tmccaghren17
CFI/CFII
I figured I would just a run down of some of the things that went on in the checkride as to help others.
So in the oral, our discussion came basically right out of the PTS. Most everything was put into scenario based however. We covered the usual, what make you and the plane legal. show the maintenance records and so forth. Covered the XC and airspaces, with what you need an visibility. Discussed the PAVE model and making good decisions. A little bit about high altitude, oxygen, and pressurized aircraft. Basically after looking through the PTS and making sure I knew everything in it, I was very well prepared.
Flight, He watched me preflight
-Normal departure to start the XC ( had to dodge clouds and alter altitude)
-Diversion to a glider sight where the engine "failed" on me
- Eights on Pylons
-Steep turns
-slow Flight, power off stall, power on, and accelerated
Lazy eights ( I was worried about these however they were pretty good, FINALLY realized looking outside the airplane for the visual references helps a ton)
-emergency decent
-head back to the airport
-Normal landing -had a gear failure to trouble shoot first
-soft field t/o and ldg (go around was also initiated before the soft landing)
-short T/o and Ldg
-Power off 180 (nailed it)
Any advice to offer would be to read over the PTS and know every item inside of it, relax, and prove that you can make good judgement in your flying
So in the oral, our discussion came basically right out of the PTS. Most everything was put into scenario based however. We covered the usual, what make you and the plane legal. show the maintenance records and so forth. Covered the XC and airspaces, with what you need an visibility. Discussed the PAVE model and making good decisions. A little bit about high altitude, oxygen, and pressurized aircraft. Basically after looking through the PTS and making sure I knew everything in it, I was very well prepared.
Flight, He watched me preflight
-Normal departure to start the XC ( had to dodge clouds and alter altitude)
-Diversion to a glider sight where the engine "failed" on me
- Eights on Pylons
-Steep turns
-slow Flight, power off stall, power on, and accelerated
Lazy eights ( I was worried about these however they were pretty good, FINALLY realized looking outside the airplane for the visual references helps a ton)
-emergency decent
-head back to the airport
-Normal landing -had a gear failure to trouble shoot first
-soft field t/o and ldg (go around was also initiated before the soft landing)
-short T/o and Ldg
-Power off 180 (nailed it)
Any advice to offer would be to read over the PTS and know every item inside of it, relax, and prove that you can make good judgement in your flying