Regulations Flashcards
(142 cards)
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What is an aircraft category?
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Groups based on use: transport, normal, restricted, utility, aerobatic
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What is an aircraft class?
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Group based on flight characteristics: airplane, rotocraft, glider, balloon, land plane and seaplane
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What is a class for purposes of airmen certification?
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Operating characteristics: SEL, MEL, SES, MES, gyroplane, helicopter, airship, balloon
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When is a type rating required?
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Planes over 12,500 gross or turbojets
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What is high performance airplane?
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More than 200hp
6
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How does a pilot obtain the right to fly a high performance aircraft?
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Instruction and certification of competency.
7
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What is a complex airplane?
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Retract, flaps, controllable pitch propeller
8
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As PIC, what must you possess?
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Pilot certificate, photo ID, medical certificate
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When must you present certificates?
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Whenever asked by FAA, NTSB or any law enforcement (no probable cause required)
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What docs must be in the aircraft?
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Air worthiness,
Registration,
Operating limitations,
Weight and balance
11
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When does a 1st class medical expire?
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End of the 6th month of examination
12
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When does 2nd class medical expire?
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End of 12th month
13
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When does 3rd class medical expire?
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End of 24th month if over 40, 60th month under 40
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What are requirements to first obtain basic med?
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Hold driver license, hold or have held a medical certificate, physical and CMEC, online course
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What are restrictions of basic med?
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-5 passengers max
-less than 6000 lbs takeoff weight
-250 knots or less
-18,000 MSL or less
-Not for hire
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How is basic med maintained?
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Physical every 48 months
Course every 24 months
Seek treatment when required
17
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As a private pilot, what can passengers pay?
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Pro rata share of fuel, oil, airport fees, and rental fees
18
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How soon must you notify if change of address?
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30 days
19
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How much time must pass from consuming alcohol?
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8 hours bottle to throttle
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What is the legal alcohol limit for operating an aircraft?
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.04
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May a pilot carry someone who is drunk or high?
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No, except in an emergency.
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How often must a pilot do a flight review?
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Every 24 months
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What is the recency requirement for pilot in command to carry passengers?
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3 takeoffs and landings within last 90 days in same aircraft category, class and type (if a rating is required)
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When does night begin for nighttime recency?
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One hour after sunset and before sunrise
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When must passengers wear seatbelts?
All passengers during taxi, takeoff, and landing
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When must pilots wear seatbelts?
All flight crews must remain in their seats with seatbelts secured for entire flight except for duties or physiological needs.
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When must shoulder harnesses be worn?
If installed, during takeoffs and landings.
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When must passengers wear a parachute?
pitching up or down 30 degrees or more or banking more than 60 degrees
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What fuel reserves are needed?
30 minutes VFR, 45 minutes IFR
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An experimental aircraft's operating limitations can be found where?
Attached to the airworthiness certificate.
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Where are experimental aircraft restricted from flying?
Over a densely populated area or congested airway.
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May experimental aircraft carry passengers for hire?
No.
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What aircraft has the right of way over all other aircraft?
Aircraft in distress
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How should a VFR flight plan be closed?
The pilot must close the flight plan upon landing
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What is the minimum visibility requirement for VFR at Class D airports?
No less than 1000 foot ceiling and ground visibility of at least 3 miles
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What is max IAS at or below 2500 AGL and within 4 nm of Class C airport?
200 knots
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Who has right of way when two planes are approaching for landing?
The aircraft at lower altitude
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What is the order of right of way?
1. Distressed aircraft
2. Balloon
3. Glider
4. Aircraft towing
5. Airship
6. Airplanes
7. Rotocraft
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When two of the same category converge (other than head on), who has right of way?
The aircraft to the right.
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Who is responsible for ensuring an aircraft is airworthy?
The owner or operator
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What are reportable NTSB incidents (not accidents)?
Crazy Pilots Engineered Fires and Collisions,
Breaking Props, Blinding Displays, Dodging Midair Warnings,
Damaging Property, and Landing Wrong.
Also overdue.
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Minimum altitude over congested areas?
1000 feet over highest obstacle within 2000 feet of aircraft.
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Where are restricted aircraft prohibited from flying?
Over congested areas.
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What are restricted aircraft?
Cropdusters and banner towing airplanes
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Which part of the Regs cover certification of pilots?
Part 61
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What must a pilot do if they are convicted of a drug charge or driving while impaired?
Report it to FAA within 60 days.
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Which pilot certificates have an expiration date?
Only instructor certificates. All others have no expiration date.
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Minimum altitude in non congested areas?
500 AGL above highest object within 500 feet of
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Minimums altitude over water or sparsely populated areas
500 horizontal distance from any object and altitude to land without hazard.
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What are the VFR rules for cruising altitudes?
Magnetic course of 0 to 179 degrees - odd thousands plus 500
Magnetic course 180 to 359 - even thousands plus 500
Note, the rule is not based on heading, or on true directions.
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What are oxygen requirements?
Above 12,500 for 30 min
Above 14,000 at all
Above 15,000 all occupants
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What are the minimums on class G airspace during the day below 1200 AGL?
1 sm visibility and clear of clouds
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What are the minimums on Class G airspace during night below 1200 AGL?
3 sm visibility, 500 below, 1000 above and 2000 horizontal from clouds
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What are the minimums on Class G airspace 1200 to 10,000 MSL during the day?
1 sm visibility, 500 below, 1000 above, and 2000 horizontal from clouds
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What are the minimums on Class G airspace 1200 to 10,000 MSL during the night?
3 sm visibility, 500 below, 1000 above and 2000 horizontal from clouds
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What are the minimums on Class G airspace above 1200 AGL and 10,000 MSL during the day or night?
5 sm visibility 500 below, 1000 above and 2000 horizontal from clouds
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What is Class E airspace?
Any controlled airspace that is not A, B, C, or D, and generally starts at 1200 AGL.
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What are the minimums for Class E airspace during the day?
3 sm visibility, 500 below, 1000 above, and 2000 horizontally from clouds.
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What are the minimums for Class E airspace day or night above 10,000 MSL?
5 sm visibility, 1000 below, 1000 above and 1 mile horizontal from clouds
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What are the minimums for Class C and D airspace, day or night?
3 sm visibility, 500 below, 1000 above, and 2000 horizontal from clouds
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What are the minimums for Class B airspace day or night?
3 sm visibility and clear of clouds (entry to Class B requires clearance and radio contact with ATC)
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What are the minimums for Class A airspace day or night?
Must have IFR rating and IFR clearance, so no cloud minimums apply
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What is a special VFR clearance?
A special clearance from tower for lowered minimums
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What is needed for a special VFR clearance at night?
Instrument rated pilot and aircraft
5 sm visibility
Tower clearance
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What does a student pilot need for a special VFR clearance?
5 sm visibility day or night
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How does one plane overtake another plane?
The overtaking airplane should pass to the right, and the overtaken plane has the right of way.
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Who has right of way between a seaplane and boat?
Technically, the seaplane, but boaters don't know this.
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What is the IAS limit below 10,000 MSL?
250 knots
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What is the IAS limit in Class B airspace?
250 knots
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What is the IAS limit below Class B airspace in VFR conditions?
200 knots
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What is IAS limit in Class D airspace?
200 knots
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Who is responsible for determining whether an aircraft is airworthy for a flight?
The pilot in command
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How often must aircraft undergo an inspection?
Every 12 months, on the last day of the 12th month
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How often must an aircraft be inspected if it used for commercial operations?
Every 100 hours (plus 10 hours for travel, though this gets counted for the next 100 hours)
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What may a private pilot do for maintenance on an owned aircraft?
Preventive maintenance on owned aircraft (replacing wires, oil changes, surveying hydraulic fluids) refer to complete list in Part 43
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What must a person performing maintenance do?
Log the maintenance in the maintenance logs, and include a description of the work performed, signature, certificate type and number
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What must be done if an aircraft has been appreciably changed?
A test flight by at least a private pilot
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How often must the transponder be tested?
Every 24 months and recorded in the record
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How often must the ELT battery be replaced?
When 50% or more of its useful life has expired, or when the ELT has been in use for more than one hour total
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Where can you find FAA Advisory Circulars?
faa.gov
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What are the numbering sequence for Advisory Circulars?
60 - Airmen
70 - Airspace
90 - ATC
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What is an airworthiness directive?
FAA issued directives regarding an aircraft, and may be one time or recurring
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How does the NTSB define an accident?
Whenever a person suffers death or serious injury, or aircraft receives substantial damage
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How soon must the NTSB be notified of an accident?
Immediately. A written report must be filed within 10 days. Incidents are required on request only.
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In the event of an accident, what should you do with the accident site?
Do not disturb area except to help injured people or to protect wreckage or cargo.
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What is a cross country flight?
More than 50 nm from departure airport
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What are the visibility requirements for student pilots?
3 sm day, 5 sm night, always in visual contact with the ground
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What is required for a student pilot to fly in Class B?
CFI instruction and endorsement
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What information must the PIC be familiar with before a flight?
All information about the flight, especially runway lengths and takeoff and landing performance.
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How do you get an altimeter setting while en route?
By calling a FSS within 100 miles along your route.
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What signal color is used to clear takeoff or landing?
Steady green
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What signal color is used to clear for taxi on the ground or to return for landing?
Flashing green
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What signal color is used to signal an aircraft to stop or give way?
Steady red
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What signal color is used to signal an airport is unsafe to land?
Flashing red
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What signal color is used to signal a general warning?
Alternating red and green
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What are the minimum instruments needed for VFR or IFR flights?
1. Altimeter
2. Airspeed indicator
3. Magnetic direction indicator
4. Tachometer
5. Oil pressure gauge
6. Oil temperature gauge
7. Fuel gauge
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What lights must be on from sunset to sunrise?
Position lights (red and green and white), anti-collision strobe light. Also recommended to keep beacon light on and landing light on in low visibility.
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What type of transponder is needed to enter or fly around Class B or C?
4096-code (4 digit), Mode C transponder (which has altitude encoding), and an encoding altimeter
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What are the minimums for aerobatic flights (other than approved air shows)?
1 Prohibited over congested areas or lateral boundaries of Class B, C or D, or E airport space
2. below 1500 AGL
3. with visibility less than 3 sm
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What are the minimums for experimental aircraft?
Not over densely populated areas or congested airways.
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How can FAA Circulars be obtained?
By ordering them as desired
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What should a glider and airplane do if on a head on collision course?
Both should give way to the right (head on courses do not apply the right of way hierarchy)
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What is required to act as PIC of a towplane for a glider?
100 hours in category, class and type (if required), or 200 hours total.
Within 24 months, pilot must make 3 actual or simulated glider tows with qualified pilot, or three tows as PIC.
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When must a pilot submit a written report of any deviation from the rules?
Upon request from the FAA.
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What should a pilot do if ATC gives a clearance that would violate a rule?
Ask for an amended clearance.
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How many passengers may a sport pilot carry?
1 passenger maximum
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What is the maximum gross takeoff weight for a sport pilot?
1320 lbs land
1430 lbs sea
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What is the weight limit for a sport pilot operating lighter-than-air aircraft?
660 lbs
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What is the maximum speed an aircraft can be operated under light sport?
120 knots
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What class of aircraft may be operated under light sport?
Single engine, non-turbine engines
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What types of propellers may be operated in light sport aircraft?
Fixed or ground adjustable propellers
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Can a light sport aircraft be pressurized?
No
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What is S-LSA?
Manufactured light sport aircraft
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What is E-LSA?
Home built light sport aircraft
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Can a sport pilot operate an aircraft at night?
No.
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When may a pilot operate an E-LSA aircraft?
If the pilot completes 51% of the building of the aircraft.
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What is required to do maintenance on S-LSA?
A maintenance rating through a 120-hour course
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What is required to do the annual inspection on E-LSA aircraft?
An inspection rating through a 16 hour course.
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What is required to do maintenance on E-LSA?
Nothing.
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What regulation allows preventive maintenance?
FAR 43.7
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How long does the airworthiness certificate remain valid?
As long as the aircraft is maintained and operated as required by regulations.
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What are the minimums to take off or land as a Class D airport?
3 sm ground visibility
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When may objects be dropped from an aircraft?
If precautions are taken to avoid personal injury or property damage.
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What is the technical definition of night time?
The period between the end of evening civil twilight and the beginning of morning civil twilight.
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How do you enter Class C airspace without ADS-B out?
With permission from ATC at any time
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What are the two types of airspace and conditions that require 5 sm visibility and 1000 feet below and 1 sm horizontally from clouds?
Class E above 10,000 MSL.
Class G above 10,000 MSL and 1,200 AGL
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What are the airspaces and conditions that merely require being clear of clouds with no distance?
Class B
Class G below 1,200 AGL during the day
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What are the airspaces and conditions that only require 1 sm of visibility?
Glass G only during the day, but still 500/1000/2000 when above 1200
Below 1200, just clear of clouds
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What are the VFR minimums for Class B, C, and D airspace?
3 sm visibility, 500/1000/2000 except for Class B
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What is the standard VFR minimum and exceptions?
3 sm 500/1000/2000
Exceptions:
1. Class B - clear of clouds
2. Class E or G above 10,000 - 5 sm 1000/1000/1sm
3. Class G day - 1 sm and clear of clouds
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For VFR altitude rules, what direction do you use?
Magnetic course
NOT true course or heading
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What advisory circular numbers deal with ATC?
90
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What advisory circular numbers deal with airspace?
70
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What advisory circular numbers deal with airmen?
60
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What is the speed limit on an airway in Class B airspace?
200 knots
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How soon must the NTSB be given a report of an incident (not an accident)?
Only upon request
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When is ADS-B required around Class C airspace?
When overlying Class C airpsace below 10,000 MSL
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How long does the airworthiness certificate remain valid?
As long as it is maintained and operated as required by FARs.
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What must be studied preflight when flying cross country?
Runway lengths and alternate airports
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When an annual is done, where is it notated in the aircraft records?
By notation in the logbooks (not the registration or on panels)
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