Steve’s Know List

Question 1

GO or NO-GO decision

Answer 1

PAVE

Pilot skills and capability
Airplane
EnVironment (wx)
External (emotion / sick / stress)

IMSAFE pilot assessment
Illness
Medication
Stress
Alcohol
Fatigue
Eating / Emotion

Question 2

Best way to clear fouled plugs in run up?

Answer 2

Throttle 2200 (fullish) to run air through
Lean mixture - slowly rotate out to starve fuel
Wait 15-20 seconds (blows carbon off plugs)

*more common in older engines / 152s

Question 3

How many spark plugs?

Answer 3

4 cylinders
2 spark plugs per cylinder

= 8 spark plugs

Question 4

Cold engine start

Answer 4

3 shots prime (fuel to cylinders)

Question 5

Warm engine start

Answer 5

1/2 shot prime and one throttle pump

Question 6

Flooded engine start

Answer 6

Mixture - idle cut off
Full power throttle
(This pushes excess fuel out exhaust)
Crank!
When fuel / air ratio balanced and engine begins firing, mixture rich and pull throttle back to idle

*caused by overpriming or after successive start attempts in cold weather

Question 7

Required plane documents

Answer 7

Plane documents: AROW

Airworthiness certificate
Registration
Operating limitations (POH)
Weight and balance (binder)

Question 8

Required Pilot docs

Answer 8

Photo ID
Pilot Certificate
Log book
Medical

Question 9

TFR

Answer 9

Temporary flight restrictions:
Fire fighting ops / dignitaries / large sporting events and air shows

Question 10

5Ws of radio communication

Answer 10

Who am I calling?
Who am I? (Call sign)
Where am I?
What information do I have?
What do I want?

Question 11

At KTTD: Non-movement areas? Movement areas?

Answer 11

movement (no tower clearance necessary): ramp and run up area / boundary road
Non- Movement areas (need tower clearance): taxiway / runway

Question 12

Altitude limitations heading south of KTTD?

Answer 12

At or below 1200 until outside D ring (3 miles / blue dash line)
At or below 1700’ (pdx class c shelf floor)

Question 13

Altitude limitations heading north of KTTD?

Answer 13

1500’ until past Lacamas lake
Lacamas lake to BTG (Class c shelf floor at 2000’)

Question 14

LGS steady red

Answer 14

Continué circling at 1200’ abeam tower, just outside pattern

Question 15

LGS flashing red

Answer 15

Unsafe to land - go to a different airport

Question 16

No radio landing procedure

Answer 16

Squawk 7600
Use cell to call tower
Turn on all lights
Stay at 1200’ outside pattern and circle abeam tower
Watch for LGS
Green- clear to land
Rock wings to acknowledge
No flaps landing

Question 17

Solo maneuvers

Answer 17

T/O and L
go-arounds
ground reference maneuvers
slips and crabs

Question 18

High risk maneuvers

Answer 18

Stalls and emergency procedures

Question 19

Side slip

Answer 19

Banked wing- dip into crosswind
Opposite Rudder keeps nose on centerline
Ball NOT centered

Question 20

Forward slip

Answer 20

Aggressive side slip
Lose altitude
Creates drag and sinks

Question 21

Light and variable winds (knts?)

Answer 21

Below 5 knots

Question 22

Crab

Answer 22

Wings level
Rudder to point nose into wind
Ball centered

Question 23

Ground reference maneuvers

Answer 23

Circle about a point
S-turns
Rectangle

Question 24

How high to be above airport pattern when I intend to visit and want to check it out?

Answer 24

1000’ above the pattern altitude

Question 25

7600

Answer 25

Lost radio

Question 26

7700

Answer 26

Emergency

Question 27

Why clearing turns?

Answer 27

Traffic check prior to maneuvers

Question 28

Climb and level off (3 Ps)

Answer 28

Pitch Power Trim

Question 29

Descent

Answer 29

Power Pitch Trim

Question 30

Heading to get back to KTTD from south practice area?

Answer 30

330 (mt st Helens)

Question 31

Heading to get back to Kttd from north practice area?

Answer 31

120

Question 32

Fuel grade for my plane? Capacity?

Answer 32

100 low lead / 40gallons

Question 33

Oil grade? Capacity?

Answer 33

50 weight aero shell / 8qts

Question 34

Issue in flight and need to land at grove, but not signed off, what do I do?

Answer 34

Fly over and check it out. I Can land anywhere if I have a problem in flight.

Question 35

Discharge on ammeter. What do you do?

Answer 35

Check alt / alt field circuit breaker Turn off master Turn off lights / unnecessarily electric Toggle alt (left side of master) on and off If alt reboots ammeter shows + If shows flicker (-) must do a no flap / no radio landing

Question 36

Flap malfunction. What do you do?

Answer 36

Land asap without flaps

Question 37

3 Fs of Engine out procedure

Answer 37

Fly (best glide 75) Field (choose a suitable field based on wind and distance) Flow (landing checklist)

Question 38

Airspeed indicator malfunction. What do you do?

Answer 38

Takeoff- horizon on the dash (80) Cruise- power setting Landing- watch VSI, use eyes, ears, butt to feel pitch and use familiar power settings

Question 39

Tower says “make short approach”. What do you do?

Answer 39

Comfortable? Do it. Drop power on downwind and flap 10/20/30 Uncomfortable? “Unable” and they will extend my downwind

Question 40

Tower is rushing you to exit runway and you landed long. What do you do?

Answer 40

Unable

Question 41

Go-Around

Answer 41

POWER! Carb heat off Control pitch- horizon on dash Flaps up slowly *sloppy approach (too high or too fast) / someone on the runway

Question 42

destination airport is too busy and chaotic. What do you do?

Answer 42

Stay out of pattern Maneuvers in practice area Listen to radio and assess intentions Go somewhere else

Question 43

Flight performance - how do temp and elevation affect it?

Answer 43

👆temp and 👆elevation = reduced performance (longer takeoff and reduced climb rate)

Question 44

Takeoff distance (sea level / standard temp)

Answer 44

400-800’ depending on wind / weight

Question 45

Landing distance (sea level / standard temp)

Answer 45

520’

Question 46

Airport runway lengths for: KTTD KSPB 4S9

Answer 46

KTTD 5400 Skappoose 5100 Mulino 3400

Question 47

Landed and no call from tower. What do you do?

Answer 47

Cross the line Complete checklist Call tower for taxi clearance