VFR/IFR - Equipment Requirements

Day VFR required equipment: GOOSE A CAT
or A FAST MOOSE
or TOMATO FLAMES
or ATOMS x 2

Gas gauge Oil temperature Oil pressure Seat belts ELT Altimeter Compass Airspeed indicator Tachometer

Airspeed indicator Fuel guages Altimeter Seat belt/shoulder harness Tachometer Magnetic compass Oil pressure guage Oil temp.guage Safety gear ELT

Tachometer Oil pressure Manifold pressure Altimeter Temperature sensor (liquid-cooled) Oil temperature (air cooled) Fuel gauge Landing gear position Airspeed indicator Magnetic compass ELT Seat belts

Altimeter Tachometer Oil pressure Magnetic compass Seat belts Airspeed indicator Temperature sensor (liquid-cooled) Oil temperature (air cooled) Manifold pressure Strobe light (if plane certified after 3/96)

Night VFR: FLAPS or APES

Fuses (spares) or circuit breakers Landing light (if for hire) Anticollision lights Position lights Source of electricity

Anticollision lights Position lights Electric source Spare fuses or circuit breakers

IFR required equipment: GRAB CARD
or DECARAT

Generator Radios Attitude indicator Ball Clock Adjustable altimeter Rate of turn indicator Directional gyro

Directional gyro Electric source Clock Attitude indicator Radios Adjustable altimeter Turn and slip coordinator

Preflight information required for flights away: RAW FAT
Runway lengths
Alternates
Weather
Fuel requirements
ATC delays
Takeoff/landing distance data

Engine-out emergency: PL(ease!) START
or ABCDE

Pitch for best glide Landing site Seat belts Troubleshoot Approach Radios Turn off

Airspeed Best place to land Checklist Declare Execute

Partial-panel compass turns: UNOSUndershoot
North
Overshoot
South
Compass dip: ANDSAccelerate
North
Decelerate
South
IFR mandatory reports: FAME PerformanceFixes: arriving or leaving
Altitude changes
Missed approach
Equipment: loss or problems
Performance: poor climb/descend, TAS change
Airport sign types: MIDDLRMandatory instruction
Information
Destination
Direction
Location
Runway distance remaining
Flight Clearance: CRAFTS Clearance
Routing
Altitude
Frequency
Transponder
Special
Weather briefing: SACrED WiNdSynopsis
Adverse conditions
Current weather
Enroute forecast
Destination terminal forecast
Winds aloft
Notams
Weather charts: CoPS WARSConstant pressure
Prognostic
Surface analysis
Weather depiction
Area forecast (FA)
Radar summary (SD)
Severe weather outlook (AC)
Special use airspace: MCPRAWN (the Scottish shrimp!)Military Operations
Controlled Firing
Prohibited
Restricted
Alert
Warning
National Security
Aircraft certification categories: TURN PALETransport
Utility
Restricted
Normal
Provisional
Acrobatic
Limited
Experimental
NTSB Notification: P-FACTIONProperty damage more than $25,000
Fire, in flight
Accident
Collision, in flight
Turbine failure
Illness of crew member
Overdue aircraft
No control: control failure of any sort

Mnemonics
Flight Clearance: CRAFTS
Clearance, Routing, Altitude, Frequency, Transponder, Special
Or, more correctly:
In Clear Deep Rivers And Hot Springs, Fish Swim.
ID, Cleared to, departure, routing, altitudes, hold instructions, special, frequency, squawk
IFR position report: IPTAFNNR
I Play The Accordion For Nothing, No Reason
or
I place time above type: next time, next remark.
ID, Position, Time (minutes past the hour), Altitude, Flight type, Next report's place and time, Next next report, Remarks
Example: "Cessna 7126Q, Manchester VOR, 22, 4000, IFR, Lebanon, 54, Burlington next, In clear between layers."