Certificates and Documents

OBJECTIVE

• To develop the pilot’s skill in determining basic paperwork requirements for pilot and aircraft.

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ELEMENTS

• The training requirements for the solo endorsement 
  
• The training requirements for the solo cross-country endorsement 
  
• The training requirements for the issuance of a private pilot certificate 
  
• The privileges and limitations of pilot certificates and ratings at pilot and private levels 
  
• Class and duration of medical certificates 
  
• Recent pilot flight experience requirements 
  
• Required entries in pilot logbook or flight record 
  

COMPLETION STANDARDS

• Exhibits knowledge of the elements related to certificates and documents by explaining: 
  
• Private pilot certificate privileges, limitations, and recent flight experience requirements 
  
• Medical certificate class and duration 
  
• Pilot logbook or flight records 
  
• Locating and explaining: 
  
• Airworthiness and registration certificates 
  
• Operating limitations, placards, instrument markings, and POH/AFM 
  
• Weight and balance data and equipment list 
  

COMMON ERRORS

• Removing required paperwork from aircraft 
  
• Lack of knowledge about required Aircraft POH/AFM supplements 
  
• Determining aircraft is airworthy with missing papers from Aircraft POH/AFM 
  
• ‘Forgetting’ medical or pilot currency requirements 
  

THINGS TO REMEMBER

• Schedule reminders about solo endorsement expiration, flight review requirement, medical expiration date, and other currency requirements in pilot’s scheduling system. (PDA/Dayplanner) 
  
• Placards are required. 
  

STUDY

• 14 CFR part 61 
  
• Advisory Circular 61-65E 
  
• “Pilot’s Handbook of Aeronautical Knowledge” Ch. 8