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Effective Term:
Spring 2016 through Winter 2017

Course Number:
AVS 125
Course Title:
Airplane: Private Pilot Flight
Credit Hours:
5
Lecture Hours:
0
Lecture/Lab Hours:
100
Lab Hours:
0

Course Description

Covers operation of single-engine airplanes as it applies to FAA certified Private Pilot operations. Explores fundamentals of flight, air traffic control, operational procedures and aeronautical decision making. Provides the required ground and flight instruction and experience in preparation for FAA knowledge and practical tests. Flight training fees cover a specific amount of training; additional fees may be require.

Addendum to Course Description

This course covers the Private Pilot Training Course Outline. The following hours of are required to meet the outcomes for this course, and will be provided by PCC's contracted flight training provider under PCC supervision.  Outcomes will be assessed by written, oral and practical (flight) tests. Flight training fees for this class are based on these hours. If the outcomes for this course are met in fewer hours then listed here, unused flight training fees will be returned to the student or funding provider, as appropriate.

For students weighing under 207 pounds*:

Type Rate Hours Fees C152 $105/hour 60 hours $ 6,300 Frasca FTD $104/hour 3 hours $ 312 Flight instruction $57/hour 53 hours $ 3,021 Advanced flight instruction $62/hour 3 hours $ 186 Ground instruction $57/hour 48 hours $ 2,736 Advanced ground instruction $62/hour 2 hours $ 124 HAA Admin Fee $600 Checkride/written test estimate $ 975 Total with checkride $14,254

 

The checkride/written test estimate includes funding for one FAA knowledge test ($165), a designated examiner fee ($600), and two hours of aircraft rental at the C152 solo rate.

For students weighing over 207 pounds*:

Type Rate Hours Fees C172P $138/hour 60 hours $ 8,280 Frasca FTD $104/hour 3 hours $ 312 Flight instruction $57/hour 53 hours $ 3,021 Advanced flight instruction $62/hour 3 hours $ 186 Ground instruction $57/hour 48 hours $ 2,736 Advanced ground instruction $62/hour 2 hours $ 124 HAA Admin Fee $600 Checkride/written test estimate $ 975 Total with checkride $16,234

The checkride/written test estimate includes funding for one FAA knowledge test ($165), a designated examiner fee ($600), and two hours of aircraft rental at the C172 solo rate.

Due to equipment limitations, students who weigh over 207 pounds will need to fly larger aircraft in some courses.

Intended Outcomes for the course

Upon successful completion of this course the student should be able to:

  • Qualify to take the FAA Private Pilot Airplane knowledge and practical tests; 
  • Take responsibility as Pilot In Command to competently perform preflight duties and all other procedures necessary for the safe conduct of a flight as an airplane Private Pilot;
  • Draw from a broad base of experience gained from training scenarios to exercise safe judgment  in all flight related decisions.

Outcome Assessment Strategies

Evaluation methods will include written, oral, and practical testing. Evaluation levels will meet or exceed those defined by FAA-S-8081-14B  (or subsequent edition) Private Pilot Airplane Practical Test Standards, and required under 14 CFR 141,  FAA Approved Training Course.

Course Content (Themes, Concepts, Issues and Skills)

The following lists the required areas of training for the Private Pilot certificate under CFR Title 14 Part 141:

Part 141 Appendix B requires ground training the following subject areas:

(1) Applicable Federal Aviation Regulations for private pilot privileges, limitations, and flight operations;

(2) Accident reporting requirements of the National Transportation Safety Board;

(3) Applicable subjects of the “Aeronautical Information Manual” and the appropriate FAA advisory circulars;

(4) Aeronautical charts for VFR navigation using pilotage, dead reckoning, and navigation systems;

(5) Radio communication procedures;

(6) Recognition of critical weather situations from the ground and in flight, windshear avoidance, and the procurement and use of aeronautical weather reports and forecasts;

(7) Safe and efficient operation of aircraft, including collision avoidance, and recognition and avoidance of wake turbulence;

(8) Effects of density altitude on takeoff and climb performance;

(9) Weight and balance computations;

(10) Principles of aerodynamics, powerplants, and aircraft systems;

(11) If the course of training is for an airplane category or glider category rating, stall awareness, spin entry, spins, and spin recovery techniques;

(12) Aeronautical decision making and judgment; and

(13) Preflight action that includes—

(i) How to obtain information on runway lengths at airports of intended use, data on takeoff and landing distances, weather reports and forecasts, and fuel requirements; and

(ii) How to plan for alternatives if the planned flight cannot be completed or delays are encountered. 

Part 141 Appendix B 4. requires flight training the following subject areas:

(1) For a single-engine airplane course:

(i) Preflight preparation;

(ii) Preflight procedures;

(iii) Airport and seaplane base operations;

(iv) Takeoffs, landings, and go-arounds;

(v) Performance maneuvers;

(vi) Ground reference maneuvers;

(vii) Navigation;

(viii) Slow flight and stalls;

(ix) Basic instrument maneuvers;

(x) Emergency operations;

(xi) Night operations, and

(xii) Postflight procedures.