Flight Instructor Sport Balloon — Information & Free Practice
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Flight Instructor Sport Balloon
- Provider
- PSI
- Exam questions
- Total questions: 70–75; Scored questions: 70; 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 sport pilot regulations
- National Transportation Safety Board accident reporting
- Applicable Aeronautical Information Manual and FAA advisory circulars
- VFR navigation using aeronautical charts
- Weather recognition, windshear avoidance, reports and forecasts
- Safe and efficient operation, collision avoidance and wake turbulence
- Density altitude and takeoff and climb performance
- Weight and balance computations
- Aerodynamics, powerplants and aircraft systems
- Stall awareness, spin entry, spins and spin recovery techniques, as applicable
- Aeronautical decision making and risk management
Preflight actions
- Obtaining airport, performance, weather and fuel information
- Planning for alternatives and delays
Examination sources
- 14 CFR Part 61, current consolidated text
§ 61.405(a), Knowledge test, including (a)(1) and (a)(2)
- 14 CFR Part 61, current consolidated text
§ 61.407(b), category and class applicability
- 14 CFR Part 61, current consolidated text
§ 61.309, heading, introductory sentence and complete paragraphs (a) through (l)(2)
- FAA Airman Knowledge Testing Matrix
PDF page 10, INSTRUCTOR table, SIB row; column headers TEST CODE, TEST NAME, NUMBER OF QUESTIONS, AGE, ALLOTTED TIME, PASSING SCORE
- FAA Airman Knowledge Testing Matrix
PDF page 2, Validation Questions, complete paragraph and three sub-bullets
- Airman Testing Frequently Asked Questions
PDF page 3, What is an AKTR?
- FAA Order 8080.6H, Conduct of Airman Knowledge Tests
PDF page 58, printed A-12, Figure A-9, introductory paragraph above the field table
- FAA active order listing: 8080.6H
Document Information, Number, Title and Status
- FAA Airman Knowledge Testing Matrix
PDF page 10, double-asterisk authorization note for IHF and SIA through SIY, plus retest authorization
- FAA Airman Knowledge Testing Matrix
PDF page 1, GENERAL REQUIREMENTS, Federal Tracking Number (FTN)
- Airman Testing Frequently Asked Questions
PDF page 2, Scheduling the test
- FAA Airman Knowledge Testing Matrix
PDF page 10, Acceptable forms of retest authorization for ALL tests listed above