Pilot Certificates
Do private pilot certificates ever expire?
No, but it needs to be current to exercise it's privileges
What documents do you need with you to fly the airplane?
1. Pilot Certificate
2. Government Issued Photo ID
3. Medical Certificate
For a person under the age of 40, when will a third class medical certificate issued on March 15, 2020 expire?
After 60 months from March 15, 2020
If an aircraft has been on a schedule of inspection every 100 hours, under what condition may it continue to operate beyond the 100 hours without a new inspection?
The 100-hour limitation may be exceeded by not more than 10 hours while en route to a place where the inspection can be done. The excess time used to reach a place where the inspection can be done must be included in computing the next 100 hours of time in service.
What is an airworthiness certificate?
An airworthiness certificate is issued by the FAA to an aircraft that has been proven to meet the minimum design and manufacturing requirements and is condition for safe operation. Under any circumstances, the aircraft must meet the requirements of the original type certificate or it is no longer airworthy. These certificates come in two different classifications: standard airworthiness and special airworthiness.
What are the eligibility requirements for a private pilot (airplane) certificate?
a. Be at least 17 years of age.
b. Be able to read, speak, write, and understand the English language.
c. Hold at least a current third-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.
What are Minimum Equipment Lists?
The Minimum Equipment List (MEL) is a precise listing of instruments, equipment, and procedures that allows an aircraft to be operated under specific conditions with inoperative equipment.
The MEL is the specific inoperative equipment document for a particular make and model aircraft by serial and registration numbers. eg BE-200, N12345
The FAA-approved MEL includes only those items of equipment that the FAA administrator deems may be inoperative and still maintain an acceptable level of safety with appropriate conditions and limitations.
One way a pilot can limit exposure to risks is to set personal minimums for items in each risk category (PAVE). Describe the individual minimums you will establish for yourself.
Personal: sleep, health, ill, medications, recent flight time
Aircraft: last inspection, fuel, weight and balance, latest charts and gps
Environment: weather, alternative flight path options, approaches
External Pressures: stress, anxious, "get-thereitis" passengers
Personal: IMSAFE (Illness, Medication, Stress, Alcohol, Fatigue, Eating)
Aircraft: Weight & Balance, Performance, Charts
Environment: PIREPS, NOTAMS, Weather, familiar with the area
External Pressures: Passengers, people waiting for your arrival
What is the difference between an annual inspection and a 100-hour inspection?
The main difference is who is allowed to performed these inspections. Only an A&P mechanic with an Inspection Authorization can perform an annual inspection. 100-hour inspections may be performed by any A&P mechanic (No IA required). Part 43, Appendix D (" Scope and Detail of Items to be Included in Annual and 100-Hour inspections") contains a list of items to be checked during inspections.
Where must the airworthiness certificate be located?
The certificate must be displayed at the cabin or cockpit entrance so that it is legible to passengers or crew.
How do we keep our pilot certificate current?
A flight review every 24 calendar months
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 identification for inspection upon a request from the administrator, an authorized NTSB representative, any federal, state, or local enforcement officer, or an authorized representative of the TSA.
What privileges and limitations apply when flying under BasicMed?
You can conduct any operation that you would otherwise be able to conduct using your pilot certificate and a third-class medical certificate, except you are limited to:
a. Fly with no more than five passengers.
b. Fly an aircraft that has a maximum takeoff weight of not more than 6,000 pounds.
c. Fly an aircraft that is authorized to carry no more than six occupants (i.e. five passengers plus the pilot)
d. Flights within the United States, at an indicated airspeed of 250 knots or less, and at an altitude at or below 18,000 feet MSL.
e. You may not fly for compensation or hire.
If an aircraft is operated for hire, is it required to have a 100-hour inspection as well as an annual inspection?
Yes, if an aircraft is operated for hire it must have a 100-hour inspection as well as an annual inspection when due. If not operated for hire, only an annual inspection is required.
For an aircraft to be considered airworthy, what two conditions must be met?
A. The aircraft must conform to its type design (type certificate. This is attained when the required and proper components are installed consistent with the drawings, specifications and other data that are part of the type certificate. Conformity includes applicable supplemental type certificate(s) (STC) and field-approved alterations.
B. The aircraft must be in a condition for safe operation, referring to the condition of the aircraft in relation to wear and deterioration.
What are the currency requirements for carrying passengers?
3 take offs and landing within the preceding 90 days in an aircraft of the same category, class, and type if required. At night, these 3 landings need to be to a full stop
What documents are required on board an aircraft prior to flight?
ARROW:
Airworthiness Certificate (14 CFR 91.203)
Registration Certificate (14 CFR 91.203)
Radio Station License (if operating outside of US.; An FCC Regulation)
Operating Limitations -- AFM (Aircraft flight manual
Description) /POH (Pilot Operating Handbook) and supplements, placards, markings (14 CFR 91.9)
Weight and balance date (current)
Compass Deviation Card (14 CFR 23.1547)
External Date Plate/Serial Number (14 CFR 45.11)
What requirements must be met to fly under BasicMed?
a. Hold a current and valid U.S. driver's license.
b. Hold or have held a medical certificate issued by the FAA at any point after July 14, 2006.
c. Answer the healthy questions on the Comprehensive Medical Examination Checklist (CMEC).
d. Get your physical examination by any State-licensed physician, and have that physician complete the CMEC (be sure to keep your copy of the CMEC).
e. Take a BasicMed online medical education course. Keep the course completion document issued to you by the course provider.
What aircraft are required to have 100-hour inspections?
a. All aircraft under 12,500 pounds (except turbojet/turbo propeller-powered multi-engine airplanes and turbine-powered rotorcraft), used to carry passengers for hire.
b. Aircraft used for flight instruction for hire, when provided by the person giving the flight instruction.
What is an experimental airworthiness certificate?
A special airworthiness certificate in the experimental category is issued to operate an aircraft that does not have a type certificate or does not conform to its type certificate yet is in condition for safe operation. Additionally, this certificate is issued to operate a primary category kit-built aircraft that was assembled without the supervision and quality control of the production certificate holder.
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?
a. A pilot certificate (or special purpose pilot authorization).
b. A photo identification.
c. A medical certificate (with certain exceptions as provided in 14 CFR &61.3)
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 identification for inspection upon a request from the administrator, an authorized NTSB representative, any federal, state, or local enforcement officer, or an authorized representative of the TSA.
What is required to maintain BasicMed privileges?
a. Be sure you have a CMEC that shows that your most recent physical examination was within the past 48 months. Keep the completed, signed CMEC in a safe place.
b. Be sure you are being treated by a physician for medical conditions that may affect safety of flight.
c. Be sure you have a course completion certificate that was issued by a BasicMed medical training course provider within the past 24 calendar months.
What are the required tests and inspections to be performed on an aircraft? Include inspections for IFR.
Annual Inspection within the preceding 12 calendar months (14 CFR 91.409)
Airworthiness directives and life-limited parts complied with, as required (14 CFR 91.403, 91.417)
Vor equipment check every 30 days (for IFR ops) (14 CFR 91.171)
100-hour inspection, if used for hire or flight instruction in aircraft CFI provides (14 CFR 91.409)
Altimeter, altitude reporting equipment, and static pressure systems tested and inspected (for IFR ops) every 24 calendar months (14 CFR 91.411)
Transponder tests and inspections, every 24 calendar months (14 CFR 91.413)
Emergency locator transmitter, operation and batter condition inspected every 12 calendar months (14 CFR 91.207)
After aircraft inspections have been made and defects have been repaired, who is responsible for determining that the aircraft is in an airworthy condition?
The pilot-in-command of a civil aircraft is responsible for determining whether that aircraft is in a condition for safe flight. The pilot-in-command shall discontinue the flight when unairworthy, mechanical, electrical, or structural conditions occur.