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Private Pilot Airship
- Provider
- PSI
- Format
- Computer-based knowledge examination
- Exam questions
- Total questions: 60–65; Scored questions: 60; Unscored questions: 0–5; The total includes the scored and unscored questions.
- Time limit
- 2.5 hours, including time for validation questions
- Passing score
- 70 (published passing score)
Examination outline
- Applicable Federal Aviation Regulations
- NTSB accident reporting requirements
- Aeronautical Information Manual and FAA advisory circulars
- VFR navigation using charts, pilotage, dead reckoning, and navigation systems
- Radio communication procedures
- Weather recognition, windshear avoidance, reports, and forecasts
- Safe aircraft operation, collision avoidance, and wake turbulence
- Density altitude and takeoff/climb performance
- Weight and balance computations
- Aerodynamics, powerplants, and aircraft systems
- Aeronautical decision making and judgment
Preflight action
- Preflight information: runway lengths, takeoff/landing distances, weather, and fuel
- Planning for alternatives, incomplete flights, and delays
Examination sources
- 14 CFR § 61.105 — Aeronautical knowledge
§ 61.105(a), (b)(1)–(13), including (13)(i)–(ii), entire section body
- 14 CFR § 61.103 — Eligibility requirements: General
§ 61.103(e)
- FAA Airman Knowledge Testing Matrix
p. 13, RECREATIONAL & PRIVATE PILOT, full column headings and PLA row
- FAA Airman Knowledge Testing Matrix
p. 2, Validation Questions
- FAA Order 8080.6H — Conduct of Airman Knowledge Tests
Appendix A, p. A-12 (PDF p. 58), Figure A-9, introductory text
- Airman Testing Frequently Asked Questions
p. 3, Airman Knowledge Test Reports (AKTRs), What is an AKTR?
- FAA Order 8080.6H — Active document information
Document Information: Number, Title, Date issued, Status
- AC 61-65K — Certification: Pilots and Flight and Ground Instructors
p. 2 (PDF p. 5), § 9.1 Knowledge Test Administration
- FAA Airman Knowledge Testing Matrix
p. 13, authorization for all listed tests except PCH, PCP, PEP, and PFB
- FAA Airman Knowledge Testing Matrix
p. 1, General Requirements, FTN
- 14 CFR § 61.35 — Knowledge test: Prerequisites and passing grades
§ 61.35(a)(1)
- 14 CFR § 61.35 — Knowledge test: Prerequisites and passing grades
§ 61.35(a)(3), including (i)–(iv)
- Airman Testing Frequently Asked Questions
p. 2, Scheduling the test, testing-center search and registration
- FAA Airman Knowledge Testing Matrix
p. 13, Acceptable forms of retest authorization, including failure endorsement