Checkride Preparation – Scenario Questions & Tips

Join us again for our DPE series with Pete Reddan, Designated Pilot Examiner (DPE), and owner of Vapor Global Aviation. In this video, Pete gives some example Scenario Questions as part of a Private Pilot License checkride to give you an idea of what to expect and how to prepare for success on your own checkride.

These scenario questions are designed to prove that students haven’t just memorized their answers, but are able to understand each concept and apply it to a specific real-life situation. There are two types of Scenario questions included in a checkride, one for Pre-Flight Scenarios where a previously planned flight changes at the last minute, and one for En-Route Scenarios where the circumstance of a flight change en-route and students are expected to react appropriately for each.

Please comment below on scenarios your DPE asked you on your checkride, or any questions for AeroGuard, Pete, or any of our other DPEs.



*The information contained in this video is not for study purposes or a source of proper information. It is only a demonstration of what to expect to on a practical exam.

[RaymondRChammas]

4am!?

ain't nobody i know gonna convince me to take them to breakfast at 4am

no one.

[danieldillon]

Thank you for publishing this. You are helping pilots focus their preprations.

[PilotDaveAviation]

My check ride is in 2 weeks, so nervous ! Thanks for sharing the video

[lyingcat]

If someone calls me at 8pm, less than 12 hours prior to our schedules departure time and asks to bump it up 5 hour!!! To 0400?!?

Unless when they called I was already sleeping....
in the hanger...
10 feet from the airplane...
that would be a “No, no and hell NO.”

The most important piece of equipment on the airplane is the gray stuff in between the pilots ears.
That piece of equipment is non-functional at 0300! Unless the pilots sleep schedule was planned prepared for a 0200-0300 wake up, that flight should be a no-go.

[BradHallStudios]

My new favorite channel. Thanks Beth!

[jamesrempel]

If you give an incorrect answer, should you say "just kidding" and follow with the right answer?

[lucassun]

Excellent video and it is really helpful. Could you talk more questions about Instrument checkride :)

[skydengelis]

Actually The order of knowledge is Wrote, understood, applied, and then correlated, but I am sure you knew that. Even teachers mess up.

[kimberlywentworth]

4.00 AM in the morning is too early. One of my personal minimum is I do not fly at that hour. To tired to fly at 4.00AM.

[drexplordinaire]

10:40 cyanosis does not occur with with CO poisoning only with hypoxemia!!

[mohammadimrankhan]

Course e...tho..kori..nai..?

Ekta..question...sara ?

Ahgaa...matha...kissuw bujtasee Na ?

[souvikj]

Honestly I don’t like her answers about flying at night. But good video though

[joshpaul]

The intro question shouldn't require quick answers. In real life, you'll have plenty of time to research before your flight. The others quick answers to demonstrate safe piloting. The exam should emulate real life.

[mikekoester]

To much ECHO in room
Can't understand.