14 CFR, Endorsements and Pilot Qualifications practice questions

Answer: C) Within 50 NM of the departure airport, after dual training in both directions over the route

14 CFR 61.93(b)(2) allows repeated specific solo cross-country flights to an airport within 50 NM of the departure airport. The instructor must have given training in both directions over the route and endorsed the student as proficient.

• AIncorrect. Section 61.93(b)(2) sets a 50 NM limit and requires dual training over the route. Good weather alone doesn't remove these limits.
• BIncorrect. The 25 NM figure comes from 61.93(b)(1), which covers solo flights to a nearby airport for practice takeoffs and landings. Even that paragraph requires the instructor to have given training at the other airport.
• CCorrect. Section 61.93(b)(2) requires the airport to be within 50 NM of where the flight started. The instructor must have trained the student in both directions over the route and endorsed the student as proficient. The student also needs solo and solo cross-country endorsements.
• DIncorrect. The limit is 50 NM, not 100 NM. The required training must also cover both directions over the route, including the patterns, takeoffs and landings.

Answer: A) Been found proficient in the airplane's operation and systems, and received a one-time logbook endorsement

14 CFR 61.31(e)(1) requires logged ground and flight training in which the pilot is found proficient in a complex airplane's operation and systems, plus a one-time logbook endorsement from an authorized instructor.

• ACorrect. 61.31(e)(1) requires training in which the pilot is found proficient in the operation and systems of the airplane, plus a one-time logbook endorsement from an authorized instructor certifying proficiency.
• BIncorrect. 61.31(e) requires no knowledge test, and the endorsement is a one-time endorsement that does not need to be renewed.
• CIncorrect. 61.31(e) sets no minimum hours. The pilot must be trained and found proficient, then endorsed.
• DIncorrect. An authorized instructor, not an examiner, gives the endorsement, and it is a one-time endorsement rather than one for each make and model.

Answer: A) An authorized instructor who gave the student the training within the 90 days before the solo flight

14 CFR 61.87(n) requires the solo endorsement for the specific make and model to come from an authorized instructor who gave the student the training within the 90 days before the flight.

• ACorrect. 61.87(n) requires an endorsement in the student's logbook for the specific make and model, given by an authorized instructor who gave the training within the 90 days before the flight.
• BIncorrect. 61.87(n) requires the endorsement to come from the authorized instructor who gave the training within the preceding 90 days. Holding an instructor certificate is not enough.
• CIncorrect. A commercial pilot certificate does not authorize solo endorsements. Only an authorized instructor who gave the training may endorse the student for solo flight.
• DIncorrect. A ground instructor may give ground training, but the solo flight endorsement in 61.87(n) must come from an authorized instructor who gave the flight training.

Answer: B) A third-class medical certificate

Under 14 CFR 61.23(a)(3), a student pilot working toward a private certificate needs at least a third-class medical before solo. A student who has never held a medical cannot use BasicMed.

• AIncorrect. A first-class medical is needed only for airline transport pilot privileges. Under 14 CFR 61.23(a)(3), a third-class medical is enough for student pilot privileges.
• BCorrect. 14 CFR 61.23(a)(3) requires at least a third-class medical certificate to exercise student, recreational, or private pilot privileges. This student is not on the sport pilot driver's-license route and cannot use BasicMed, which requires a medical held at some point after July 14, 2006.
• CIncorrect. A second-class medical is needed for commercial pilot privileges. Solo flight as a student pilot requires only a third-class medical.
• DIncorrect. Solo flight means exercising student pilot privileges, and 61.23(a)(3) requires at least a third-class medical to do that. Only certain sport pilot (glider or balloon) and driver's-license cases have exceptions, and they do not apply here.

Answer: B) 10 full-stop landings

• AIncorrect. That's night currency.
• BCorrect. Plus 3 hours and a 100 NM cross-country.
• CIncorrect. 10 are required.
• DIncorrect. 10 are required.

Answer: A) Pass a flight instructor practical test for one of the ratings held or for an additional rating

Section 61.199 reinstates lapsed flight instructor privileges. A lapse of 3 calendar months or less can be fixed with an approved FIRC, while a longer lapse requires a flight instructor practical test.

• ACorrect. Under 61.199(a)(2), when more than 3 calendar months have passed, the instructor must pass a flight instructor certification practical test, either for a rating held or for an additional rating.
• BIncorrect. Under 61.199(a)(1), a FIRC can reinstate privileges only if 3 calendar months or less have passed. In this case 5 have passed.
• CIncorrect. Section 61.199(a) requires a practical test for reinstatement, not new knowledge tests. Knowledge tests apply under 61.199(b) only to holders of an old flight instructor rating on a pilot certificate.
• DIncorrect. Section 61.199 contains no reinstatement method based on dual instruction plus an endorsement.

Answer: C) Limitations, such as wind or weather limits

• AIncorrect. Students can't fly for hire.
• BIncorrect. Students can't carry passengers.
• CCorrect. These help keep solo flights safe.
• DIncorrect. Students can't fly in IMC.

Answer: A) Movement on the surface, takeoff, and landing

14 CFR 91.107(a)(3) requires each person on board to have a properly secured safety belt during movement on the surface, takeoff, and landing, with limited exceptions such as children under two and sport parachutists.

• ACorrect. 91.107(a)(3) requires a properly secured safety belt (and shoulder harness, if installed) during movement on the surface, takeoff, and landing.
• BIncorrect. The rule specifically includes movement on the surface, so taxi is covered.
• CIncorrect. The requirement applies to surface movement, takeoff, and landing whatever the turbulence. The PIC must also make sure occupants are told to fasten their belts.
• DIncorrect. 91.107 does not require belts to stay fastened in cruise. The requirement covers surface movement, takeoff, and landing.

Answer: A) It must have the equipment for each required area of operation and at least two pilot stations with adequate visibility

Under 14 CFR 61.45(b), a practical test aircraft must have the equipment for each required area of operation, no limitations that prohibit those areas, and two pilot stations with adequate visibility. Under 61.45(c), it generally must also have controls both pilots can reach and operate in a conventional manner.

• ACorrect. Section 61.45(b) requires the equipment for each area of operation, no operating limitations that prohibit its use in those areas, and at least two pilot stations with adequate visibility for each person to operate the aircraft safely.
• BIncorrect. Section 61.45(c) generally requires engine power controls and flight controls that both pilots can easily reach and operate in a conventional manner. The exception is when the examiner determines the test can be conducted safely without that arrangement.
• CIncorrect. Section 61.45(a) lets the examiner, at their discretion, accept other aircraft, such as foreign-registry or certain other aircraft, under specified conditions.
• DIncorrect. The required equipment depends on the areas of operation for the certificate or rating sought. A blanket IFR package is not required.

Answer: D) A solo flight for which the student is paid to deliver the airplane to another airport

14 CFR 61.89(a) bars student pilots from acting as PIC for compensation or hire, among other limits. Class B solo and night solo are allowed with the proper endorsements, and only visibility below 3 SM by day (5 SM at night) is prohibited.

• AIncorrect. 61.89(a)(6) prohibits solo flight only when flight or surface visibility is below 3 SM in daylight (5 SM at night). Four statute miles in daylight is allowed.
• BIncorrect. 61.95(a) allows solo flight in Class B airspace after training in that specific area and an endorsement dated within the preceding 90 days.
• CIncorrect. 61.87(o) allows night solo once the student has received the required night training and an endorsement for that make and model within the preceding 90 days.
• DCorrect. 61.89(a)(3) prohibits a student pilot from acting as pilot in command for compensation or hire, and endorsements do not change that.