What are the cross-country VFR day fuel requirements?
- fuel to fly to first point of intended refueling plus 1 hour at normal cruise
What are the cross-country VFR night fuel requirements?
- fuel to fly to first point of intended refueling plus 1.5 hours at normal cruise
What are the cross-country IFR fuel requirements?
- fuel to fly to first point of intended refueling, an alternate if required, plus 1 hour (day) or 1.5 hours (night)
What are the dual flight weather minimums for the traffic pattern?
- 1,300 ft ceiling, 3 SM visibility
What are the dual flight weather minimums for the practice area?
- 2,000 ft ceiling, 5 SM visibility
What are the dual flight weather minimums for local IFR training?
- equal to or greater than circling minimums
What are the dual flight weather minimums for cross-country flights?
- federal regulations
What are the dual flight weather minimums for any flight?
- winds (including gusts) exceed 30 knots or exceeds max demonstrated crosswind component
What are the solo flight weather minimums for the traffic pattern?
- 2,000 ft ceiling, 5 SM visibility
What are the solo flight weather minimums for the practice area?
- 2,500 ft ceiling, 6 SM visibility
What are the solo flight weather minimums for wind?
- 25 knots total winds & 15 knots crosswind
What are the solo flight weather minimums for cross-country flights by rated private pilots?
- 1,000 ft ceiling above planned altitude, 6 SM visibility
What are the solo flight weather minimums for cross-country flights by student pilots?
- 2,000 ft ceiling above planned altitude, 6 SM visbility
What are the solo flight weather minimums for FA-119/121 student pilots?
- maximum gust spread of 7 knots
Who should you contact if you discover equipment or instruments are inoperative?
- flight supervisor on duty
In order to perform cross-country flights longer than 400 NM, what do you need to do?
- get approval from the chief flight instructor
When an emergency occurs, what are the 3 basic rules to remember?
- maintain aircraft control
- analyze the situation and take corrective action
- land as soon as conditions permit
If you encounter deteriorating weather, what should you do?
- hold in good weather or divert
If you experience lost comms at a towered airport while on the ground, what should you do?
- flash the landing light and remain clear of movement areas until you receive a light gun signal
If you experience lost comms at a non-towered airport while on the ground, what should you do?
- return to parking and contact flight supervisor
If you experience lost comms during VFR flight, what should you do?
- Plan to land at an appropriate non-towered airport, squawk 7600, call flight supervisor and flight service station if on a flight plan
If you experience lost comms during IFR flight, what should you do?
- Altitude = fly highest of “MEA”, minimum IFR altitude, Expected, or Assigned
- Route = select route by this order “AVEF”, Assigned > Vector > Expected > Filed
- If the clearance limit ends at a fix from which the approach begins = start descent and approach as close as possible to ETA/EFC
- If the clearance limit does NOT end at a fix from which the approach begins = fly to clearance limit then fly to fix that begins an approach as close as possible to ETA/EFC
- Squawk 7600
- after landing contact ERAU flight operations
What are the accident or incident notification procedures?
- notify the flight supervisor as soon as possible
- list the date and time, location, aircraft and tail number, number and type of injuries, description, name of person reporting
What should you do if you experience an accident or incident while in the air?
- contact a controlling agency, explain the situation, and ask them to notify ERAU
