Instrument Rating Practical Test Standards

Areas Of Operation:

1. Preflight Preparation
   1. Weather Information
   2. Cross-Country Flight Planning
   
   
2. Preflight Procedures
   1. Aircraft Systems Related To IFR Operations
   2. Aircraft Flight Instruments and Navigation Equipment
   3. Instrument Cockpit Check
   
   
3. Air Traffic Control Clearances and Procedures
   1. Air Traffic Control Clearances
   2. Compliance With Departure, En Route, and Arrival Procedures and Clearances
   3. Holding Procedures
   
   
4. Flight By Reference To Instruments
   1. Basic Instrument Flight Maneuvers
   2. Recovery From Unusual Flight Attitudes
   
   
5. Navigation Systems
   1. Intercepting and Tracking Navigational Systems and DME Arcs
   
   
6. Instrument Approach Procedures
   1. NonPrecision Approach
   2. Precision Approach (PA)
   3. Missed Approach
   4. Circling Approach
   5. Landing From A Straight-In or Circling Approach
   
   
7. Emergency Operations
   1. Loss of Communications
   2. One Engine Inoperative During Straight-and-Level Flight and Turns (Multiengne Airplane)
   3. One Engine Inoperative -- Instrument Approach (Multiengine Airplane)
   4. Approach With Loss of Primary Flight Instrument Indicators
   
   
8. Postflight Procedures
   1. Checking Instruments and Equipment