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Private Pilot Powered Parachute
- Provider
- FAA knowledge testing through the FAA-linked PSI scheduling service
- Format
- Computer-administered multiple-choice 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
Examination outline
- Applicable Federal Aviation Regulations: private pilot privileges, limitations and flight operations
- National Transportation Safety Board accident reporting requirements
- Applicable Aeronautical Information Manual and FAA advisory circulars
- Aeronautical charts and VFR navigation: pilotage, dead reckoning and navigation systems
- Radio communication procedures
- Critical weather, windshear avoidance, weather reports and forecasts
- Safe and efficient operation, collision avoidance and wake turbulence
- Density altitude effects on takeoff and climb performance
- Weight and balance computations
- Principles of aerodynamics, powerplants and aircraft systems
- Aeronautical decision making and judgment
Preflight action
- Obtain runway length, takeoff and landing distance, weather and fuel information
- Plan alternatives for incomplete or delayed flights
Examination sources
- 14 CFR 61.105
61.105(a)
- 14 CFR 61.105
61.105(b)(1)-(13), including (13)(i)-(ii)
- 14 CFR 61.103
61.103(e)
- FAA Airman Knowledge Testing Matrix
PDF p. 13, PPP row, NUMBER OF QUESTIONS / AGE / ALLOTTED TIME / PASSING SCORE columns
- FAA Airman Knowledge Testing Matrix
PDF p. 2, Validation Questions
- FAA Pilot Study Tips
What The Test Items Are Like
- FAA Order 8080.6H
PDF p. 58 / printed A-12, Figure A-9, introductory text above complete validation-question table
- FAA Airman Testing
Testing Resources, current Order 8080.6H link
- FAA Airman Knowledge Testing Matrix
PDF p. 13, authorization for Recreational & Private Pilot tests
- FAA Airman Knowledge Testing Matrix
PDF p. 1, Federal Tracking Number (FTN)
- FAA-linked PSI scheduling portal
Home tab, scheduling announcement and account instructions
- FAA-linked PSI scheduling FAQ
Frequently Asked Questions, testing center availability
- FAA Airman Knowledge Testing Matrix
PDF p. 13, PPP row under AGE column
- FAA Airman Testing: ACTS
More Information, Schedule an Airman Knowledge Test link
- FAA Airman Testing Frequently Asked Questions
PDF p. 2, Documents needed for the test
- FAA-linked PSI scheduling FAQ
Frequently Asked Questions, rescheduling