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Sport Pilot Weight-Shift-Control
- Provider
- FAA airman knowledge testing through its FAA-linked PSI service
- Format
- Computer-based objective multiple-choice knowledge test; independent AKTR score report
- Exam questions
- Total questions: 40–45; Scored questions: 40; Unscored questions: 0–5; The total includes the scored and unscored questions.
- Time limit
- 2.0 hours, including any validation questions
- Passing score
- 70
Examination outline
- Applicable sport-pilot regulations
- NTSB accident reporting
- Applicable AIM and FAA advisory circulars
- VFR navigation and aeronautical charts
- Weather recognition, windshear and weather information
- Safe aircraft operation and collision/wake-turbulence avoidance
- Density-altitude effects on takeoff and climb
- Weight and balance computations
- Aerodynamics, powerplants and aircraft systems
- Stall and spin awareness and recovery, as applicable
- Aeronautical decision making and risk management
Preflight actions
- Runway, performance, weather and fuel information
- Alternatives and delay planning
Examination sources
- 14 CFR 61.309
61.309 introduction and (a)-(l)(2), entire knowledge scope
- 14 CFR Part 61
61.307(a), knowledge-test scope adoption
- FAA Airman Knowledge Testing Matrix
PDF page 14, SPW authorization's 61.309 reference
- AC 61-65K
Printed page 2, paragraph 9; PDF page 5
- FAA Airman Knowledge Testing Matrix
PDF page 14, SPORT PILOT table, headers and SPW row
- FAA Airman Knowledge Testing Matrix
PDF page 2, Validation Questions
- FAA Order 8080.6H
Appendix A, A-12, Figure A-9 introductory box; PDF page 58
- FAA order information: 8080.6H
Document Information, Number through Status
- Pilot’s Handbook of Aeronautical Knowledge, Chapter 1
Printed page 1-21, right column, Knowledge Tests; PDF page 21
- FAA Airman Testing FAQs
PDF page 3, What is an AKTR?
- FAA Airman Knowledge Testing Matrix
PDF page 14, initial authorization
- FAA Airman Knowledge Testing Matrix
PDF page 1, Federal Tracking Number
- FAA Airman Knowledge Testing Matrix
PDF page 14, SPW row and table headers
- FAA Airman Testing FAQs
PDF page 2, registration question
- 14 CFR Part 61
61.307(a), endorsement requirement
- FAA Airman Knowledge Testing Matrix
PDF page 14, retest authorization note
- FAA Airman Knowledge Testing Matrix
PDF page 14, first initial-authorization bullet