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Prepare for Your Checkride

This presentation has been donated to the SAFE Library for the personal use of SAFE Members. Questions, or Permission for any other intended use, should be directed to the author: Larry Bothe, lbothe@comcast.net. Prepare for Your Checkride.

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Prepare for Your Checkride

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  1. This presentation has been donated to the SAFE Library for the personal use of SAFE Members. Questions, or Permission for any other intended use, should be directed to the author: Larry Bothe, lbothe@comcast.net Prepare for Your Checkride

  2. We're here to provide you with information to make sure you have a good day with the Designated Pilot Examiner Prepare For Your Checkride

  3. A little info about me ..... • Larry Bothe • Seymour, Indiana • LBothe@comcast.net • 812-521-7400 (cell) • Master CFI • DPE 8 years; Sport, Private and IFR • Done approximately 75 Sport checkrides, • 500 Private, 60 IFR

  4. Today's Presentation • A checkride overview • The PTS booklet • Required endorsements • Scenario-based testing • Oral portion helpful hints • Flight portion helpful hints • Questions & answers • Please hold until the end. Thank you.

  5. Checkride Overview • Pretest briefing • Check documentation; eligibility (IACRA) • Oral quizzing • Lunch break - ??? • Flight portion; preflight briefing first • Post-flight debriefing • Issue pilot certificate (or disapproval) • Total time for all this? - Plan on 5 hours

  6. Make it easy for him/her to make that decision. Don't put the examiner in a bad humor. The Examiner Wants You To Pass

  7. Perfection not required; however • Must know most things in each subject area • “I don't know” is OK, once in a while • Can look things up in books/notes • But not for every other question • Use POH, especially for “systems” questions

  8. Make It Easy On Yourself • Eat breakfast; don't go brain-dead • Be on time, or call if running late • Complete all your homework • Have all required endorsements; full text • Bring everything you need; see “Applicant's Practical Test Checklist” in PTS • Total logbook pages, mark requirements • Buy a POH for the plane you fly

  9. Pilot's Operating Handbook • Know how to use performance charts • Read about systems • You can look things up in POH if you get stuck on a question

  10. IACRA • Integrated Airman Certificate or Rating Application; just Google “IACRA” • FAA's “paperless” system • Write on inside cover of logbook: • FTN number • User name • Password

  11. Required Endorsements • Initial solo, FAR 61.87 • 90-day solo, FAR 61.87(p)(v) • Cross-country solo, FAR 61.93(c)&(e) • 61.39 (3 hrs trng in preceding 2 cal mo.....) • 61.107 (all areas of operation .....) Private • 61.309/311/313 (meets all requirements of.....) • On Student Pilot Certificate (back side)

  12. The PTS Booklet • Tells exactly what you will be tested on • Common ground • Get one • Read introduction • $10 from Sporty's

  13. Plans of Action • An outline of the test • We can't make it up as we go along • Pretty much the Section 1 Contents of PTS • DPE's can give test in any order • Must test everything in PTS, but can combine

  14. Scenario Based Testing • The Oral Exam Guide • Can't be a “parrot” • Must be able to apply knowledge to situation • Scenarios; “What will you do if.....”

  15. Helpful Hints; Oral Quizzing • Will cover just problem areas, starting with • Certificates & Documents • “O” in AROW = Operating Limitations; not just “owner's manual” • POH • Instrument markings • Placards • Operating limitations from DAR if E-LSA • ELT; Inspection and battery life

  16. Adding Priveleges – Sport Pilot • What do you have to do to: • Fly a different plane in the same set? • Different set; e.g. taildragger? • Go from airplane to powered parachute? • Never need a DPE again (until the FAA changes it, probably soon).

  17. Weather • Current vs. forecast • Timing of forecasts • Radar is not a forecasting tool • Enroute weather; call Flight Watch, 122.0

  18. Cross-Country Flight Planning • Speed & fuel consumption • From POH, Cruise Performance Chart • “My instructor told me” is not acceptable • Airspace; where are classes E & G? • G is thin blanket near the ground; E above • Inside magenta shading G is 700' thick • Outside magenta shading G is 1200' thick • Practical difference between E & G (Sport) • Mode-C veil around class B airspace

  19. “Koch Chart” – Just Google It

  20. FAA Flight Plan Form

  21. Aircraft Systems, and Malfunctions • Tested together • “Land” is not the answer • Oil temperature and oil pressure • Alternator (electrical) failure – Reset (or not) • Battery goes dead; engine quit? • Can't remember? – Look up in POH

  22. Aeromedical Factors • Middle ear & sinus; “ears hurt” • Valsalva maneuver the best • Go back up, as high as you were • Valsalva coming back down • Drugs & OTC medications – Ask an AME • Internet lists (FAA, AOPA) won't do • Drug interactions • SCUBA – “Tomorrow”

  23. Spin Awareness • Aerodynamic factors that cause spins • Stall accompanied by uncoordinated flight • Flight situation where pilots get into spin • Base-to-final turn in an overshoot • Recovery (no, you can't look it up) • Power to idle, ailerons neutral • Full opposite rudder • Control wheel (stick) briskly forward • Gently recover from dive

  24. Flight Portion; Basic “Rules” • Use good judgment (nothing stupid, go-arnd) • Take prompt corrective action; fix it • “Can I do it over?” • Notification if “unsatisfactory”; right now

  25. Move On to Flight Hints • Preflight inspection; USE CHECKLIST!! • Passenger briefing; how to get out • Taxiing in wind: On the ground you should -- • Dive away from a tailwind • Climb into a headwind • Set up nav radios on ground, freq & OBS • Takeoff: Where is the wind from? • Doing stalls: Full stall, don't “pump”

  26. Simulated Engine Failure • Best glide speed, and TRIM. Try full nose up. • Landing site, and TURN TO GO THERE • Squawk 7700 & declare emergency on 121.5 BEFORE RESTART ATTEMPT • Use a checklist • More than 1000' AGL at landing site; spiral • No flaps to full flaps when field made • Still high? Slip!!!

  27. More Flight Hints • Recovery from unusual attitude; adjust power • Ground reference; don't do “S”-turns • Turns-about-a-point; point control • Lost & diversion • Climb first • Turn to approximate heading • Then set up GPS • Listen to AWOS when return to airport

  28. Takeoffs & Landings • Short field landing; go extra downwind • Short field takeoff; use ALL the runway • Soft field ldg; airspeed 5 kts above short field • Soft field landing; carry power to touchdown • Slip-to-landing • Use full rudder; pin it to floor • Steer with the control wheel (like a truck) • Go-around: Throttle first, not flaps

  29. What happens if you fail? • It's not the end of the world • Continue or not? • What is required? • Additional training • FAR 61.49 endorsement • New 8710-11 application in IACRA • Retested only on what you failed and anything that wasn't tested • Additional cost, but not usually the full amount

  30. Ask Away Have a question later? Send me an e-mail at LBothe@comcast.net, cell phone 812-521-7400 Thank you for attending Questions?

  31. This presentation has been donated to the SAFE Library for the personal use of SAFE Members. Questions, or Permission for any other intended use, should be directed to the author: Larry Bothe, lbothe@comcast.net Prepare for Your Checkride

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