ATMAE PRACTICE SOLUTION SET 2026
COMPLETE QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
GUARANTEED TO PASS
●● What are your limitations as a student pilot? (61.89).
Answer: 1. No passengers 2. Cannot carry property for compensation or
hire 3. Cannot fly in furtherance of a business 4. Cannot fly with a flight
or surface visibility of less than 3sm during the day and 5sm at night and
flight must be made with visual references to the surface.
●● What privileges and limitations apply to private pilot? (61.113)
(91.146).
Answer: Privileges - Act as PIC and carry passengers - conduct search
and rescue operations; fly for charitable, non-profit, or community
event; act as an aircraft salesman if you have at least 200 hours.
Limitations - Cannot fly for hire; must pay no less than pro rata share
●● Do you need to take your logbook with you? (61.51).
Answer: Only as a solo student pilot on a cross country flight
●● What type of pilot certificate do you have? Does it expire? (61.19).
Answer: Under 40, a student pilot certificate expires after 60 calendar
months Over 40 it expires after 24 calendar months PPL, CPL, CFI,
,Ground Instructors, and ATP certificates are issued without an expiration
date.
●● How do we keep our pilot certificate current? (61.56, 61.57).
Answer: Student pilot: with valid medical certificate PPL: Flight review
every 24 calendar months
●● What are the currency requirements for carrying passengers? (61.57).
Answer: 3 take offs and landings within the preceding 90 days in an
aircraft of the same category, class and type if required. At night, these 3
landings must be made to a full stop.
●● Night definition? When can you perform required night landings?
(1.1, 61.57).
Answer: Night = the time between evening civil twilight and morning
civil twilight Night landings can be logged 1 hour after sunset to 1 hour
before sunrise.
●● How long is a medical certificate valid for? (61.23).
Answer:
●● What documents should be in the aircraft before flight? ARROW
(91.9, 91.203).
,Answer: Airworthiness Certificate, Registration, Radio License
(required for international flight) Operating Limitations (found in the
POH), Weight and Balance equipment list
●● When will an aircraft registration certificate expire? (PHAK 8-6).
Answer: 3 years
●● Which weight and balance information must be in the aircraft, the
one on the takeoff data card or the one in the airplane flight manual?.
Answer: Updated weight and balance equipment list in the AFM
●● With respect to the certification, privileges, and limitations of
airmen, what do category, class, and type mean? (61.5).
Answer:
●● If a pilot changes his permanent mailing address, how long can the
pilot continue to exercise the privileges of their pilot certificate without
notifying the FAA? (61.60).
Answer: 30 days
●● Does an Airworthiness Certificate ever expire?.
Answer: Not as long as inspections are kept up to date and
manufacturer's original design is adhered to
, ●● Does the POH meet the requirement of having an AFM? (PHAK 8-
2).
Answer: Yes. The POH for most light aircraft built after 1975 is also the
FAA designated AFM.
●● Who says we have to follow the POH? (91.9).
Answer: FAR 91.9 states, "...no person may operate a civil aircraft
without complying with the operating limitations specified in the
approved Airplane or Rotorcraft Flight Manual..."
●● Who is responsible for ensuring an aircraft is maintained in an
airworthy condition? (91.403).
Answer: The owner/operator
●● Discuss AVIATES. Required Inspections.
Answer: Annual - every 12 calendar months (91.409)
VOR - every 30 days for IFR (91.171)
100 hour - if airplane is being operated for hire
Altimeter/Pitot Static - 24 calendar months; required for IFR flight
(91.411)
Transponder - 24 calendar months (91.413)
ELT - 12 calendar months or after 1 hour cumulative use or half of
battery life (91.207)
Service bulletins and ADs complied with
COMPLETE QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
GUARANTEED TO PASS
●● What are your limitations as a student pilot? (61.89).
Answer: 1. No passengers 2. Cannot carry property for compensation or
hire 3. Cannot fly in furtherance of a business 4. Cannot fly with a flight
or surface visibility of less than 3sm during the day and 5sm at night and
flight must be made with visual references to the surface.
●● What privileges and limitations apply to private pilot? (61.113)
(91.146).
Answer: Privileges - Act as PIC and carry passengers - conduct search
and rescue operations; fly for charitable, non-profit, or community
event; act as an aircraft salesman if you have at least 200 hours.
Limitations - Cannot fly for hire; must pay no less than pro rata share
●● Do you need to take your logbook with you? (61.51).
Answer: Only as a solo student pilot on a cross country flight
●● What type of pilot certificate do you have? Does it expire? (61.19).
Answer: Under 40, a student pilot certificate expires after 60 calendar
months Over 40 it expires after 24 calendar months PPL, CPL, CFI,
,Ground Instructors, and ATP certificates are issued without an expiration
date.
●● How do we keep our pilot certificate current? (61.56, 61.57).
Answer: Student pilot: with valid medical certificate PPL: Flight review
every 24 calendar months
●● What are the currency requirements for carrying passengers? (61.57).
Answer: 3 take offs and landings within the preceding 90 days in an
aircraft of the same category, class and type if required. At night, these 3
landings must be made to a full stop.
●● Night definition? When can you perform required night landings?
(1.1, 61.57).
Answer: Night = the time between evening civil twilight and morning
civil twilight Night landings can be logged 1 hour after sunset to 1 hour
before sunrise.
●● How long is a medical certificate valid for? (61.23).
Answer:
●● What documents should be in the aircraft before flight? ARROW
(91.9, 91.203).
,Answer: Airworthiness Certificate, Registration, Radio License
(required for international flight) Operating Limitations (found in the
POH), Weight and Balance equipment list
●● When will an aircraft registration certificate expire? (PHAK 8-6).
Answer: 3 years
●● Which weight and balance information must be in the aircraft, the
one on the takeoff data card or the one in the airplane flight manual?.
Answer: Updated weight and balance equipment list in the AFM
●● With respect to the certification, privileges, and limitations of
airmen, what do category, class, and type mean? (61.5).
Answer:
●● If a pilot changes his permanent mailing address, how long can the
pilot continue to exercise the privileges of their pilot certificate without
notifying the FAA? (61.60).
Answer: 30 days
●● Does an Airworthiness Certificate ever expire?.
Answer: Not as long as inspections are kept up to date and
manufacturer's original design is adhered to
, ●● Does the POH meet the requirement of having an AFM? (PHAK 8-
2).
Answer: Yes. The POH for most light aircraft built after 1975 is also the
FAA designated AFM.
●● Who says we have to follow the POH? (91.9).
Answer: FAR 91.9 states, "...no person may operate a civil aircraft
without complying with the operating limitations specified in the
approved Airplane or Rotorcraft Flight Manual..."
●● Who is responsible for ensuring an aircraft is maintained in an
airworthy condition? (91.403).
Answer: The owner/operator
●● Discuss AVIATES. Required Inspections.
Answer: Annual - every 12 calendar months (91.409)
VOR - every 30 days for IFR (91.171)
100 hour - if airplane is being operated for hire
Altimeter/Pitot Static - 24 calendar months; required for IFR flight
(91.411)
Transponder - 24 calendar months (91.413)
ELT - 12 calendar months or after 1 hour cumulative use or half of
battery life (91.207)
Service bulletins and ADs complied with
