Cody Dennison

Certificates and Documents

Objective:

The student will understand the elements related to certificates and documents by going
over, requirements to issue recreational, Private Pilot Certificate, and commercial pilot
certificate. Privileges and limitations, pilot flight experience requirements, Medical
Certificate, Pilot Logbooks and Flight Records, Airworthiness Certificate, Registration
Certificate, Pilot operating manual, Weight and Balance, Minimum Equipment List, and
maintenance requirements.

Elements/ Schedule:

Medicals ..10min
Pilot certificate requirements and limitations ..10min
Recent pilot flight experience and log book ..10min
Aircraft documents ..10min
Pilot documents ..5min
Maintenance ..10min
Common errors ..1min
Review ..2min
Total time ..60 min

Equipment:

White board
Markers
Computer
Far/aim
PHAK CH 8
Pts
Advisory circular MEL
Advisory circular weight and balance

Instructor Actions:

The instructor will have a discussion based learning time with the student going over the
following topics.
 1. Go over medical certificate requirements, classes, and their duration
2. Discuss pilot certificate privileges, limitations, and recent pilot flight experience
requirements
3. Talk about pilot logbooks and required flight records
4. Go over where to find airworthiness and registration certificates, the acronym ARROW
documents to be in the aircraft at all times.
5. Review weight and balance data as well as equipment list Differed equipment and
placards.
6. minimum equipment list
7. maintenance required AVIATES A

Purpose:

It is important to know when you are legal to fly and when you are not, also this is going
to be asked on your check ride.

Attention:

For example how would you like to be going on a fun cross country flight and landing at
some awesome airport? However though today there just so happens to be an FAA
employee checking all aircraft on the ramp for their documents. What if our plane doesnt
have them all in it, do we know what we all need to have aboard to be legal lets find out?

Medicals:

Aviation safety is huge and the main way that the industry insures that all pilots are fit to
fly is by requiring them to be able to hold a certain level of medical depending on what
type of flying they are doing.
FAR 61.23
First class, required for airline transport pilot, renewed every 6 calendar months, age
depending
Second class, required for commercial operations, renewed ever 12 calendar months, age
depending.
Third class, required by private pilots, renewed every 24 to 36 calendar months
Depending on age.

Under 40 years of age Over 40 years old

1st 12 months
1st 6 months
2nd 12 months
2nd 12 months
3rd 60 months 3rd 24 months
Pilot documents:

Medical
Government issued ID
Pilot certificate

Aircraft Documents:

FAR 91.203
ARROW
Airworthiness certificate, No expiration date, stays valid as long as ADs complied
with, required maintenance and inspections are completed and aircraft has instruments
and equipment necessary for flight.
Registration valid 3 years
Radio operation license overseas only
Operating manual
Weight and balance
FAR 91.205 required instruments
Day ATOMATOFLAMES
Night FLAPS
FAR 91.213 differed equipment without MEL and placard
MEL, MMEL

Registration, shows airplane is registered in the US required for every flight found in our
planes in the aircraft back compartment in clear holder with airworthiness certificate.

Operating hand book, aircraft approved flight manual

Weight and balance, different for every aircraft specific for every plane. Has equipment
that is added to the aircraft on it.

Maintenance:

A annual 12 calendar months 91.409

V VOR every 30 days IFR flight 91.171
1 100 hr. inspection 91.09
A altimeter pito-static 24 calendar months 91.411
T transponder 24 calendar months 91.413
E ELT 12 calendar months battery if used more than 1 hr. replace 91.207
An airworthiness directives
 Refer to airworthiness lesson plan

Pilot certificate Requirements, and limitations

Pull of FAR to go through layout and where to find everything

Recreational Pilot:

FAR 61.96

Regulations

17 years old
Read, speak and write English
Logbook endorsement from certified instructor, after they have been found to be
proficient at the airports intended for use and all navigation and radio communications to
be used on the flight.
30 hrs. required flight time

Limitations

FAR 61.101
Carry no more than 1 passenger
50nm from departure airport
Only B,C,D airspace

Student pilot:

FAR 61 subpart C
Apply on IACRA to get student pilot certificate
Medical is separate get from an AME

Requirements:

must be at least 16 years old

read, speak, write and understand English
Valid never expire, unless you get a new certificate say going from student to now getting
your private.
Pass knowledge exam and practical exam
 Privileges and limitations:

Cant take up passengers.

No flight for compensation or hire
3sm day 5sm nigh
Need endorsements for landing at other airports
Need endorsement for night flight
Need endorsements for all solo flights

Private Pilot:

FAR 61 subpart E 61.109

Requirements:

17 years old
Read, speak, write English
Endorsement from CFI
Valid medical
Proper training experience CFR 61.109
Min 40 HR flight 20hr training, 10hr solo
Pass knowledge test
Pass practical exam
No expiration date

Privileges and limitations:

FAR 61.117
No flight for compensation or hire

Commercial pilot certificate:

FAR 61.123

Requirements

18 years old
Read speak and write English
Receive endorsement for instructor
Log ground and flight training time in required areas
Pass knowledge and practical test
Limitations:

If a commercial pilot does not hold an instrument rating carriage of passengers for 50nm
or at night is prohibited.

Recent pilot flight experience and logbook:

Pilots need to only log the flight time required for a specific rating or certificate or flight
experience requirements.
To act as pic
Day to carry passengers 3 takeoffs and landings within the preceding 90 days in same
category and class
Night carry passengers 3 takeoff and landing to full stop within preceding 90 days in
same category and class
Flight review Flight proficiency check every 24 calendar months log ground and flight
training time

Common Errors:

None listed in PTS

Some may be insufficient knowledge in the areas of required material for legal flight, not
know what is required for flight

PTS Standards:

CFI

The training requirements for the issuance of a recreational, private, and commercial pilot
certificate.
2. The privileges and limitations of pilot certificates and ratings at recreational, private, and
commercial levels.
3. Class and duration of medical certificates.
4. Recent pilot flight experience requirements.
5. Required entries in pilot logbook or flight record.

Private pilot

Explaining
a. private pilot certificate privileges, limitations, and recent flight experience requirements.
b. medical certificate class and duration.
c. pilot logbook or flight records.
2. Locating and explaining
a. airworthiness and registration certificates.
b. operating limitations, placards, instrument markings, and POH/AFM.
c. weight and balance data and equipment list.

Review:

Are there any questions at this point?

Student Actions:

The student is expected to listen and participate in the discussion with the instructor by
taking notes and looking up questions in the text and showing willingness to learn and
ask questions on material that is unknown.

Completion Standards:

The lesson is complete when the student demonstrates and understanding of the elements
related to the required certificate and documents for legal fight involving both the aircraft
and the pilot, also the maintenance required for legal flight.

Questions:

1. What aircraft inspections are required for flight?

2. Does an airworthiness certificate expire?
3. How long does an aircrafts registration last for?
4. What documents are required to be on board the aircraft?
5. When must a pilot log flight time?