Private Pilot License - Pilot Qualifications Flashcards
Pilot Qualifications
Privileges and Limitations
A: 17 years of age
B. Be able to read, write, and understand English
C. Hold at least a current 3rd class medical certificate
D. Received the required ground and flight training endorsements.
E. Meet the applicable aeronautical experience requirements.
F. Passed the required knowledge and practical tests.
Exam Tip: The evaluator may ask you to demonstrate that you’re current and eligible to take the practice test. when preparing for your practical test, verify that you have the required hours, that you’re current, and dont forget to double-check all of your endorsements (especially the 90-day solo flight endorsement). Make sure you have totaled all of the logbook columns and that the entried make sense.
Pilot Qualifications
What Privileges and Limitations apply to a Private Pilot?
No person who holds a private pilot certificate may act as pilot in command of an aircraft that is carrying passengers or property for compensation or hire; nor may that person, for compensation or hire, act as pilot in command of an aircraft, A private pilot—
a. May act as PIC of an aircraft in connection with any business or employment if it is only incidental to that business or employment and does not carry passengers or property for compensation or hire.
b. May not pay less that the pro rata share of the operating expenses of a flight with passengers, provided the expenses involve only fuel, oil, airport expenditures, or rental fees.
c. May act as PCI of a Charitable, nonprofit, or community event flight described in 14 CFR 91.146, if the sponsor and pilot comply with the requirements of that regulation.
d. May be reimbursed for aircraft operating expenses that are directly related to search and location operations, provided the expenses involve only fuel, oil, airport expenditures, or rental fees, and the operation is sanctioned and under the direction and control of local, state, or federal agencies or organizations that conduct search and location operations.
e. May demonstrate an aircraft in flight to a prospective buyer if the private pilot is an aircraft salesman and has at least 200 hours logged flight time.
f. May act as PCI of an aircraft towing a glider or unpowered ultralight vehicle, provided they meet the requirements of 14 CFR 61.69
g. May act as PIC for the purpose of conducting a production flight test in a light-sport aircraft intended for certification in the light-sport category under 14 CFR 21.190, provided they meet the requirements of 61.113.
Pilot Qualifications
T/F: Private Pilot Certificate/ Privileges and Limitations:
May act as PIC of an aircraft in connection with any business or employment if it is only incidental to that business or employment and does not carry passengers or property for compensation or hire.
True
Pilot Qualifications
T/F: Private Pilot Certificate/ Privileges and Limitations:
May not pay less that the pro rata share of the operating expenses of a flight with passengers, provided the expenses involve only fuel, oil, airport expenditures, or rental fees.
True
Pilot Qualifications
T/F: Private Pilot Certificate/ Privileges and Limitations:
May be compensated for all cost of operating a flight with passengers
False: Pro Rata Share.
The pilot may not pay less than his or her proportional shore of the flights operating expenses with the passengers, provided the expenses involve only fuel, oil, airport expenditures or rental fees.
Pilot Qualifications
T/F: Private Pilot Certificate/ Privileges and Limitations:
May act as PCI of a Charitable, nonprofit, or community event flight described in 14 CFR 91.146, if the sponsor and pilot comply with the requirements of that regulation.
True
Pilot Qualifications
T/F: Private Pilot Certificate/ Privileges and Limitations:
May be reimbursed for aircraft operating expenses that are directly related to search and location operations, provided the expenses involve only fuel, oil, airport expenditures, or rental fees, and the operation is sanctioned and under the direction and control of local, state, or federal agencies or organizations that conduct search and location operations.
Ture
Pilot Qualifications
T/F: Private Pilot Certificate/ Privileges and Limitations:
May be Financially reimbursed for time spend on search and location operations.
False
You may only be reimbursed for expenses that involve fuel, oil, airport expenditures or rental fees,
Pilot Qualifications
T/F: Private Pilot Certificate/ Privileges and Limitations:
May demonstrate an aircraft in flight to a prospective buyer if the private pilot is an aircraft salesman and has at least 200 hours logged flight time.
True
Pilot Qualifications
T/F: Private Pilot Certificate/ Privileges and Limitations:
May demonstrate an aircraft in flight to a prospective buyer with a private pilot certificate only.
False:
if the private pilot is an aircraft salesman and has at least 200 hours logged flight time he/she can then demonstrate an aircraft in flight.
Pilot Qualifications
T/F: Private Pilot Certificate/ Privileges and Limitations:
May act as PCI of an aircraft towing a glider or unpowered ultralight vehicle, provided they meet the requirements of 14 CFR 61.69
True
Pilot Qualifications
T/F: Private Pilot Certificate/ Privileges and Limitations:
May act as PIC for the purpose of conducting a production flight test in a light-sport aircraft intended for certification in the light-sport category under 14 CFR 21.190, provided they meet the requirements of 61.113.
True
Pilot Qualifications
Explain the statement “may not pay less than pro-rata share of the operating expenses of a flight”
(14 CFR 61.113)
Pro-rata means “proportional.” The pilot may not pay less than his or her proportional shore of the flight’s operating expenses with the passengers, provided the expenses involve only fuel, oil, airport expenditures or rental fees.
Pilot Qualifications
The annual inspection for your aircraft is now due and you ask several friends that fly with you regularly to contribute money to help you pay for the inspection. Do the regulations allow for these contributions?
NO! a private pilot may not pay less than the pro-rata (proportional) share of the operating expenses of a flight with passengers, provided the expenses involve only fuel, oil, airport expenditures or rental fees.
Note: The regulation applies to “the operating expenses of a flight,” and does not allow for the sharing of fixed or long term operating costs of the airplane with passengers.
Pilot Qualifications
To act as a required pilot flight crewmember of a civil aircraft, what must a pilot have in his/her physical possession or readily accessible in the aircraft?
(14 CFR 61.3)
a. A Pilot Certificate ( or special purpose pilot authorization)
b. A photo Id
c. A medical certificate ( with certain exceptions as provided in 14 CFR 61.3)
Pilot Qualifications
While you are performing a preflight inspection on your aircraft, an inspector from the FAA introduces herself and says she wants to conduct a ramp inspection. What documents are you required to show the inspector?
Each person who holds an airman certificate, medical certificate, authorization, or license required by Part 61 must present it and their photo ID for inspection upon request from the administrator, an authorized NTSE representative, any federal, state, or local law enforcement officer, or an authorized representative of the TSA.
Pilot Qualifications
What is the definition of a high-performance airplane, and what must you do to act as pilot-in-command of such an airplane?
( 14 CFR 61.31)
a high-performance is an airplane with an engine of more that 200 horsepower. To act as PCI of a high-performance you must have:
a. Received and logged ground and flight training from an authorized instructor, flight simulator, and have been found proficient in the operation and systems of that airplane.
b. Received and logged a one-time endorsement in your logbook from an authorized instructor who certifies you are proficient to operate a high-performance airplane.
Note: The training and endorsement required by this regulation is not required if the person has logged flight time as PIC of a high-performance airplane or in a flight simulator or flight training device that is representative of a high-performance airplane prior to August 4, 1997.
Pilot Qualifications
Other than High-performance and complex aircraft, what other types of aircraft (ASEL) require specific training and logbook endorsements from an appropriately rates flight instructor?
( 14 CFR 61.31 )
High-altitude airplane - No person may act as pilot in command of a pressurized airplane that has a service ceiling or mani8mum operating altitude ( whichever is lower), above 25,000 feet MSL unless that person has completed the ground and flight training specified and has received a logbook or training records endorsement from an authorized instructor certifying satisfactory completion of the training.
Tailwheel airplane - No person may act as pilot in command of a tailwheel airplane unless that person has received and logged flight training from an authorized instructor in a tailwheel airplane and received an endorsement in the person’s logbook from an authorized instructor who found the person proficient in the operation of a tailwheel airplane. The training and endorsement is not required if the person logged pilot in command time in a tailwheel airplane before August 15, 1991.
Pilot Qualifications
What is the definition of a complex airplane, and what must you do to act as pilot-of-command of such an airplane?
(14 CFR 61.1. 61.31
A “complex airplane” is defined as an airplane that has a retractable landing gear, flaps, and controllable pitch propeller; including airplanes equipped with a fully-authority digital engine control (FADEC). To act as pilot in command of such an airplane, you must have:
a. Received and logged ground and flight training from an authorized instructor in a complex airplane, or in a flight simulator or flight training device that is representative of a complex airplane and have been found proficient in the operation and systems of the airplane.
b. Received a one-time endorsement in your logbook from an authorized instructor who certifies you are proficient to operate a complex airplane.
Note: The training and endorsement required by this regulation is not required if the person has logged flight time as a PCI of a complex airplane, before August 4, 1997.
Pilot Qualifications
With respect to certification, privileges, and limitations of airmen, define the terms: Category,
( 14 CFR Part 1)
A broad classification of aircraft, i.e., airplane, roto craft, glider, etc
Pilot Qualifications
With respect to certification, privileges, and limitations of airmen, define the terms: Class,
( 14 CFR Part 1)
a classification of aircraft within a category having similar operating characteristics; i.e., single-engine land, multi-engine land; etc.
Pilot Qualifications
With respect to certification, privileges, and limitations of airmen, define the terms: Type,
( 14 CFR Part 1)
a specific make and basic model of aircraft including modifications that do not change its handling or flight characteristics, i.e. DC-9, B-737, C-150, etc.
Currency Requirement
What are the requirements to remain current as a private pilot?
( 14 CFR 61.56, 61.57)
A. Within 24 preceding months, accomplish a flight review given in an aircraft for which that pilot is rated by an authorized instructor and received a logbook endorsement certifying that the person has satisfactorily completed the review.
b. To carry passengers, a pilot must have made, within the preceding 90 days:
* 3 takeoffs and landings as the sole manipulator of flight controls of an aircraft of the same category and class and, if a type rating is required, of the same type.
* if the aircraft is a tailwheel airplane, the landings must have been made to a full stop is an airplane with a tailwheel.
* if operations are to be conducted during the period beginning 1 hours after sunset and 1 hours before sunrise, with passengers on board, the PIC must have, within the preceding 90 days, made at least 3 takeoffs and 3 landings to a full stop during that period in a aircraft of the same category, class, and type ( if a type is required), of aircraft to be used.
Note: Takeoffs and landing required by this regulation may be accomplished in a flight simulator or flight training device that is approved by the administrator and used in accordance with an approved course conducted by a certificated training center.
Currency Requirement
You have not kept up with logging each of your recent flights. Are you in violation of any regulation?
(14 CFR 61.51)
No. You’re only required to document and record the training and aeronautical experience used to meet the requirements for a certificate, rating, or flight review, and the aeronautical experience required for meeting the recent flight experience requirements.
Currency Requirement
You’re flying in a single-engine, high-performance, complex airplane. you hold a Private Pilot certificate with an airplane single-engine land rating, but don’t have a high-performance or complex airplane endorsement. Your friend, who has those endorsements, is acting as PIC for the flight. Can you log PIC time for the time you act as solo manipulator of the controls? Explain…
(14 CFR 61.31, 61.51)
You, 14 CFR 61.51 governs the logging of PIC time and states that a sport, recreational, private, commercial, or airline transport pilot may log PIC time for the time during which that pilot is “sole manipulator of the controls of an aircraft for which the pilot is rated or has privileges.”
Note: This means you can log PIC time, but you cannot act as PIC. For a pilot to act as PIC, he must be properly rated in the aircraft and authorized to conduct the flight which would include having the required endorsements for complex and high performance airplanes as required by 14 CFR 61.31
Currency Requirement
Explain the difference between being “current” and “proficient.”
(FAA-H-8083-2, FAA-P-8740-36)
Being Current means that a pilot has accomplished the minimum FAA, regulatory requirements within a specific time period so he can exercise the privileges of their certificate. It means that you’re legal to make a flight, but does not necessarily mean that you’re proficient or competent to make that flight.
Being Proficient means that a pilot is capable of conducting a flight with a high degree of competence; it required that the pilot must have a wide range of knowledge and skills. Being proficient is not about just being “legal” in terms of the regulations, but is about being “smart” and “safe” in terms of pilot experience and proficiency.
Currency Requirement
How will establishing a personal minimums checklist reduce risk?
(FAA-H-8083-25)
Professional pilots live by the numbers, and so should you. Pre-established numbers can make it a lot easier to come to an smart go/no-go or diversion decision, than would the vague sense that you can “probably” deal with the conditions you face at any given time. A written set of personal minimums also make it easier to explain tough cancelation or diversion decisions to passengers who are, after all, trusting their lives to your aeronautical skill and judgement.
