Have a look over the shoulder of a candidate taking the flight portion of their IFR checkride in a Cessna 172. The four videos here break down the tasks you'll need to perform on an instrument checkride.
We've chosen a challenging route in Pennsylvania that will cover all the tasks required in the Instrument ACS. We'll be checking them all off as we go along. Hopefully these videos will give you a better feel for what you can expect on your checkride!
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Here's our route for today. It's a "round robin flight plan, beginning and ending at Capital City Airport in Harrisburg, PA. We've also listed the approaches we'll be doing at each airport:
Route: KCXY RAV 9D4 KMDT KCXY
VOR/DME-A @ 9D4 -- ILS 31 @ KMDT -- RNAV 26 circle-to-land RWY 12 @ KCXY
Part 1: Clearance and Departure
We've passed the oral portion of the checkride! Watch as we climb into the cockpit and get our clearance and depart Capital City Airport.
Part 2: Non Precision Approach and Holding Proceudre
We've taken off RWY 26 at Capital City, and are on our first leg to the Ravine VOR. The examiner will "fail" our GPS, meaning we'll have to do the VOR/DME-A without its use. We'll also be going missed and doing the published hold.
Part 3: Unusual Attitude Recovery and Precision Approach
After the hold, the examiner will evaluate our unusual attitude recovery. Then, we'll get vectors for the ILS to runway 31 at Harrisburg International for our precision approach.
Part 4: Partial Panel Approach and Circle to Land
We're nailing this checkride! The final tasks will have us fly back into Capital City Airport. We are setting up for the RNAV 26, expecting to circle to land on runway 12. Just as we're turning onto base, the DPE covers up our attitude indicator and directional gyro. We've lost our vacuum, system! We'll have to shoot the approach partial panel
How did your flight go? Let us know in the comments if this was helpful, and any routes you want to see us fly in a future sim session. Reach out to us directly at training@flight-insight.com
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