INSTRUMENT RATING STUDY BOARD Version 3.

0 – 17 October 2022

GENERAL AIRCRAFT IFR WEATHER ACRONYMS

Aeronautical Experience Aircraft Systems Logging Instrument Position Reports - What to Report? Approach Clearance Weather Products Inflight Weather Services 1-2-3 (alternate)
CFR- I. METAR HIWAS
CFR- 61.65 Engine
P. 66HITS
L When can you legally log an approach in a sim? TAF FIS-B
H When can you legally log an approach in a plane? T. AAVIATE
UA/UUA Can you tactically navigate with FIS-B?
A A.
Instrument PIC Currency Contact vs. Visual Approach ADS
N N. Surface Analysis FSS
CFR-
D
Personal Documents 0-6 E.
Surface Winds Center Weather Advisories
AHRS
6-12
1. Propeller R.
12+ Weather Depiction Enroute ASOS/AWOS ARROW
2. Fuel
Instrument Approaches
Oil
IFR Takeoff Minimums Low/Mid/High Sig Charts AIRMETS ATIS/AWOS/ASOS
3. Who can be a safety pilot? What about someone with basic med?
CFR- VDP
4. Landing Gear
VOR Can you just use Foreflight? What do you use? S? T? Z? ATOMATOFLAMES
Brakes Carrying PAX as PIC
Aircraft Documents TIP: Sit and go through a weather briefing, explaining what each chart is, SIGMETS CAS
Flaps Standard Holding Pattern naming as many symbols as you can, and why each piece of information is
important. Plan a longer flight on a poor-weather day for some good imagery.
A. Fuel System VOR/DME CIA
R. Electrical System Act as PIC under IFR Fronts & Atmosphere
Warm/Cold/Stationary/Occl. Icing CRAFT
R. Deicing/Anti-icing Equip. CFR-
What are entry options? LOC Two Ingredients for icing:
O. 1. DA/H
What moves faster?
W. Avionics
Compass/Errors When cold overtakes warm? 2. DEPS
ILS
G1000/G500/G530/G430 3 Fundamental Skills of IFR Flying Maximum Holding Speeds
Aircraft Maintenance 1. When warm overtakes cold?
DME
AHRS Types of Icing
A. 2. DVMONA
ADC Altitude Speed RNAV Stable vs Unstable Air
A. 3.
V.
FMS Lapse Rate EAS
How can we avoid it?
PFD IFR Flight Plan
I. What’s the difference between LPV and LNAV/VNAV? Inversion EFIS
MFD
A.
Standby/Faildown FD
T. Thunderstorms Can we fly with ice? Into known icing?
Who can you close with? Which of these are precision?
E. 3 Conditions to Form FLAPS
V-Speeds / Performance
IFR Min Alt (91.177) 1 Oxygen Requirements FMS
Preflight Procedure Turns
Name Desc My Aircraft
N. IFR Altitudes 2 12,500’-14,000’ GPS
W. VSO DA/H
3
14,000’-15,000’
GRABCARD
K. Do Not Fly If:
IFR Cruising Alt (91.179) MAA S Life Cycle IAS
R. VS H
1 15,000’+
A. MCA A ICAO
R 2
F. VR MDA/H ILS
P Hypoxia
T. IFR Fuel Requirements 3
VX CFR-
MEA T
IMGTP
T
Hazards Hyperventilation
Self-Assessment MOCA IMSAFE
I. VY When Do We Configure? Squall/Embedded CO Poisoning
MORA IPTANER
M. Alternates w/ GS How far should you be from a TS? Decompression Sickness
MRA LHAND
VG CFR- w/o GS
S. MTA
Typical Final Descent Rate? Clouds VFR Weather Minimums MAA
VFE Required if: Types
A. MVA
MARVELOUS VFR C500
F. Descending Below DA/MDA Kinds
OROCA Airspace Visibility Clouds
VNO
GPS Approaches?
CFR- MCA
E. 1. Most Dangerous Kind
IFR Navigation Equipment MDA/H
VNA
Min. Weather at Alternate
2. A
Risk Management/Minimums Types of Fog MEA
w/ precision appr. VOR 3. 1
P. VA w/o precision appr.
B MRA
A. 2
V. VNE 3
MEA AVEF
ODP DME
E.
4 C MEL
Max-Crosswind?
ADM 5 MFD
W/B & Perf.? MTOW? Visibility Conversions
What are your personal minimums? SID NBD D MOCA
RVR Visibility (sm)
Wind
Isobars MORA
Required Equipment 1600 E
61.56 Flight Review CFR- Std. Min. Climb? ILS/LOC 3 Factors MVA
Under 10k
VFR: STAR 2400 Windshear (horiz) NDB
61.57 PIC Recency A
T
Microburst (vert) NWKRAFT
61.65 Inst. Rating Req O GPS 3200 E
What is the TPP?
M Over 10k ODP
⭐91.3 PIC Emergency Authority
A
T
“Cleared via…” vs “Descend via…”
RAIM?
4000
Clear Air
Turbulence
OROCA
IFR Departure Clearance 4500
91.103 Preflight
O
F C. WAAS?
Thermal G PAVE
5000 Mountain Wave
L R.
Inoperative Equipment? PFD
91.155 VFR Weather Minimums A
A. Thunderstorm
M 6000 RAIM
E
F.
91.167 IFR Fuel Requirements Frontal
RDCIE
S T.

91.169 IFR Flight Plan Night: VFR-on-Top Lost Communications REIL

F IFR Mandatory Reports CFR- Altitudes
M. Indicated
L RVR
91.173 Inst. Rating Required A A. M
Pressure

⭐91.175 P R. E
SHARPTT
Descending Below DA/MDA S Density
V. Class-A Airspace SID
A
IFR: E. Absolute
91.177 IFR Minimum Altitudes G Altimeter? STAR
L. A
R Which Chart?

91.179 IFR Cruising Altitudes A O. VFR Allowed? V TAS

⭐91.185
B U.
Descents E VDP
C
Lost Communications S.
A
V. F VOR
R
91.205 Required Equip. When can you descend via the approach?
D F. WAAS
D R. Untowered?
91.213 INOP Equip. Descent Rates Towered?
C.
What is an MEL? Do we have one? 500.