THE GROUND TRAINING SYLLABUS

 

 

 

FAA REGULATIONS, THE APPROVED CESSNA FLIGHT AND MAINTENANCE MANUALS FOR

THE PARTICULAR AIRCRAFT WILL BE USED AS THE REFERENCES FOR THIS TRAINING

 

Session 1. Flight Rules, Regulations, Limitations, and Available Services.

FARS: Part 43 Maintenance, Preventive Maintenance, Rebuilding and Alterations.

Description of and Qualification of individuals Performing

Part 61 Airmen Certification, Pilots Flight Instructors and Ground Instructors.

61.133 Commercial Privileges and Limitations

61.193 Flight Instructor Privileges. 61.195 Limitations and Qualifications

61.57 Recent Flight Experience Pilot in Command

Part 91 Air Traffic and General Operating Rules.

91.3 Responsibility and Authority of Pilot In Command

91.7 Civil Aircraft Airworthiness, 91.103 Preflight Action

91.119 Minimum Safe Altitudes, 91.126 Operating at Uncontrolled Airports

91.171 VOR Equipment Check for IFR, 91.175 IFR Take Off and Landings

AIM: Basic Flight Information and ATC Procedures.

FSS services: AIM 4-1-3

VFR and IFR Procedures and Publications

Session 2. Aircraft Systems, Equipment, and Avionics For the Aircraft to be Used (Normal and Abnormal Operations)

Engine Systems: Electrical - Two 100 AMP Alternators, Fuel - Continuous Flow Injection, Hydraulic - One Pump each Engine for Landing Gear Operation, Ignition - Dual Magnetos each Engine, Induction / Exhaust - Turbocharger Hot and Cold and Waste Gate.

Propeller Systems: Propeller is Hydraulic Operated Governor Controlled using Engine Oil , Prop Sync - Electric Sensing and Control, Prop Deice - Uses 28VDC Heating Elements.

Fuel System: Operation, (normal and abnormal) Service, Quantity and Indication Primer sys.

Flight Control Systems: Aileron, Rudder, Elevator, Flap and Trim.

Landing Gear: Retraction/Extension (normal and abnormal), and Brakes.

Fuselage Systems: Environmental - Heating, Air Conditioning, Pressurization and Controls.

Session 3. Flight Planning, performance, and Limitations.

Certificates and Documents: Pilot Certificate, Medical Certificate, Registration certificate, Airworthiness Certificate, Approved Flight Manual, W&B/Equipment List, FAA Form 337?

Airworthiness Requirements: Maintenance Inspections, Pitot Stat, Transponder, VOR.

Weather Information - METAR, TAF, FA, How to Obtain, AWOS, ASOS, AND ATIS

Flight Planning Procedures - PreFlight?

National Aerospace System - Class A, B, C, D, E, G

Aircraft Performance and Limitations - Performance Charts

Aircraft Weight and Balance - Were to Find and How to Compute

Enroute Flight Procedures - How to Update Wx, How to Divert

Aeromedical Factors - Hypoxia,

 

 

 

THE FLIGHT TRAINING SYLLABUS

 

 

THE FLIGHT REVIEW BLOCK ONE (APPROXIMATELY TWO HOURS):

 

PERFORM NORMAL AND EMERGENCY PROCEDURES IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE FAA APPROVED FLIGHT MANUAL FOR THE AIRCRAFT BEING USED. THE APPROVED CESSNA AIRCRAFT FLIGHT MANUAL WILL BE USED FOR OPERATIONAL PROCEDURES AND MANEUVERS. THE GRADING CRITERION TO BE USED WILL BE THE FAA PRACTICAL TEST STANDARDS DOCUMENT S-8081-12B .

NOTE

 

INFLIGHT MANEUVERS AND AIRCRAFT OPERATIONS WILL BE CONDUCTED IN THE APPLICANT SUPPLIED AIRCRAFT AND WILL CONFORM WITH THE FAA APPROVED CESSNA 400 SERIES AIRCRAFT FLIGHT MANUAL AND THE FAA PRACTICAL TEST STANDARDS FOR THE PILOT RATING HELD. PILOT OPERATIONS THAT DO NOT MEET THE APPROVED GRADING CRITERION WILL REQUIRE ADDITIONAL TRAINING UNTIL THE STANDARDS CAN BE MET.

 

PREFLIGHT PROCEDURES

 

Preflight Inspection

Cockpit Management

Engine Starting

Taxiing

Before Takeoff Check

Traffic Patterns

Airport Markings and Lighting

 

TAKEOFFS, LANDINGS, AND GO-AROUNDS

 

Normal and Crosswind Takeoff and Climb

Normal and Crosswind Approach and Landing

Short-Field Approach and Landing

Go-Around/Rejected Landing

 

SLOW FLIGHT, STALLS, AND EMERGENCY OPERATIONS

 

Engine Failure During Takeoff Before VMC

Engine Failure After Lift-Off (Simulated)

Maneuvering During Slow Flight

Power-Off Stalls

Power-On Stalls

Spin Awareness

Maneuvering with One Engine Inoperative

VMC Demonstration

Approach and Landing with an Inoperative Engine (Simulated)

Systems and Equipment Malfunctions

 

 

 

 

THE INSTRUMENT FLIGHT REVIEW

 

BLOCK TWO (APPROXIMATELY TWO HOURS)

PERFORM INSTRUMENT MANEUVERS AND PROCEDURES DESCRIBED IN

THE FAA PRACTICAL TEST STANDARDS DOCUMENT S-8081-4C AND THE APPROVED FLIGHT MANUAL FOR THE AIRCRAFT USED.

 

 

Instrument Cockpit Check

Instrument Takeoff and Climb

 

Intercepting and Tracking

Navigational Systems and DME arcs

Recovery from Unusual Flight Attitudes

Holding Procedures

Perform Nonprecision Instrument Approach

Perform Precision Instrument Approach

Perform Missed Approach

Circling approach

Landing from a straight in or circling approach

One Engine Inoperative (straight-and-level flight and turns)

One Engine Inoperative---Instrument Approach

Approach with loss of primary flight instrument indicators

Checking instruments and equipment