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Instrument Review

Instrument Review . By: Graham Johnson DPE. Where Do the Questions Come From?. They all come from the PTS Task Items Pilot Qualifications Weather Information Cross Country Flight Planning. Examination Guide.

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Instrument Review

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  1. Instrument Review By: Graham Johnson DPE

  2. Where Do the Questions Come From? • They all come from the PTS • Task Items • Pilot Qualifications • Weather Information • Cross Country Flight Planning

  3. Examination Guide • The purpose of this guide is to help highlight the applicable areas of knowledge for this exam. • It is not a complete list of topics, but covers those that seem to have confusion or are what I deem as important to the exam. • The final guidance for all exams is the appropriate PTS.

  4. Instrument Currency • 6-6-HIT • 6 approaches in 6 months involving holding intercepting and tracking • What happens after 6 months? • How about 12 months? • What is an IPC • What needs to be completed on an IPC • Where do we get guidance on conducting an IPC

  5. Airplane Documents • A.R.R.O.W. • Airworthiness Certificate • Registration Certificate • Radio License (International Operations) • Operating Limitations (POH/AFM, Placards & Markings) • Weight and Balance Data for Specific Aircraft

  6. Airplane Documents Continued • What Actions are Required to Maintain an Airworthiness Certificate • A.V.I.A.T.E. • Annual Inspection • VOR Check • Pitot Static System Inspection • Airworthiness Directives • Transponder Inspection • ELT Inspection

  7. Single Pilot Resource Management • Define ADM • Tools that the FAA has Given us to Complete ADM • CH 17 of the Pilot’s Handbook of Aeronautical Knowledge • PAVE Checklist • TEAM Checklist • IMSAFE Checklist

  8. Weather Information • weather reports and forecasts. • pilot and radar reports. • surface analysis charts. • radar summary charts. • significant weather prognostics. • winds and temperatures aloft. • freezing level charts. • stability charts. • severe weather outlook charts. • SIGMETs and AIRMETs. • ATIS reports.

  9. Text Weather Products • Be able to decode • Know issuance times and valid times for each product • Know Issuance Criteria for each product if applicable

  10. Graphic Weather Products • Why do we want to look at these charts • Valid Times • Issuance Times • Symbols • What is the chart telling me? • Know How to get the Charts

  11. Cross Country Flight Planning • Alternate Requirements • 1,2,3 Rule • Minimum Fuel Requirements • Standard Alternate Minimums • When is an Alternate Required to be filed? • Chart Symbols • MEA, MOCA, MRA, MCA, MAA

  12. Cross Country Flight Planning • Be able to read approach plates • Circling Approach Criteria • Know when an ODP is Published

  13. Icing • Inflight • Clear, Rime, Mixed • What are they • When would you expect them • Deicing options • On the Ground • Safety of Flight • Methods of Deicing • Type II, Type IV Deice Fluid • Definition of Holdover Time

  14. Flight Instruments • Explain Principles of Operation • Explain how they work • Explain errors associated with the instruments • Include navigation instruments • GPS • RAIM • VOR • NDB • DME • ILS

  15. Lost Communications • What actions to take if lost communications • Route • A,V,E,F • Assigned, Vectored, Expected, As Filed • Altitude • M,E,A • Highest of Minimum IFR Altitude, Expected or As Filed

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