Sport Pilot Lighter-Than-Air (Balloon) — Information & Free Practice
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Sport Pilot Lighter-Than-Air (Balloon)
- Format
- Computer-administered multiple-choice knowledge test; separate AKTR score report.
- Exam questions
- Scored questions: 40.
- Time limit
- 2.0 hours, including time for any validation questions.
- Passing score
- 70
Examination outline
- Applicable sport pilot regulations: privileges, limits, and flight operations
- NTSB accident reporting requirements
- Applicable Aeronautical Information Manual and FAA advisory circulars
- VFR navigation: charts, pilotage, dead reckoning, and navigation systems, as appropriate
- 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
- Aerodynamics, powerplants, and aircraft systems
- Stall awareness, spin entry, spins, and recovery, as applicable
- Aeronautical decision making and risk management
Preflight actions
- Obtaining runway, takeoff and landing distance, weather, and fuel information
- Planning alternatives for incomplete flights or delays
Examination sources
- 14 CFR 61.309
14 CFR 61.309, complete knowledge-area list (a)-(l), including (l)(1)-(2)
- 14 CFR 61.307
14 CFR 61.307(a), Knowledge test, scope adoption
- FAA Airman Knowledge Testing Matrix
p.14, SPORT PILOT table, SPB row under TEST CODE / TEST NAME / NUMBER OF QUESTIONS / AGE / ALLOTTED TIME / PASSING SCORE
- FAA Airman Knowledge Testing Matrix
p.2, Validation Questions, final three bullets
- FAA Pilot Study Tips
What The Test Items Are Like, first sentence
- FAA Airman Testing Frequently Asked Questions
p.3, What is an AKTR?
- FAA Airman Knowledge Testing Matrix
p.14, first-attempt authorization beneath SPORT PILOT table
- FAA Airman Knowledge Testing Matrix
p.1, Federal Tracking Number (FTN)
- FAA Airman Knowledge Testing Matrix
p.14, SPB row, including AGE column
- FAA Airman Knowledge Testing Matrix
p.14, Acceptable forms of retest authorization and after-failure note
- FAA Airman Testing Frequently Asked Questions
p.2, Scheduling the test, testing-center search and registration
- 14 CFR 61.307
14 CFR 61.307(a), endorsement condition