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Instrument Rating Airplane

Provider
PSI, FAA contracted testing vendor
Format
Computer-delivered multiple-choice knowledge test with one correct response per question; separate AKTR score.
Exam questions
Scored questions: 60.
Time limit
2 hours, including time for any validation questions; FAA correction table supersedes the 2.5-hour value printed in FAA-S-ACS-8C.
Passing score
70
Examination outline
  • Preflight Preparation
    • Pilot Qualifications
    • Weather Information
    • Cross-Country Flight Planning
  • Preflight Procedures
    • Aircraft Systems Related to Instrument Flight Rules (IFR) Operations
    • Aircraft Flight Instruments and Navigation Equipment
    • Instrument Flight Deck Check
  • Air Traffic Control (ATC) Clearances and Procedures
    • Compliance with Air Traffic Control Clearances
    • Holding Procedures
  • Flight by Reference to Instruments
    • Instrument Flight
    • Recovery from Unusual Flight Attitudes
  • Navigation Systems
    • Intercepting and Tracking Navigational Systems and DME Arcs
    • Departure, En Route, and Arrival Operations
  • Instrument Approach Procedures
    • Non-precision Approach
    • Precision Approach
    • Missed Approach
    • Circling Approach
    • Landing from an Instrument Approach
  • Emergency Operations
    • Loss of Communications
    • One Engine Inoperative (Simulated) during Straight-and-Level Flight and Turns (AMEL, AMES)
    • Instrument Approach and Landing with an Inoperative Engine (Simulated) (AMEL, AMES)
    • Approach with Loss of Primary Flight Instrument Indicators
  • Postflight Procedures
    • Checking Instruments and Equipment
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