Flight Instructor (Airplane) Airworthiness Requirements Lesson Plan

Flight Instructor (Airplane) • ACS Area III, Task B

The Flight Instructor (Airplane) Airworthiness Requirements Lesson Plan covers the instructional knowledge, risk management, and skills required by FAA-S-ACS-25.

Flight Instructor (Airplane) Airworthiness Requirements Lesson Plan

Introduction

  • Schedule

    Topic:
    Time:
    Attention/Motivator:
    0:05
    Part 1, Lesson Introduction:
    0:05
    Part 2, Instructional Knowledge:
    0:25
    Part 3, Risk Management Instruction:
    0:15
    Part 4, Skill Demonstration and Teaching:
    0:30
    Part 5, Guided Teaching Scenario:
    0:20
    Part 6, Lesson Conclusion:
    0:05
    Remotivation/Closure:
    0:05
    Total Ground Time:
    0:00

  • Attention Getter:

    • Present a teaching scenario in which learner safety or understanding depends on effective instruction in airworthiness Requirements.
    • Ask the instructor applicant to identify the first instructional decision that will shape the learner's outcome.

  • Motivator:

    • To determine the applicant understands airworthiness requirements, including aircraft certificates, can apply that knowledge, manage associated risks, demonstrate appropriate skills, and provide effective instruction.

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Flight Instructor (Airplane) Airworthiness Requirements Lesson Plan

Materials

Flight Instructor (Airplane) Airworthiness Requirements Lesson Plan

Instructor Actions

  • Before the lesson, review the reference materials, applicable airplane limitations, and the instructor applicant's prior lesson preparation.
  • Part 1, Lesson Introduction:
    • Present the attention getter and motivator.
    • Review Area of Operation III, Task B, and the Airman Certification Standards.
    • State the lesson objective: To determine the applicant understands airworthiness requirements, including aircraft certificates, can apply that knowledge, manage associated risks, demonstrate appropriate skills, and provide effective instruction.
  • Part 2, Instructional Knowledge:
    • Teach a systematic determination of airplane airworthiness and regulatory compliance, including: (AI.III.B.K1)
      • Location and expiration dates of required aircraft certificates (AI.III.B.K1a)
      • Required inspections and aircraft logbook documentation (AI.III.B.K1b)
      • Airworthiness Directives and Special Airworthiness Information Bulletins (AI.III.B.K1c)
      • Purpose and procedure for obtaining a special flight permit (AI.III.B.K1d)
    • Use an aircraft- or scenario-specific example, then have the learner explain the scope, limitations, performance, approval-for-return-to-service, and recordkeeping requirements for pilot-performed preventive maintenance. (AI.III.B.K2)
    • Determine equipment requirements for day and night VFR and apply the rules governing inoperative equipment, including: (AI.III.B.K3)
      • Flying with inoperative equipment (AI.III.B.K3a)
      • Using an approved Minimum Equipment List (MEL) (AI.III.B.K3b)
      • Kinds of Operation Equipment List (KOEL) (AI.III.B.K3c)
      • Required discrepancy records or placards (AI.III.B.K3d)
    • Compare standard and special airworthiness certificates and apply the operating limitations associated with the applicable category. (AI.III.B.K4)
  • Part 3, Risk Management Instruction:
    • When inoperative equipment is discovered before flight, apply the approved MEL when applicable or the regulatory decision process for removal, deactivation, placarding, maintenance, and determination that the flight can be conducted safely. (AI.III.B.R1)
    • Require the instructor applicant to model risk controls, intervention points, and discontinue criteria while teaching.
  • Part 4, Skill Demonstration and Teaching:
    • Locate, verify, and explain the airplane's airworthiness and registration information and associated operating limitations. (AI.III.B.S1)
    • Use aircraft records, inspection status, directives, discrepancies, and physical condition to determine airworthiness in the evaluator's scenario. (AI.III.B.S2)
    • Apply the appropriate procedures for evaluating and operating, or declining to operate, with inoperative equipment in the evaluator's scenario. (AI.III.B.S3)
    • Coach simultaneous explanation, demonstration, observation, error correction, and, when airborne, positive aircraft control.
  • Part 5, Guided Teaching Scenario:
    • Lead the guided scenario.
    • Evaluate instructional organization, technical accuracy, risk management, learner engagement, and every applicable ACS element.
  • Part 6, Lesson Conclusion:
    • Review the lesson objective, instructional strengths, risk-management decisions, and items requiring additional practice.
    • Present the re-motivation and closure.
  • Update instructor records and the instructor applicant's training record, as required.
Flight Instructor (Airplane) Airworthiness Requirements Lesson Plan

Guided Scenario(s)

  • The instructor applicant must teach a learner a lesson involving airworthiness Requirements while maintaining an organized lesson flow and an appropriate level of learner participation.
  • Provide aircraft records and a preflight discrepancy involving inoperative equipment; require the applicant to identify the governing documents, evaluate legality and safety, and teach the decision process without assuming that legal means prudent. (AI.III.B.R1)
  • Have the applicant locate the required information, determine airworthiness, and apply the appropriate inoperative-equipment procedure to reach and defend a go, maintenance, special-flight-permit, or no-go decision. (AI.III.B.S1) (AI.III.B.S2) (AI.III.B.S3)
  • Introduce a realistic learner error, misconception, change in operating conditions, or external pressure and require the instructor applicant to adapt the lesson.
  • Conclude with a learner-centered assessment and instructor self-critique tied to the ACS knowledge, risk management, and skill elements.
Flight Instructor (Airplane) Airworthiness Requirements Lesson Plan

Student Actions

  • Complete assigned readings and prepare a lesson plan with objective, content sequence, teaching aids, assessment, and completion standards.
  • Teach the applicable knowledge elements accurately and in learner-appropriate language rather than relying on rote recitation.
  • Identify, assess, mitigate, and teach the risks associated with the task.
  • Demonstrate or explain each applicable skill while maintaining positive control, observing the learner, and correcting errors appropriately.
  • Use effective questions, check learner understanding, conduct a learner-centered assessment, and perform an instructor self-assessment.
Flight Instructor (Airplane) Airworthiness Requirements Lesson Plan

Airman Certification Standards

Flight Instructor (Airplane) Airworthiness Requirements Airman Certification Standards

  • Note: The evaluator must select at least one Task from this Area of Operation.
  • Task B: Airworthiness Requirements.
  • Objective: To determine the applicant understands airworthiness requirements, including aircraft certificates, can apply that knowledge, manage associated risks, demonstrate appropriate skills, and provide effective instruction.
  • References: 14 CFR parts 23, 39, 43, 91; FAA-H-8083-2, FAA-H-8083-3, FAA-H-8083-9, FAA-H-8083-23, FAA-H-8083-25
Knowledge 4 ACS Elements
  • AI.III.B.K1:
    General airworthiness requirements and compliance for airplanes, including:
    • AI.III.B.K1a:
      Location and expiration dates of required aircraft certificates
    • AI.III.B.K1b:
      Required inspections and aircraft logbook documentation
    • AI.III.B.K1c:
      Airworthiness Directives and Special Airworthiness Information Bulletins
    • AI.III.B.K1d:
      Purpose and procedure for obtaining a special flight permit
  • AI.III.B.K2:
    Pilot-performed preventive maintenance.
  • AI.III.B.K3:
    Equipment requirements for day and night VFR flight, including:
    • AI.III.B.K3a:
      Flying with inoperative equipment
    • AI.III.B.K3b:
      Using an approved Minimum Equipment List (MEL)
    • AI.III.B.K3c:
      Kinds of Operation Equipment List (KOEL)
    • AI.III.B.K3d:
      Required discrepancy records or placards
  • AI.III.B.K4:
    Standard and special airworthiness certificates and their associated operational limitations.
Risk Management 1 ACS Element
  • AI.III.B.R1:
    Inoperative equipment discovered prior to flight.
Skills 3 ACS Elements
  • AI.III.B.S1:
    Locate and describe airplane airworthiness and registration information.
  • AI.III.B.S2:
    Determine the airplane is airworthy in the scenario given by the evaluator.
  • AI.III.B.S3:
    Apply appropriate procedures for operating with inoperative equipment in a scenario given by the evaluator.
Flight Instructor (Airplane) Airworthiness Requirements Lesson Plan

Conclusion

  • Re-Motivation:

    • Effective instruction in airworthiness Requirements helps learners build sound judgment, technical competence, and safe operating habits.

  • Closure:

    • Advise students that this lesson will be used as a starting point for the next lesson.
    • Assign study materials for the next lesson.