SUSPilot
Well-Known Member
I passed my CFII ride last night, and I said that I would post some gouge on how it went. I met the DE at the airport after work yesterday, This is the same DE that I took my Private, Instrument, and Commercial Single Engine checkrides with so I already knew what to expect as far as the examiner.
We started off going over the paperwork looking at my endorsements and 8710. After that was complete, we started with the Oral. He had me teach about The Pitot Static system, and how each instrument in the system work, errors that each instrument could have, and what would happen in the case of a static port blockage. After he was satisfied, we moved on to the magnetic compass. With the compass he had me explain the errors, and how we would fly the airplane if we had to use the compass for our heading information. Next, we moved on to navigation systems, and I had to explain VOR service volume, NDB navigation, the components of an ILS, the different types of marker beacons and where they would be found, DME equipment, and requirements for using a GPS for IFR. We briefly talked about Ice protection, and where we could find out if the airplane was known ice certified, and what equipment is required for known ice certification. Now we moved on to talking about IFR charts, and I had to explain what everthing was on a Jeppesen airport diagram and approach procedure. After this was complete we moved on to the flight portion of the checkride. The oral took between an hour and an hour and a half to complete.
For the flight test, I checked the weather since their had been storms in the area yesterday, decided the weather should be okay for the flight and filed a flight plan. We took off and got vectors to the VOR16 approach at MO6(A nearby airport), and flew the approach and the full published missed back to the FTZ VOR for a hold. After establishing in the hold, we requested a block altitude for steep turns and unusual attitudes. During the Unusual attitude he failed the gyros, and I flew the GPS 16 at MO6. After the approach we got vectors back to SUS for the ILS 8R. the flight was 1.4.
Overall, this was one of the easist checkrides I have taken, and now it is on to the MEI.
We started off going over the paperwork looking at my endorsements and 8710. After that was complete, we started with the Oral. He had me teach about The Pitot Static system, and how each instrument in the system work, errors that each instrument could have, and what would happen in the case of a static port blockage. After he was satisfied, we moved on to the magnetic compass. With the compass he had me explain the errors, and how we would fly the airplane if we had to use the compass for our heading information. Next, we moved on to navigation systems, and I had to explain VOR service volume, NDB navigation, the components of an ILS, the different types of marker beacons and where they would be found, DME equipment, and requirements for using a GPS for IFR. We briefly talked about Ice protection, and where we could find out if the airplane was known ice certified, and what equipment is required for known ice certification. Now we moved on to talking about IFR charts, and I had to explain what everthing was on a Jeppesen airport diagram and approach procedure. After this was complete we moved on to the flight portion of the checkride. The oral took between an hour and an hour and a half to complete.
For the flight test, I checked the weather since their had been storms in the area yesterday, decided the weather should be okay for the flight and filed a flight plan. We took off and got vectors to the VOR16 approach at MO6(A nearby airport), and flew the approach and the full published missed back to the FTZ VOR for a hold. After establishing in the hold, we requested a block altitude for steep turns and unusual attitudes. During the Unusual attitude he failed the gyros, and I flew the GPS 16 at MO6. After the approach we got vectors back to SUS for the ILS 8R. the flight was 1.4.
Overall, this was one of the easist checkrides I have taken, and now it is on to the MEI.