{"id":1216,"date":"2015-10-18T11:54:24","date_gmt":"2015-10-18T16:54:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/flymall.org\/blog\/?p=1216"},"modified":"2019-03-27T07:51:10","modified_gmt":"2019-03-27T12:51:10","slug":"instrument-checkride-aug-2015-fdk","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/flymall.org\/blog\/2015\/10\/instrument-checkride-aug-2015-fdk\/","title":{"rendered":"Instrument Checkride Aug 2015"},"content":{"rendered":"

Oral<\/span><\/p>\n

– Starts out with standard paperwork review \u2013 and he will review every single thing required! Written signoff, written test report, instructor signoff of wrong answer review, practical signoff, DL, PPL, IACRA, etc, etc. He\u2019ll also check your ARROW docs and your IFR required docs including pitot statics and VOR checks.<\/p>\n

– All his questions come directly out of ASA\u2019s Instrument Pilot Oral Exam Guide by Michael Hayes. He\u2019ll literally sit right in front of you and flip through the book and cherry pic questions to ask you so I recommend you read this book several times over! He picks 10-15 questions from each of the 5 major sections. He asked about when an instrument rating is required, recency of experience, grace periods and IPCs, safety pilots, logging time, fuel req.s, ARROW, GPS database updates, EFBs, how to file and pick up IFR in the air, alternate req.s, diff types of NOTAMS, best way to get a briefing (FSS), various questions about the pitot static system instruments and errors, most important speed (groundspeed), power source for attitude and DG (vacuum). He keeps the questions specific to the airplane instruments that you are going to use (ie did not ask me a single question about EFIDs since I was flying steam gauges). He asked about 3 types of ice and how to avoid icing conditions (FL forecasts, winds aloft, PIREPs), diff types of fog, he\u2019ll tell you it is Monday and you are planning to fly on Friday how do you start your weather planning and how does it change throughout the week as you get closer to departure time, also diff types of sigmets and airmets and what each one reports.<\/p>\n

– For departures he\u2019ll give you a TPP and ask you to look up a specific SID and explain it to him in detail including takeoff mins (even though part 91 has none but also ask what is prudent and what your personal mins are?), also asks how to calculate min climb or look up in table, and VOR checks.<\/p>\n

– For en route he\u2019ll ask you to take out the en route low altitude chart and show him the preplanned route that he gave you to plan and fly (KFDK D EMI V268 KHGR V501 KMRB D KFDK), then he\u2019ll start pointing at various symbols and numbers on the map and ask what each one means (including TK routes for helos), and the definitions for each of the altitudes (MEA, MOCA, etc), also asks about reports to ATC, VFR on top, and lost comms (don\u2019t forget to check the squelch!), oxygen req.s, and six skills of SRM (CARATS), rec procedures for TS penetration, he\u2019ll also give you a blank piece of paper and ask you to draw out how VORs work, radials, TO, FR, etc., he\u2019ll also ask about flying through P and T areas since the course he gave you would take you through P-40.<\/p>\n

– For the arrival section he\u2019ll ask to see approach plates at each destination and ask you to brief them in detail including where the highest obstruction is, the importance of info in the pilot briefing box, diff between DA and MDA, LNAV, LNAV\/VNAV, and LPV, what the minimums are and what AGL each gives you, which runways have which lighting systems.<\/p>\n

Practical<\/span><\/p>\n

– you\u2019ll be responsible for all actual comms with ground, tower, etc except he\u2019ll be acting as clearance delivery and ARTCC. You\u2019ll start off as planned flying direct to EMI, foggles go on at 500 AGL and will stay on for the remainder of the 1.6-2.2 hobbs time. Prior to reaching EMI he\u2019ll give you vectors and then tell you to intercept and track V268 outbound from EMI. After a few minutes along V268 and prior to violating P-40 he\u2019ll give you some more vectors and then clear you direct KMRB and ask intentions. You\u2019ll get weather and then he\u2019ll have you ask them for a practice ILS26 which you\u2019ll fly to mins then go missed. You\u2019ll do 1 complete course in the missed hold then give you direct KFDK. Enroute to KFDK he\u2019ll take the controls and you\u2019ll do some unusual attitude recoveries then he\u2019ll tell you to resume own navigation (you\u2019re probably going the wrong way initially after being upside downJ\u2026JK), while direct KFDK again he\u2019ll ask intentions where you\u2019ll get weather and then request practice RNAV Y 23, he\u2019ll give you vectors to eventually put you on to one of the IAFs, you\u2019ll fly this down to mins again and go missed again. This time prior to reaching the missed you\u2019ll break off with vectors and ask you to set up for the VOR-A at which time you\u2019ll find yourself on partial panel. You\u2019ll fly this approach outbound through the published procedure turn and then back inbound and down to mins all on partial panel and then to a full stop. Use the GPS here to help identify NIORT INT if you plan to use it otherwise the cross radial off EMI is probably blocked by surrounding terrain. If you fly with iPAD, ForeFlight, and Stratus you are allowed to use them for situational awareness intermittently.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Oral – Starts out with standard paperwork review \u2013 and he will review every single thing required! Written signoff, written test report, instructor signoff of wrong answer review, practical signoff, DL, PPL, IACRA, etc, etc. He\u2019ll also check your ARROW docs and your IFR required docs including pitot statics and VOR checks. – All his […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"spay_email":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p95FsX-jC","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":1251,"url":"https:\/\/flymall.org\/blog\/2016\/01\/instrument-checkride-dec-2015-at-kgai\/","url_meta":{"origin":1216,"position":0},"title":"Instrument Checkride Dec 2015","date":"January 4, 2016","format":false,"excerpt":"We started the oral exam at about 07:45 am by going over all the documents and\u00a0paper work required for the check ride. 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