IFR Pre-flight Test Flashcards
(45 cards)
How often does the pitot-static system have to be certified?
2 years
Tolerance for the altimeter?
50 feet
What documents do we need to have aboard this flight today?
AROWJIL
What are the key components to obtain weather information?
GFA’s, metars, TAFs, freezing level, radar, sigmets, airmets, pireps
GFA: Graphical Area Forecasts; METAR: Meteorological Aerodrome Report; TAF: Terminal Aerodrome Forecast; SIGMET: Significant Meteorological Information; AIRMET: Airmen’s Meteorological Information; PIREP: Pilot Report.
When and who are you required to notify when there is a change in your flight plan or itinerary?
altitude, 5% TAS, mach#.01, route, destination
When are you required to file an arrival report for a flight plan? Itinerary?
within 24 hours
When can you cancel IFR? IFR flight plan?
company note
In what situations may you enter a class F airspace as an IFR pilot
pilot states that permission has been obtained from the user agency to enter the airspace, the aircraft is operating on an altitude reservation approval (ALTRV APVL), or the aircraft has been cleared for a contact or visual
approach
What are the privileges of an instrument rating? Validity?
24 months
Recency requirements for instrument rating
Previous 6 months, 6 hours, 6 approaches in an airplane or class b, c, or d simulator, or as an instructor
What are the requirements for equipment?
AI, VSI, OAT GAUGE, PITOT HEAT, VACUUM POWER FAILURE DEVICE, ALTERNATE STATIC SOURCE, 2 WAY RADIO, 2 NAV EQUIPMENT, ALTIMETERx2, TC
What is the legal take off visibility today?
spec vis or not assessed
In order of precedence how is take off visibility defined?
rvr, reported vis, pic
You are cleared to maintain runway heading on departure, do you track runway heading or just fly the heading?
Just fly the heading (Tower has taken into account the drift)
Sid scenario:
Yyou depart the airport in IMC and you have a comm. Failure what do you do?
Follow sid instructions
What is MEA Gap?
MEA GAP: A navigational course guidance gap that describes a distance along an airway or route segment where a gap in navigational signal coverage exists. The navigational gap may not exceed a specific distance that varies directly with altitude.
MEA: minimum, expected, assigned
When can you request to fly below the MEA?
icing, turbulence, engine failure, if you have a GPS
Will ATC authorize an IFR flight below the MOCA?
No
Refer to lo chart and set up scenario
While operating IFR in controlled airspace what procedures will you follow in the event you experience a communications failure in order to establish communications with ATC?
squawk 7600 maintain listening watch, call another ATS, use cell phone, other aircraft to relay message
Refer to lo chart and flight plan
If a communications failure occurs en-route in IMC, in order of precedence what action will you take in respect to your route?
- Fly the route assigned in last clearance.
- If radar vectored fly direct to the fix, route or airway specified in the vector clearance.
- In absence of an assigned route, by the route ATC has advised in ae EXPECTED further clearance.
- In absence of clearance of EFC, the route filed on the flight plan. AVEF ( Assigned, vectored, expected, filed)
Refer to lo chart and flight plan
In order of precedence what altitude will you fly?
- Altitude assigned in the last clearance.
- The minimum IFR altitude.
- The altitude assigned in an EFC. MEA must fly the highest of these
MEA: minimum, expected, assigned
When are you required to give En-route IFR position reports? What information will they contain?
asked or flying over mandatory reporting point
While operating in uncontrolled airspace when should you make position reports and what information should they contain?
Over all nav-aids along the route to the nearest ATF and 126.7, they should contain present position, attitude, and track, altimeter setting in use, next positions and ETA
What is the maximum holding speed for your aircraft?
200 at or below 6000,
230 between 6000-14,000,
265 above 14,000,
310 for shuttling above
