A missing endorsement ends a checkride before it starts. Go through this list with your instructor a few days before, not the morning of.
You
- At least 17 years old
- Government-issued photo ID
- Student pilot certificate
- 3rd-class medical or BasicMed
- Knowledge test report (original, passed within 24 calendar months)
- IACRA application (8710) completed and signed, with your FTN
- Examiner’s fee in the form your DPE asks for
Endorsements in your logbook
- Knowledge test
§61.103(d)(1),§61.105 - Pre-solo knowledge test
§61.87(b) - Pre-solo flight training
§61.87(c), (d) - Solo, current within 90 days
§61.87(n) - Solo cross-country
§61.93, plus each individual XC entry - Flight proficiency
§61.107(b)(1) - Practical test: 3 hrs prep within 2 calendar months and readiness
§61.39(a)(6),§61.103(f)
Your hours, totaled and tabbed
40
total time
20
dual
10
solo
3+3+3
XC · night · instrument
- 3 hrs dual cross-country
- 3 hrs night: one XC over 100 NM total; 10 takeoffs and 10 full-stop landings
- 3 hrs by reference to instruments
- 10 hrs solo: 5 hrs solo XC; one long XC of 150 NM, 3 points, one leg over 50 NM; 3 takeoffs and landings at a towered airport
- 3 hrs checkride prep within the previous 2 calendar months
The airplane
- ARROW documents on board
- Logbooks tabbed for annual, 100-hour (if used for hire), pitot-static/altimeter/transponder, ELT, and AD compliance
- POH for this aircraft, current weight & balance
- A view-limiting device for the instrument tasks
Your EFB
ForeFlight or Garmin Pilot with charts downloaded for offline use, on your iPad and a backup device (phone or second tablet). Your planned cross-country, filled out and ready to brief.
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