SPORTY’S® WHAT YOU SHOULD KNOW ® SERIES PTS STUDY GUIDE Instrument Rating Practical Test Standards for Airplane Cross-Referenced to Sporty’s Interactive DVD Course Sporty’s Academy, Inc. Clermont County/Sporty’s Airport Batavia, OH 45103 1995, 2011, by Sporty’s Academy, Inc. 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Area Of Operation: Preflight Preparation ....................................................................................1-1 A. Task: Pilot Qualifications _______________________________________________________________ 1-1 B. Task: Weather Information ______________________________________________________________ 1-1 C. Task: Cross-Country Flight Planning ______________________________________________________ 1-1 II. Area Of Operation: Preflight Procedures .....................................................................................1-2 A. Task: Aircraft Systems Related To IFR Operations ___________________________________________ 1-2 B. Task: Aircraft Flight Instruments And Navigation Equipment __________________________________ 1-2 C. Task: Instrument Cockpit Check__________________________________________________________ 1-2 III. Area Of Operation: Air Traffic Control Clearances And Procedures .......................................1-3 A. Task: Air Traffic Control Clearances ______________________________________________________ 1-3 B. Task: Compliance With Departure, En Route, And Arrival Procedures And Clearances ______________ 1-3 C. Task: Holding Procedures_______________________________________________________________ 1-3 IV. Area Of Operation: Flight By Reference To Instruments ...........................................................1-4 A. Task: Basic Instrument Flight Maneuvers (IA, IH, PL, AA, HA, PLA, PC) ________________________ 1-4 B. Task: Recovery From Unusual Flight Attitudes ______________________________________________ 1-4 V. Area Of Operation: Navigation Systems .......................................................................................1-5 A. Task: Intercepting And Tracking Navigational Systems And DME Arcs __________________________ 1-5 VI. Area Of Operation: Instrument Approach Procedures ...............................................................1-6 A. Task: Nonprecision Instrument Approach (NPA) ____________________________________________ 1-6 B. Task: Precision Approach (PA) __________________________________________________________ 1-6 C. Task: Missed Approach ________________________________________________________________ 1-7 D. Task: Circling Approach________________________________________________________________ 1-7 E. Task: Landing From A Straight-In Or Circling Approach ______________________________________ 1-8 VII. Area Of Operation: Emergency Operations .................................................................................1-9 A. Task: Loss Of Communications __________________________________________________________ 1-9 B. Task: One Engine Inoperative During Straight-And-Level Flight And Turns (Multiengine Airplane)____ 1-9 C. Task: One Engine Inoperative-Instrument Approach (Multiengine Airplane)_______________________ 1-9 D. Task: Approach With Loss Of Primary Flight Instrument Indicators _____________________________ 1-9 VIII. Area Of Operation: Postflight Procedures ..................................................................................1-10 A. Task: Checking Instruments And Equipment _______________________________________________ 1-10 PTS Study Guide Page i Table of Contents What You Should Know Sporty’s Complete Flight Training Course Table of Contents Supplemental PTS Information ..............................................................................................................1-11 General Information _______________________________________________________________________ 1-11 Practical Test Standard Concept ______________________________________________________________ 1-11 Practical Test Book Description ______________________________________________________________ 1-11 Abbreviations ____________________________________________________________________________ 1-12 Use of the Practical Test Standards____________________________________________________________ 1-12 Use of the Judgment Assessment Matrix _______________________________________________________ 1-13 Special Emphasis Areas ____________________________________________________________________ 1-13 Aircraft and Equipment Required for the Practical Test____________________________________________ 1-14 Use of FAA-Approved Flight Simulation Training Device (FSTD) __________________________________ 1-15 Flight Instructor Responsibility_______________________________________________________________ 1-15 Examiner Responsibility ____________________________________________________________________ 1-15 Satisfactory Performance ___________________________________________________________________ 1-16 Unsatisfactory Performance _________________________________________________________________ 1-16 Letter of Discontinuance ____________________________________________________________________ 1-17 Single-Pilot Resource Management ___________________________________________________________ 1-17 Crew Resource Management ________________________________________________________________ 1-18 Applicant’s Use of Checklists________________________________________________________________ 1-18 Use of Distractions During Practical Tests ______________________________________________________ 1-18 Positive Exchange of Flight Controls __________________________________________________________ 1-18 Emphasis on Attitude Instrument Flying and Emergency Instrument Procedures ________________________ 1-19 Applicant’s Practical Test Checklist ___________________________________________________________ 1-20 Examiner’s Practical Test Checklist ___________________________________________________________ 1-21 Rating Task Table _________________________________________________________________________ 1-22 PTS Appendix 1 - Task vs. Flight Simulation Training Device (FSTD) Credit__________________________ 1-23 PTS Appendix 2 - Task vs. Training Device Credit (Other Training Devices) __________________________ 1-24 PTS Appendix 3 - Judgment Assessment Matrix _________________________________________________ 1-25 Volume 1 - Instrument Flying Fundamentals..........................................................................................2-1 Requirements______________________________________________________________________________ 2-1 The Practical Test __________________________________________________________________________ 2-1 Instruments _______________________________________________________________________________ 2-1 Fundamental Skills _________________________________________________________________________ 2-2 Illusions in Flight __________________________________________________________________________ 2-2 Volume 2 - Air Traffic Control and IFR ..................................................................................................2-4 Separation ________________________________________________________________________________ 2-4 Air Traffic Control _________________________________________________________________________ 2-4 Navaid Service Volumes_____________________________________________________________________ 2-5 En Route _________________________________________________________________________________ 2-5 Flight Plans _______________________________________________________________________________ 2-5 Volume 3 - Instrument Approaches..........................................................................................................2-9 Approach & Landing Charts __________________________________________________________________ 2-9 Precision Approaches _______________________________________________________________________ 2-9 Nonprecision Approaches ___________________________________________________________________ 2-11 Approaches with Vertical Guidance (APV) _____________________________________________________ 2-11 Runway Lighting Systems __________________________________________________________________ 2-11 Circling Approaches _______________________________________________________________________ 2-11 Radar Approaches _________________________________________________________________________ 2-11 Approach Standards _______________________________________________________________________ 2-12 Procedure Turns __________________________________________________________________________ 2-12 Timed Approaches ________________________________________________________________________