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Instrument Rating Checkride Prep Guide

Instrument students and pilots preparing for the instrument rating checkride. $7.99 one-time · PDF guide · Keep access for life.

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Prepare for your checkride

Bring your preparation together: the knowledge, decisions and flying topics to discuss with your examiner. Use this guide to work through the areas below and identify anything you still need to practice.

  • Preflight preparation
  • Preflight procedures
  • Air traffic control clearances and procedures
  • Flight by reference to instruments
  • Navigation systems
  • Instrument approach procedures
  • Emergency operations
  • Postflight procedures

Sources

  • 14 CFR Part 61
  • 14 CFR Part 91
  • Instrument Rating ACS
  • FAA handbooks
  • AIM
  • Instrument procedure charts

Using this guide

  • Aircraft-specific numbers, speeds, limitations and procedures come from your AFM/POH, never from a study guide.
  • Regulations change. The controlling text is the current eCFR, and the guide names the section so you can check it.
  • A study guide is preparation material. It is not an endorsement, an approval, or a substitute for instruction.