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Before engine start, you secure everything in the airplane, brief your passengers, set up the automation and manage the risks of the flight. It is Task B of Area II, Preflight Procedures, in the FAA Private Pilot Airman Certification Standards, the checkride every private pilot flies.
Free to startThe steps
- Secure all items in the airplane.
- Give an appropriate passenger briefing: who is pilot in command, safety belts, shoulder harnesses, doors, passenger conduct, sterile aircraft, staying clear of the propeller and the emergency procedures.
- Program and manage the airplane's automation properly, as applicable.
- Manage the risks with aeronautical decision-making, including single-pilot resource management.
Safety rules that stop the station
- 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
- Everything secured, a complete passenger briefing, the automation set up and the risks managed.
- Know the passenger briefing requirements and the required use of safety restraints, the use of checklists, the need for current navigation data, how to secure items and cargo, and the risks of automation, portable electronic devices, inoperative equipment and passenger distractions.
- 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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