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PILOT EXAMINER’S HANDBOOK

PILOT EXAMINER’S HANDBOOK. ORDER 8710.3E APRIL 21, 2006. DPE Recurrent Course. David Chadwick, ASI. FY 2007. OVERVIEW. 8710.3E – REFLECTS POLICY & PROCEDURE CHANGES, AND CHANGES TO PART 61, REVISED IN AUG. 4, 1997. ( FSIMS ) GENERAL AVIATION SAFETY INSPECTOR’S HDBK. QUESTION:

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  1. PILOT EXAMINER’SHANDBOOK ORDER 8710.3E APRIL 21, 2006 DPE Recurrent Course David Chadwick, ASI FY 2007

  2. OVERVIEW • 8710.3E – REFLECTS POLICY & • PROCEDURE CHANGES, AND CHANGES TO PART 61, REVISED IN AUG. 4, 1997. • (FSIMS) GENERAL AVIATION SAFETY INSPECTOR’S HDBK

  3. QUESTION: A DPE was renewed in January and at the end of July he/she had conducted 120 certification rides. What is the term for this examiner?

  4. ANSWER: High Activity Examiner 1-1

  5. QUESTION: When conducting a certification with a citizen of the U.S., you issue a Temporary Airman Certificate. What type of Certificate will be issued?

  6. ANSWER: Standard U.S. Airman Certificate 1-1

  7. QUESTION? • As DPE a friend that operates an Airman Knowledge Testing Center calls you and asked if you could monitor an airman knowledge test on Friday. • Can you act as a monitor for a Testing Center?

  8. ANSWER: • NO - Restrictions.Per FAA Order 8080.6 Examiners MAY NOT administer or monitor an airman knowledge test. • 8710.3E Page 1-3, Sect. 2, para. 2(I)

  9. QUESTION: A person comes to you requesting a student pilot certificate so that he can take training in a light sport aircraft.

  10. QUESTION: A person comes to you requesting a student pilot certificate so that he can take training in a light sport aircraft. As a DPE what should you do?

  11. ANSWER: Make sure the person has a completed 8710.1 or 8710.11 Issue a 8710-2Student Pilot Certificate Send the file in within 5business days to the FSDO PAGE: 5-16 & 6-1

  12. QUESTION: • An applicant comes to you for a second student certificate because the endorsement section is full. • Looking at the original certificate what should the expiration date be?

  13. UNITED STATES OF AMERICA BB-4574359 DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINISTRATION THIRD MEDICAL CERTIFICATE____________CLASS AND STUDENT PILOT CERTIFICATE THIS CERTIFIES THAT ( Full name and address ) DENNA NMN LAMSON 1421 SARA ROAD MUSTANG, OK 73125 DATE OF BIRTH HEIGHT WEIGHT HAIR EYES SEX BLUE BROWN 130 09-03-1969 68 F has met the medical standards prescribed in Part 67, Federal Aviation Regulations for this class of Medical Certificate, and the standards prescribed in Part 61 for a Student Pilot Certif- icate. STUDENT PILOTS ARE PROHIBITED FROM CARRYING PASSENGERS EXAMINER’S SERIAL NO. DATE OF EXAMINATION 09-03-2006 SW-01-23 SIGNATURE M. DE Sade, M.D. M. DE SADE, M.D. TYPED NAME AIRMAN’S SIGNATURE Denna Lamson FAA FORM 8420-2 ( 10-73 ) SUPERSEDES PREVIOUS EDITION

  14. ANSWER: • 09/31/2008 PAGE: 6-4

  15. QUESTION: • You hold the authorization of Flight Instructor Examiner and a CFI comes to you for renewal of his CFI that has not expired. He has documentation that in the past 24 months he has endorsed 12 students for a practical test with a 90% pass rate on the first attempt. • Can you renew his CFI and how?

  16. ANSWER: • Yes, you can renew the CFI. • The renewal is authorized on the basis of a practical test of the applicant ONLY.1-4 • The DPE with an FIE designationcannotrenew on the basis of activity, that is a FSDO functionONLY. 61.197(a)(2)

  17. QUESTION: • Your local 141 flight school is going to conduct a CFI refresher course. The ACR for the course is not available and they asked if you could fill in for the course. • Can you assist the school and fill in for the ACR? • Does this require that your letter of authorization be revised?

  18. ANSWER: • Yes, you can do the functions of the ACR for a CFI refresher course.1-4 • No, your letter of authorization doesn’t have to be revised in order to perform ACR duties or responsibilities.1-4

  19. QUESTION: • An applicant has flown you to his home base on the far side of your district, to conduct his instrument practical test. • During the course of the instrument exam, you concluded the exam at your home base. • Was the exam conducted properly?

  20. ANSWER: • Yes. • “All practical tests conducted by an examiner,MUSToriginate within thesupervising FSDO’sgeographical area.”1-7

  21. QUESTION: • You have just completed a practical exam for a commercial certificate and the applicant has left with their temporary certificate. • You receive a call from your aircraft insurance company that needs copies of all your certificates. While making the copies you see that your CFI is expired. • What should you do?

  22. ANSWER: • Contact you Principal Operations Inspector at the FSDO and do not conduct any additional exams until your CFI has been reinstated. • Examinersmustmaintain a current instructor certificate for renewal and throughout the duration of the designation. 1-8 & 3-1

  23. QUESTION: • You feel that flying with an applicant for a private pilot practical exam takes up too much of your time and you can find out what type of pilot they are on the oral. • You have given 350 exams over the past two years by just conducting an hour oral and no flight time. The back of your 8710.1 indicates that your oral is 2.5 hrs and the flights are 1.5 hrs. • What are the consequences?

  24. ANSWER: A. It’s OK since you tested him on his knowledge.

  25. ANSWER: B. • The FSDO has found out about your testing techniques and your POI looks upset.

  26. ANSWER: C. • Administrator may rescind delegation. • Administrator is empowered by 49 U.S.C. § 44702 to delegate or rescind any such delegation at any time for any reason deemed appropriate. 1-10 • Criminal Activity 18 U.S.C. § 1001 • Knowingly and Willfully Falsifies…,Shall be fined or imprisoned for not more than five years, or both.

  27. QUESTION: • On January 18, 2007 you were issued an LOA for a Beech 55/58 Baron. Your Certificate of Authority as a DPE MUST be renewed by June 30, 2007. • When does your LOA expire?

  28. ANSWER: • June 30, 2007 • “The LOA is valid only as long as the examiner’s Certificate of Authority is current; it expires when the examiner’s designation expires.”2-12

  29. QUESTION: • An applicant for a private pilot certificate comes to you for their exam. Just after reviewing the 8710.1, you find that the aircraft has an expired temporary registration. • Can you conduct the exam? • If not, what is the applicant issued?

  30. ANSWER: • No exam may be conducted till the registration is valid. 47.3(b) & 47.31(b) • The applicant would not be issued anything since this was part of the Pretest Briefing. 2-10

  31. QUESTION: • You are a DPE with designations for both airplane and rotorcraft. Your designation of authority expires on July 31st of this year. • When should you contact your POI for renewal?

  32. ANSWER: • On or before May 31st . • MUST apply for renewal at least 60 days prior to expiration. 3-1

  33. QUESTION: • As an examiner requesting renewal, you know that there are items that MUST be sent to the FSDO for renewal. • What items MUST accompany your request for renewal?

  34. ANSWER: • Letter that the examiner is requesting renewal. • Photocopy of the examiner’s current pilot, flight instructor, and medical certificate. • Activity log of practical tests given during the preceding 12 calender-months. • Must attach a completed FAA Form 8710-1.

  35. QUESTION: • In Feb of this year your medical expired. But you know that you don’t have any check rides to give until May, when the local college students graduate. • Can you wait until May to renew your medical?

  36. ANSWER: • NO! • At least a third-class medical certificate is required for renewal and MUST be maintained throughout the duration of the designation. 3-1

  37. QUESTION: • As a DPE you have an applicant come to you for an Instrument check ride. The weather for the day is a 1,000 foot ceiling with tops at 1,300 feet. The applicant came to you from the far side of your FSDO district the night before for the exam. • You decide for this exam that you will act as PIC. What currency MUST you meet to act as PIC for the flight?

  38. ANSWER: • First you MUST have a current Flight Review IAW 61.56 • Second you MUST meet Recent Flight Experience: PIC General 61.57(a) • Third since the flight will be IFR you MUST meet Recent Flight Experience: PIC Instrument Proficiency Check 61.57(d) • Fourth if the aircraft would involve a type rating, you MUST meet 61.58 for PIC Proficiency Check.

  39. QUESTION? • As a new DPE appointed a year ago, you know that your authorized to conduct tests in a BE-55/58 as a CIRE. • You know that you MUST have conducted how many practical exams in the previous 12 calendar-months? • How many PIC competency renewal checks MUST you do?

  40. ANSWER: • “…should have conducted five multiengine rating tests in each make and model…” 3-2 • “…is only required to take one PIC competency renewal check within the preceding 12 calendar-months in each kind of aircraft…” 3-3

  41. QUESTION? • You give practical exams at a couple of different flight schools. Because they both have different types of aircraft, this requires you to have an LOA for both a BE-55/58 and a CE-310. • For renewal of your Certificate of Designation and LOA how many PIC competency checks MUST be taken each year? • In what aircraft do the checks have to be performed?

  42. ANSWER: • MUST accomplish one PIC competency renewal check within the preceding 12 calendar months, in either the BE-55/58 or the CE-310. • Within the preceding 24 calendar months, you MUST accomplish PIC competency renewal checks in both aircraft. 3-3

  43. QUESTION? • While conducting a practical test for an Instrument Rating in a high performance single engine airplane, your applicant misreads the chart and accidentally violates airspace. • What should your action be as a DPE?

  44. ANSWER: • The DPE should contact his POI at the FSDO as soon as possible. 5-1

  45. QUESTION? • Applicant comes to you for a check ride and the first thing you notice is that he doesn’t understand most of what you have to say. • Should you conduct the exam? • If not, what should you do?

  46. ENGLISH LANGUAGEREQUIREMENT • Examiner isNOT AUTHORIZEDtoissue • LIMITATIONS! Limitation canONLY be issued by the FSDO PAGE: 5-2

  47. QUESTION? Applicant comes to you with a single seat aircraft and wants to use it for the practical portion of the exam. Can you give the flight portion of the exam from the ground?

  48. PHYSICAL LOCATION ANSWER: ExaminerMUSTaccompany the applicant in the aircraft duringALLpractical tests. IAW 14 CFR § 61.45(b)(1)(iii) PAGE: 5-3

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