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AviationEmergency equipment and survival gear
You show the examiner the emergency equipment and survival gear for the flight, brief your passengers on how to use it and, if the airplane has a ballistic parachute, walk through its deployment. It is Task D of Area IX, Emergency Operations, in the FAA Private Pilot Airman Certification Standards, the checkride every private pilot flies.
Free to startThe steps
- Identify the right equipment and personal gear.
- Brief the passengers on the proper use of the emergency equipment and survival gear on board.
- Simulate the ballistic parachute deployment procedure, if the airplane has one.
Safety rules that stop the station
- With a ballistic parachute, you follow the manufacturer's arming and disarming procedure before and after flight; it is briefed and simulated, never deployed.
- Failing to exercise risk management is unsatisfactory.
- If you do not use sound aeronautical decision-making, including single-pilot resource management, the examiner marks the task as failed.
To pass
- The right equipment and gear identified, the passengers briefed and, if fitted, the parachute procedure simulated.
- Know the emergency locator transmitter, its limits and testing, the fire extinguisher, the gear for extreme heat or cold, mountains and flights over water, when to deploy a ballistic parachute or activate an emergency auto-land system and how to brief passengers, and survival gear such as water, clothing and shelter for 48 to 72 hours.
- Missing the standard on this task fails the task and its area of operation.
Official source
Federal · FAA Private Pilot ACS
Private Pilot for Airplane Category Airman Certification Standards (FAA-S-ACS-6C)
The FAA publishes the Private Pilot Airman Certification Standards free: every task of the checkride with its knowledge, risks and tolerances.
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