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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 Takeoff and Maximum Performance Climb
Short-Field Approach and Landing
Power-Off 180 Degree Accuracy Approach and Landing
Go-Around/Rejected Landing

V. PERFORMANCE AND GROUND REFERENCE MANEUVERS

Steep Turns
Steep Spiral
Chandelles
Lazy Eights
Eights on Pylons

VI. NAVIGATION

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

VII. SLOW FLIGHT AND STALLS

Maneuvering During Slow Flight
Power-Off Stalls
Power-On Stalls
Accelerated Stalls
Spin Awareness

VIII. HIGH ALTITUDE OPERATIONS

Supplemental Oxygen
Pressurization

IX. EMERGENCY OPERATIONS

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

X. MULTI ENGINE OPERATIONS

XI. POSTFLIGHT PRECEDURES

After Landing, Parking, and Securing