Private Pilot License Checkride for Student Pilots - Mock Oral Exam 

If you're reading this and you're worried about the checkride.. I promise, you've been training so hard for this... and YOUVE GOT THIS!! You're nervous because you care! They don't expect you to know everything, just a general understanding of safety and confidence in yourself as a pilot. Ofc you gotta know a few sections from the far/aim (those chapters in the aim can be helpful) I passed my checkride 06/06/21.. good luck on your journey fellow airmen!

Checkride starts at 24:14

I’m barely at 20hrs, probably looking at like 60hrs to get my PPL, but I’m glad I’m watching these way before. It’s these little things that you learn in here that help a long way

Just passed my check ride, October 1st, 2021. I was extremely nervous going into the exam, both oral and flight portions. Trust me when I say, the DPE wants to see you succeed. Nerves are a good thing, and that shows the DPE that you care about your future in aviation, which goes distances.

I’ll never forget my PPL checkride. It was honestly an emotionally taxing day and I’m not generally emotional in nature. All that bloody hard work prior to the check was finally being put to the test. I literally slept 1.5 hours the night before because I couldn’t fall asleep. I was so bloody nervous and excited. To be honest, the flying was the easiest part and I was entirely too stressed over something that wasn’t all that difficult. To be fair, I spent over 100 hours flying and studying before I would even consider a checkride. Great video and great example of what to expect. Cheers!

Unimaginable that you could do this on a podcast but it’s incredibly good - great Q&A, wonderful tone and spot-on, highly informative conversation.

now that I've heard how the flow of the ground portion, it definitely helps out with the nerves. explaining all the ground is better than rapid fire questions and answers.

Passed my PPL checkride with Jason tonight. Great experience, I was nervous but it ended up being pretty fun in the end. I listened to this video probably 10 times! Thank you for the content.

Took my checkride in 2007. Prepped my 172, grabbed the papers out of it and went inside and 3 hours later passed the sit down portion. We walked outside and watched my plane get towed into the maintenance shop. He pulled me to the side and said i had 15 minutes to prep another plane and go get the papers for it so he could look them over. All the while my instructor was freaking out and yelling at the maintenance guys for taking the plane seeing it was scheduled for me. The plane had all the bells and whistles and i’d only flown it twice in 6 months. Way over my head. We flew for 2 hours and i talked my way through it. On final he simulated engine failure and we were on top of the airport. I circled around and dumped the flaps. Way too fast for his liking but i pushed the nose over and hesitated for the last setting. Hesitation got me my license. If i’d dumped full flaps 2 seconds quicker i’d failed. I passed. Anybody can do it. Everybody is fallible. Talk your way through it. Keep learning and good luck.

By far one of the most useful videos on the subject. I found the podcast discussion much more educational and focused. So many videos where the subjects are intentionally trying to gain followers and monetize their videos.

I loved this. As someone considering flight training, this has given me a great picture of much of the breadth of the training and the types of subject matter I will be getting into. Really nicely done.

thank you this really helped, my PPL checkride is this upcoming Monday!

What I got from all this... “I got this shit”, is NOT an appropriate phrase to use during a check ride 🤣😂🤣 WOW, just WOW.

This was a wonderful video. I do appreciate you taking the time to create this for us. My Checkride is in 9 days. I am nervous but prepared.

At 1:11:20 in the podcast. You incorrectly said the rotating beacon is red and green. I know you know it is green and white. Sorry for nit picking. Bob

Oh snap is Jason, he did my private, instrument both commercial checkrides

This has been the most articulated and complete check ride prep I’ve seen so far. I have mine on 12/1 (Wx depending) Thank you !

This really helps to prepare mentally of what is still to come after im signed off for solo and still pay attention to all the small details and do everything "By the Book".

@ 1:46:43 Blair: ...but uh, certainly a bust is due, as one gentleman said, "don't worry," and I quote, "I've got this s**t. Hold the brakes. Go full-power and pop-it over the chalks." Max: Ugh. 🤣

1:11:18 RED and green rotating beacon? WHITE and green at a civil airport: two whites and a green at a military one.

Having a shortage of DPEs, the FAA should revise their policy of starting the oral portion only if expecting to complete the practical portion. Then, multiple practical tests can occur on the next fair weather day.

This is fantastic and a great way to get an understanding of how an oral would go. Thank you for posting this, I will be doing my last solo xc tomorrow and should have a check ride in the next week or two.

This was awesome! Definitely helped calm my nerves down on what to expect, just got a few more lessons and I think my instructor is gonna sign me off to do the checkride

Oh, my God, such good information. So glad I found this channel!!!!!

For me the biggest stress/worry of failing a check ride is the insanely long reschedule time due to horrible DPE availability. My DPE is booked 3 months out.

This really helped, thank you for posting this!

I forwarded the link to my CFI and recommended this mock check-ride to pass along to other students. Entertaining and educational!

The best mock checkride I've seen yet! Thanks!

Oh, tip for aircraft owners. The limit on pilot servicible parts only applies to standard category air worthyness certs, standard cat planes (below a certain size) are eligible for a primary category air worthyness cert, with primary you the pilot-owner can do most maintenance tasks. And it can later be converted back to standard (maybe to make selling easier) by having the normal A&P maintenance required of the standard category. (maint logs should still be kept for best results)

Grateful for this video! Awesome resource as I'm coming to the end of my PPL training!

MAKE SURE TO READ PART 2 first PART 3 43:19 fuel system C172 R mid 90’s How much fuel do we hold? Sp models 56 gal. and 53 usable Gravity feed no need of a fuel pump In the older 172 we do have a supplemental system Fuel vents, both 172 caps are vented because as fuel gets consume in the tank that’s important because as fuel gets consumed in the tank is going to leave a bit of a vacuum in there it’s kind of like if you were draining water out of a two and a half gallon water jug and air has to force its way back up the same path that the water is flowing out. So often you’d poke a hole in the top of those water jugs well the fuel caps act like that hole it’s the vent that lets air come into the fuel tank so that we don’t create a vacuum and there's also a third fuel. 44:41 And there is also a thief fuel vent which is going to be behind the strut on the pilot side of the airplane just underneath the left wing there So we got three different ways to let air into the system, it’s going to flow though a three or four position valve that allow us to be either in the both position left or right or to shut it off and then from there it’s going flow through gascalator which is kind of our final filtering element before it flows into the engine. 45:13 we are no looking for to be an engineer or e mechanic but that you have a general understanding of the system What kind of fuel can I put in? 100LL low lead 46:11 How are you going to test the fuel? 13 sampling points a big increase from the old ones where we had just 3 total Drain for 5 points underneath each wing and 3 points underneath the fuselage and ill be checking periodically to make sure that they’re up blue and ill also be looking to see if there is any dirt or water that could be accumulated down in the bottom of the fuel strainer 45:53 how long pull be gonna burn per hour or how long thats gonna take us? Do we burn off both tanks at the same time? Specially if we’re in an aircraft that has a switching tank requirement or fuel imbalance possibilities 47:14 lets talk about the flaps How do they work and what do they do? No every airplane has them? What do flaps do for us? 3 positions 10* 20*30* degrees. Add certain amount of lift and drag reduce stall speed of aircraft Apply them for landing or for some type of take off The center of lift is going to change just a little be on the wing so the aircraft is going to pitch a little be different every time we had some of those flaps Changes our stall speed, what is our stall with flaps up Is a higher or lower when we put plas down = it should be lower which is good because we would like to touch down at a slower speed 49:10 Flap malfunction Circuit breaker was popping out and flaps did not extend what is happening here? I don’t want to hold the circuit breaker in so I can put the flaps down because that can cause an electrical fire. We might have a brief momentary overload when the flaps are being operated so we might consider resetting that circuit breaker one time if it pops out again hands off leave it alone, but the flaps are operated electrically in this particular aircraft so we are having an electrical overload land with flaps up and of course with a faster landing speed and a higher stall speed

That was an amazing podcast! really helpful, thanks a million!!

Really love this podcast, subscribed to the channel, really helped me get a bit of an idea of what I have to expect appreciate it man😁

I passed!

thank you for this. Ive got my private checkride next tuesday definitely calmed some nerves

Great podcast and info. Check ride coming up in the near future. Clearly 'Max' is not an avg student pilot and has amazing knowledge. One thing I don't hear about much is... Lets say an avg guy like me during the oral questioning of the private pilot check ride (before flight) has an area that the kind of mess up or struggle to get out, but knows the content. How does that go from a testing stand point? Immediate fail? Test over and they inform you you failed that portion (like during the flight if you fail a maneuver)? I have heard DPEs have to accept the first answer and you cant change it? Or is it like the steep turn scenario you did on this podcast where a little balk in altitude and you show a good adjustment/correction and the follow up questions confirm the knowledge so you are good? I can't seem to find much about the oral part when the student doesn't have the perfect answer. Does the conversation continue? Most videos everyone seems to know all the material in great and exact detail. Any thoughts or help would be appreciated.

I’m not a pilot, could only dream of flying. I’m avid flight simmer. Great info.

I DO want to listen to the full four hour checkride…

Very helpful! Thanks for doing this, gentlemen.

This is such an amazing mock checkride. Thank you!

Would it be frowned upon if during my checkride when told by the DPE to divert to a specific airport, I simply contacted approach control and and asked for the heading rather than using my plotter?

Good and valuable information thank you so much!

Enjoyed this. Very informative 👍🏼

Excellent! Thank you Max!

What would a BFR look like for a licensed private 200 hour pilot that hasn’t flown for 30 years?

I really enjoyed and appreciated this! Thanks!

For doing an introductory (discovery) flight, is it proper to ask for creditworthiness, registration, ect....

This is great stuff thank you

Hi sir what you think which book is more usefull to clear cpl exam

This is invaluable thank you!

That’s crazy. I’m preparing for a checkride at Kent State university airport!!!! I was excited when you mentioned us!

I could only wish to fly. Unfortunately I have a felony for grand theft. I’ve been told I’ll never reach the dream.. great information tho glad I found such a great place to watch

I check from an approach that encourages best performance not talking about avoiding a down. Captain Pass.

Private pilot checkride is the hardest but the easiest checkride compared to the rest.

Who can I pay to do me a mock oral exam for my IFR check ride?

Can an entire check ride be spread out over two days if youre willing to pay the examiner for the time?

Very informative, thank you. At 26:00 I believe your ARROW is missing an 'R'?

This was good

NO tams @1:25:40

I failed my first check ride because I thought the examiner wanted me to do flight planning and weather for the cc in front if her and not in advance.

Is receiving the cross country scenario less than 36 hours prior to the CheckRide typical? Took me much longer to prepare; so I forced a reschedule, which was very misfortune because the CheckRide had been scheduled well in advance.

If I’ve done all my training in a Cessna 150 is it a problem trying to find a DPE who doesn’t weigh too much?

Well thank you, I just realized that my Long XC is invalid . . . fuck

Very useful information, thank you. BUT the incessant interruptions for ads are deeply annoying.

My check ride was a confrontation no a conversation

Can someone please remind me of what SPAROW stands for? Thanks

How do I make a one time contribution ? Great video

Do you accept Bitcoin for checkride? Or better yet, XRP? 😉👍

This is a picture of the same thing. Really

I really wish that most of you people would stop using the word license when an FAA certificate is not a license. It is. certificate. And if you do not think there is. difference in law between the word license and certificate you would be woefully incorrect.

Ditch the ads. Destroyed the entire experience.

Blah,blah,blah 🤪😛😋

This is not a video. Just talking. Should have a video. Also you talk a little to much and do not get to the point. You go off tangent.