP - only provides obstacle clearance (textual or graphical)
SID - provides obstacle clearance using a route to reduce pilot & controller workload (always graphical)

Question 20

With respect to planning (destination and alternate) what benefit does a WAAS GPS give?

Answer 20

With a WAAS enabaled GPS you get use airports that only have RNAV approaches

If the GPS isn’t WAAS enabled an RNAV app can be at dest’ OR Alternate.

Question 21

What are ‘standard’ alternate minimums?

ceiling and visibility

Answer 21

Precision - 2 sm, 600 ft ceiling
Non precision - 2 sm, 800 ft ceiling
No Instrument App - descend to MEA and land VFR

Question 22

Charts

What’s an MRA used for?

Answer 22

The altitude that enables an intersection to be identified.

if higher than MEA then the MRA needs to be used.

Question 23

Charts

what is the MOCA

Answer 23

Minimum obstruction clearance - provides nav coverage up to 22nm from the station

Question 24

Charts

A ‘T’ in the info section of a VOR indicates what?

Answer 24

It’s a terminal VOR, service volume: 1,000-12,000 ft / radial distance: 25 nm

Question 25

Charts

If the frequency in a VOR box is underlined what does this tell us?

Answer 25

That there is no voice capability

Question 26

Reporting

Name 3 times when IFR reporting is mandatory

Answer 26

• Executing a missed approach
• TAS (actual vs filed) differs by 5% or 10 kts
• Reaching a holding fix (time, altitude)

Question 27

approach

Name 3 times when a procedure turn isn’t authorised.

Answer 27

1. Straight in approach
2. “NO PT” is published on the chart
3. Cleared for a straight in approach.

Question 28

Holding

You reach a holding fix, what do you need to report to ATC?

Answer 28

Time and altitude upon reaching.

Question 29

Holding

How many minutes prior to arriving at the holding fix should you slow down to the holding speed?

Answer 29

3 mins

Question 30

ILS

Localizer full scale deflection at threshold is how many feet?

Answer 30

700 ft

Question 31

ILS

At 10nm what is the localizer fan size in degrees?

Answer 31

35°

Question 32

ILS

At 18nm what is the localizer fan size in degrees?

Answer 32

10°

Question 33

Approach

Aircraft approach category is based on?

Answer 33

Reference landing speed (VREF), or
if VREF is not specified, 1.3 VSO

Question 34

Category of aircraft

Category A speed?

Answer 34

< 91 kts

Question 35

Category of aircraft

Category B speed?

Answer 35

91-120 kts

Question 36

Category of aircraft

Category C speed?

Answer 36

121 - 140 kts

Question 37

Circling

How much (ft) obstacle clearance is provided
in a circling segment.

Answer 37

300 ft