Private Pilot Oral Exam Guide: Comprehensive Preparation for the FAA Checkride

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ASA’s Oral Exam Guide Series is an excellent study tool for students and instructors alike. Arranged in a question-and-answer format, this comprehensive guide lists the questions most likely to be asked by evaluators during the practical exam and provides succinct, ready responses. FAA references are provided throughout for further study.

This fourteenth edition of the Private Pilot Oral Exam Guide aligns with the Airman Certification Standards (ACS) and covers pilot qualifications, preflight/postflight procedures, airworthiness, aircraft systems, performance and limitations, airspace, airport operations, weather, flight planning, human factors, night operations, emergency equipment, and more. This resource prepares applicants for the Private Pilot Airplane checkride and is valuable as a general refresher.

Jason Blair is an active single- and multi-engine instructor and an FAA Designated Pilot Examiner (DPE) with over 6,000 hours total time, over 3,500 hours of instruction given, and more than 3,500 hours in aircraft as a DPE. In his role as an Examiner, he has issued more than 2,500 pilot certificates. Blair has worked for and continues to work with multiple aviation associations with his work focusing on pilot training and testing. His experience as a pilot goes back over 30 years, as an instructor spans over 20 years, and includes more than 100 makes and models of aircraft flown. Blair has written and continues to write for multiple aviation publications with a focus on training and safety. In addition to ASA’s Oral Exam Guide series, Blair is also the author of four books in ASA’s Aviator’s Field Guide series: Buying an Airplane, Owning an Airplane, Tailwheel Flying, and Middle-Altitude Flying.