Recreational Pilot Airplane — Information & Free Practice
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Recreational Pilot Airplane
- Provider
- FAA airman knowledge testing program; registration and test-center selection through PSI True Talent
- Format
- Computer-administered multiple-choice knowledge test; independently reported on an Airman Knowledge Test Report
- Exam questions
- Scored questions: 50; The total includes the scored and unscored questions.
- Time limit
- 2 hours, including any validation questions
- Passing score
- 70
Examination outline
- Applicable Federal Aviation Regulations: recreational pilot privileges, limitations and flight operations
- National Transportation Safety Board accident reporting requirements
- Use of applicable Aeronautical Information Manual portions and FAA advisory circulars
- Aeronautical charts for VFR pilotage with a magnetic compass
- Critical weather, windshear avoidance, weather reports and forecasts
- Safe and efficient aircraft 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
- Stall awareness, spin entry, spins and spin recovery for an airplane single-engine rating
- Aeronautical decision making and judgment
Preflight action
- Obtaining runway length, takeoff and landing distance, weather and fuel information
- Planning alternatives for incomplete flights or delays
Examination sources
- FAA Recreational Pilot and Private Pilot Knowledge Tests
How should I prepare for the knowledge test?
- 14 CFR 61.97
61.97(a)
- 14 CFR 61.97
61.97(b)(1)-(12), including (12)(i)-(ii), entire enumerated knowledge scope
- 14 CFR 61.96
61.96(b)(3)-(4)
- FAA Airman Testing Frequently Asked Questions
PDF page 2, Does everyone take the same airman knowledge test for a particular airman certificate?
- FAA Airman Knowledge Testing Matrix
PDF page 13, RPA row under NUMBER OF QUESTIONS / AGE / ALLOTTED TIME / PASSING SCORE
- FAA Airman Knowledge Testing Matrix
PDF page 2, Validation Questions, unscored bullet
- FAA Pilot Study Tips
What The Test Items Are Like
- FAA Airman Testing Frequently Asked Questions
PDF page 3, What is an AKTR?
- FAA Airman Knowledge Testing Matrix
PDF page 2, Validation Questions, number-of-questions bullet
- FAA Airman Knowledge Testing Matrix
PDF page 2, Validation Questions, allotted-time bullet
- FAA Airman Knowledge Testing Matrix
PDF page 13, initial authorization, instructor statement or logbook endorsement bullet
- FAA Airman Knowledge Testing Matrix
PDF page 1, Federal Tracking Number (FTN)
- FAA Airman Knowledge Testing Matrix
PDF pages 1-2, Acceptable Forms of Identification and Acceptable Forms of Age Verification
- FAA Airman Knowledge Testing Matrix
PDF page 13, Acceptable forms of retest authorization, failure note
- FAA Airman Testing Frequently Asked Questions
PDF page 2, Scheduling the test
- FAA Recreational Pilot and Private Pilot Knowledge Tests
How long is a satisfactorily completed knowledge test valid?
- FAA Airman Knowledge Testing Matrix
PDF page 13, RPA row, AGE column
- FAA Airman Knowledge Testing Matrix
PDF page 13, initial authorization, pilot school graduation certificate bullet
- FAA Airman Knowledge Testing Matrix
PDF page 13, initial authorization heading