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Airman Certification Standards

for

AIRPLANE

I. PREFLIGHT PREPARATION

Certificates and Documents
Airworthiness Requirements
Weather Information
Cross-Country Flight Planning
National Airspace System
Performance and Limitations
Operation of Systems
Aeromedical Factors

II. PREFLIGHT PROCEDURES

Preflight Inspection
Cockpit Management
Engine Starting
Taxiing
Runway Incursion Avoidance
Before Takeoff Check

III. AIRPORT AND SEAPLANE BASE OPERATIONS

Radio Communications and ATC Light Signals
Traffic Patterns
Airport/Seaplane Base, Runway, and Taxiway Signs, Markings, and Lighting

IV. TAKEOFFS, LANDINGS, AND GO-AROUNDS

Normal and Crosswind Takeoff and Climb
Normal and Crosswind Approach and Landing
Soft-Field Takeoff and Climb
Soft-Field Approach and Landing
Short-Field (Confined Area--ASES) Takeoff and Maximum Performance Climb
Short-Field Approach (Confined Area--ASES) and Landing
Forward Slip to a Landing
Go-Around/Rejected Landing

V. PERFORMANCE AND GROUND REFERENCE MANEUVERS

Steep Turns
Rectangular Course
S-Turns
Turns Around a Point

VI. NAVIGATION

Pilotage and Dead Reckoning
Navigation Systems and Radar Services
Diversion
Lost Procedures

VII. SLOW FLIGHT AND STALLS

Maneuering During Slow Flight
Power-Off Stalls
Power-On Stalls
Spin Awareness

VIII. BASIC INSTRUMENT MANEUVERS

Straight and Level Flight
Constant Airspeed Climbs
Constant Airspeed Descents
Turns to Headings
Recovery from Unusual Flight Attitudes
Radio Communications, Navigation Systems/Facilities, and Radar Sevices

IX. EMERGENCY OPERATIONS

Emergency Descents
Emergency Approach and Landing (Simulated)
Systems and Equipment Malfunctions
Emergency Equipment and Survival Gear

X. MULTI ENGINE OPERATIONS

XI. NIGHT OPERATION

Night Preparation

XII. POSTFLIGHT PROCEDURES

After Landing, Parking and Securing