Flight Training - September 2013 - 18

PREFLIGHT»

NEWS

BY DAN NAMOWITZ

Magnetic compass requirement dropped from private pilot task
Newer technology now allowed
THE FAA HAS reworded a navigation task in the Private Pilot Practical Test
Standards for Airplanes (FAA-S-8081-14B) to allow applicants to train and
take their flight tests in aircraft equipped with magnetic direction sensing
systems other than a magnetic compass.
The action, explained in a note added May 30 to the current version
of the PTS, will spare some flight training operators thousands of dollars
in added costs to install compasses in training aircraft.
The problem arose after an element of the pilotage and dead reckoning
task was changed in the current version of the PTS—without explanation—specifying that a magnetic compass be used to demonstrate turns
to a heading.
In a revision note dated May 30 that now appears in the PTS, the
agency reworded Objective 5 in Section 1, Area of Operation VII, Task
A, Pilotage and Dead Reckoning (ASEL and ASES) “to refer to ‘magnetic direction indicator’ instead of ‘magnetic compass.’” The task now
requires that an applicant “demonstrates use of magnetic direction
indicator in navigation, to include turns to new headings.”
Removal of the magnetic compass requirement should spare training
aircraft operators an estimated $1,000-per-aircraft compass installation

expense to make their aircraft eligible
for use in private pilot training and
checkrides.
Mandating use of the compass
also conflicted with FAR 91.205,
which requires a magnetic direction
indicator for day flight under visual
flight rules. All applicants must still
demonstrate turns, whether using a
magnetic compass or other directionsensing system.
Instructors and their students should
make sure that they are using the current
version of Private Pilot Practical Test
Standards for Airplanes, FAA-S-8081-14B,
dated November 2011, effective June 1,
2012, with changes 1 through 5 listed in
the record of changes. 

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Flight Training - September 2013

Table of Contents for the Digital Edition of Flight Training - September 2013

Flight Training - September 2013
Contents
Member Benefits
Right Seat
Centerline
Letters
Dropping In
After the Checkride
How it Works
Success Story Tech Tip
News
Flight Training Excellence Award Winner
ASI News
AOPA Action
Summit Preview Training Products
Final Exam
Flying Carpet
Upside Down, Inside Out
No More Monkey Business
Technique
Weather
Checkride
Flight Lesson
Cause and Effect
Career Advisor
Tech Talk
Nothing to Fear
Reveal the Hidden Value
Advertiser Index
Debrief
Flight Training - September 2013 - Flight Training - September 2013
Flight Training - September 2013 - Cover2
Flight Training - September 2013 - 1
Flight Training - September 2013 - Contents
Flight Training - September 2013 - 3
Flight Training - September 2013 - Member Benefits
Flight Training - September 2013 - 5
Flight Training - September 2013 - Right Seat
Flight Training - September 2013 - 7
Flight Training - September 2013 - Centerline
Flight Training - September 2013 - 9
Flight Training - September 2013 - Letters
Flight Training - September 2013 - 11
Flight Training - September 2013 - Dropping In
Flight Training - September 2013 - 13
Flight Training - September 2013 - After the Checkride
Flight Training - September 2013 - How it Works
Flight Training - September 2013 - 16
Flight Training - September 2013 - Success Story Tech Tip
Flight Training - September 2013 - News
Flight Training - September 2013 - Flight Training Excellence Award Winner
Flight Training - September 2013 - ASI News
Flight Training - September 2013 - AOPA Action
Flight Training - September 2013 - Summit Preview Training Products
Flight Training - September 2013 - Final Exam
Flight Training - September 2013 - Flying Carpet
Flight Training - September 2013 - 25
Flight Training - September 2013 - Upside Down, Inside Out
Flight Training - September 2013 - 27
Flight Training - September 2013 - 28
Flight Training - September 2013 - 29
Flight Training - September 2013 - 30
Flight Training - September 2013 - 31
Flight Training - September 2013 - No More Monkey Business
Flight Training - September 2013 - 33
Flight Training - September 2013 - 34
Flight Training - September 2013 - 35
Flight Training - September 2013 - Technique
Flight Training - September 2013 - 37
Flight Training - September 2013 - Weather
Flight Training - September 2013 - 39
Flight Training - September 2013 - 40
Flight Training - September 2013 - Checkride
Flight Training - September 2013 - Flight Lesson
Flight Training - September 2013 - 43
Flight Training - September 2013 - 44
Flight Training - September 2013 - Cause and Effect
Flight Training - September 2013 - Career Advisor
Flight Training - September 2013 - 47
Flight Training - September 2013 - Tech Talk
Flight Training - September 2013 - Nothing to Fear
Flight Training - September 2013 - 50
Flight Training - September 2013 - Reveal the Hidden Value
Flight Training - September 2013 - Advertiser Index
Flight Training - September 2013 - 53
Flight Training - September 2013 - 54
Flight Training - September 2013 - 55
Flight Training - September 2013 - Debrief
Flight Training - September 2013 - Cover3
Flight Training - September 2013 - Cover4
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