Suggested Sport Study List

FAR Parts and AIM Paragraphs Pertinent to Sport Pilot Certificates Applicants preparing for the Sport Pilot FAA Knowledge Exam should have full understanding of the following applicable regulations and AIM paragraphs:

14 CFR

Part 1 Definitions and Abbreviations
1.1 General definitions.

Part 39 Airworthiness Directives
39.3 Definition of airworthiness directives.

Part 61 Certification: Pilots, Flight Instructors, and Ground Instructors
61.3 Requirement for certificates, ratings, and authorizations
61.15 Offenses involving alcohol or drugs
61.60 Change of address
61.315 What are the privileges and limits of my sport pilot certificate?

Part 91 General Operating and Flight Rules
91.3 Responsibility and authority of the pilot in command
91.7 Civil aircraft airworthiness
91.17 Alcohol or drugs
91.103 Preflight action
91.105 Flight crewmembers at stations
91.107 Use of safety belts, shoulder harnesses, and child restraint systems.
91.111 Operating near other aircraft
91.113 Right-of-way rules: Except water operations.
91.119 Minimum safe altitudes: General.
91.125 ATC light signals.
91.126 Operating on or in the vicinity of an airport in Class G airspace.
91.127 Operating on or in the vicinity of an airport in Class E airspace.
91.130 Operations in Class C airspace.
91.155 Basic VFR weather minimums
91.203 Civil aircraft: Certifications required.
91.403 Maintenance, Preventive Maintenance, and Alterations - General.

NTSB National Transportation Safety Board
830.5 Immediate notification
830.10 Preservation of aircraft wreckage, mail, cargo, and records
830.15 Reports and statements to be filed.

AIM Aeronautical Information Manual
Front pages

Chapter 2 Aeronautical Lighting and Other Airport Visual Aids
2-1-2 Visual Glideslope Indicators
2-1-8 Airport/Heliport Beacons
2-3-3 Runway Markings
2-3-4 Taxiway Markings
2-3-5 Holding Position Markings
2-3-6 Other Markings
2-3-8 Mandatory Instruction Signs
2-3-9 Location Signs

Chapter 3 Airspace
3-1-3 Hierarchy of Overlapping Airspace Designations
3-2-3 Class B Airspace
3-2-4 Class C Airspace
3-2-5 Class D Airspace
3-2-6 Class E Airspace
3-4-4 Warning Areas
3-4-5 Military Operations Areas
3-5-2 Military Training Routes
3-5-5 Published VFR Routes

Chapter 4 Air Traffic Control
4-1-9 Traffic Advisory Practices at Airports Without Operating Control Towers
4-1-11 Designated UNICOM/MULTICOM Frequencies
4-1-14 Radar Traffic Information Service
4-3-3 Traffic Patterns
4-3-10 Intersection Takeoffs
4-3-14 Communications
4-3-23 Use of Aircraft Lights
4-4-14 Use of Visual Clearing Procedures

Chapter 6 Emergency Procedures
6-1-2 Emergency Condition- Request Assistance Immediately
6-2-2 Transponder Emergency Operation
6-3-1 Distress and Urgency Communications

Chapter 7 Safety of Flight
7-3-4 Vortex Behavior
7-4-6 Flights Over Charted U.S. Wildlife Refuges, Parks, and Forest Service Areas
7-5-3 Obstructions to Flight

Chapter 8 Medical Facts for Pilots
8-1-1 Fitness For Flight
8-1-3 Hyperventilation in Flight
8-1-5 Illusions in Flight
8-1-6 Vision in Flight

Pilot/Controller Glossary

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