Objective

To determine that the applicant exhibits satisfactory knowledge, risk management, and skills associated with airman and medical certificates including privileges, limitations, currency, and operating as pilot-in-command (PIC) as a private pilot.

Knowledge

The applicant demonstrates understanding of:

• Certification requirements, recent flight experience, and recordkeeping.

• Privileges and limitations.

• Medical certificates: class, expiration, privileges, temporary disqualifications.

• Documents required to exercise private pilot privileges.

• Part 68 BasicMed privileges and limitations.

Risk Management

The applicant demonstrates the ability to identify, assess and mitigate risks, encompassing:

• Failure to distinguish proficiency versus currency.

• Flying unfamiliar airplanes, or operating with unfamiliar flight display systems, and avionics.

Skills

The applicant demonstrates the ability to:

• Apply requirements to act as PIC under Visual Flight Rules (VFR) in a scenario given by the evaluator.

References

• 14 CFR parts 61, 68, 91

• FAA-H-8083-2

• FAA-H-8083-25

• AC 68-1

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