Attention:
- Research a mishap case study:
- Discuss how the initial conditions developed into an incident/accident/mishap
- Relate similar personal experience of the same type of incident/accident/mishap
- Consider incorporating a case study as a guided scenario
Motivator:
Overview:
Topic:
Time:
Introduction:
0:05
Airworthiness Requirements:
0:15
Review (quiz):
0:05
Case Studies:
0:05
Total Ground Time:
0:30
Required Materials:
- Paper & Pen or Marker & Whiteboard, parked aircraft or airworthiness & registration certificate, aircraft logbook, minimum equipment list (if available), kinds of equipment list (if available), A&P with aircraft logbook, minimum/kinds of equipment list (or example if not applicable)
Instructor Actions:
- Review Airman Certification Standards
- Define and how to determine airworthiness
- Discuss required inspections
- Discuss required documents
- Discuss airworthiness certificate, including special airworthiness certificates/special flight permitss and supplemental type certificates
- Discuss airworthiness directives
- Discuss service bulletons and special airworthiness information bulletins
- Discuss preventive maintenance
- Discuss required equipment for VFR flight
- Discuss minimum equipment lists and kinds of equipment lists
- Discuss inoperative equipment
- Discuss registration certificate
- Discuss case studies
- Discuss remotivation & closure
Student Actions:
- Complete assigned reading (see content above)
- Ask pertinent questions
- Perform self-assessment, including fitness for flight and personal minimums, as appropriate
- Make a go/no-go decision, as appropriate
Airworthiness Guided Scenario(s):
- In conjunction with a preflight:
- Locate and review the airworthiness certificate for accuracy and expiration
- Review an aircraft maintenance logbook with an A&P and discuss:
- What the required inspections are and how they can be found/are logged in the aircraft logbook
- What Airworthiness Directives exist, how to find them, and how they've been complied with and logged
- What Special Airworthiness Information Bulletins exist, how to find them, and how they've been complied with and logged
- Still with an A&P, while conducting a preflight discuss provide examples of what maintenance requirements may be discovered and who must perform them
- Discuss inoperative equipment found during preflight:
- Do the items appear on a minimum equipment list? (if applicable)
- Do the items appear on a kinds of equipment list? (if applicable)
- What are the items required for VFR operations?
- In any case, how must these items be placarded when found?
- Provide a scenario where the pilot has determined the aircraft is airworthy, but various items start to fail
- At what point must the aircraft be legally terminated? (VFR required equipment/unairworthy)
- What are other considerations to an aircraft that has multiple pieces of equipment fail together or on the same flight?
- Related scenarios:
Commercial Pilot (Airplane) Airworthiness Requirements Airman Certification Standards:
- Objective: To determine the applicant exhibits satisfactory knowledge, risk management, and skills associated with airworthiness requirements, including airplane certificates
- References: 14 CFR parts 39, 43, 91; FAA-H-8083-2 (Risk Management Handbook), FAA-H-8083-3 (Airplane Flying Handbook), FAA-H-8083-25 (Pilot Handbook of Aeronautical Knowledge)
Commercial Pilot (Airplane) Airworthiness Requirements Knowledge:
The applicant demonstrates understanding of:-
CA.I.B.K1:
General airworthiness requirements and compliance for airplanes, including:-
CA.I.B.K1a:
Location and expiration dates of required aircraft certificates. -
CA.I.B.K1b:
Required inspections and airplane logbook documentation. -
CA.I.B.K1c:
Airworthiness Directives and Special Airworthiness Information Bulletins. -
CA.I.B.K1d:
Purpose and procedure for obtaining a special flight permit.
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CA.I.B.K2:
Pilot-performed preventive maintenance. -
CA.I.B.K3:
Equipment requirements for day and night VFR flight, including:-
CA.I.B.K3a:
Flying with inoperative equipment. -
CA.I.B.K3b:
Using an approved Minimum Equipment List (MEL). -
CA.I.B.K3c:
Kinds of Operation Equipment List (KOEL). -
CA.I.B.K3d:
Required discrepancy records or placards.
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CA.I.B.K4:
Special airworthiness certificate aircraft operating limitations, if applicable.
Commercial Pilot (Airplane) Airworthiness Requirements Risk Management:
The applicant is able to identify, assess, and mitigate risk associated with:-
CA.I.B.R1:
Inoperative equipment discovered prior to flight.
Commercial Pilot (Airplane) Airworthiness Requirements Skills:
The applicant exhibits the skill to:-
CA.I.B.S1:
Locate and describe airplane airworthiness and registration information. -
CA.I.B.S2:
Determine the airplane is airworthy in the scenario given by the evaluator. -
CA.I.B.S3:
Apply appropriate procedures for operating with inoperative equipment in the scenario given by the evaluator.
Re-Motivation:
- Still looking for something? Continue searching:
Closure:
- Advise students that this lesson will be used as a starting point for the next lesson
- Assign study materials for the next lesson
Conclusion:
- Hard copies of the ACS and Oral Exam Guides can be purchased at: Amazon
- Digital copies of the ACS can be found on the FAA's website at: https://www.faa.gov/training_testing/testing/acs/
- The FAA provides guidance for test taking at: https://www.faa.gov/training_testing/training/pilot_tips/
- Test guides can be found on the FAA's website at: http://www.faa.gov/training_testing/testing/test_guides/media/faa-g-8082-17i.pdf
- To learn more about earning the practical test, visit the checkride page