Request for Airman Check-ride/DPE services appointment - Practical Test Scenarios and Instructions

Sep 25, 2026

Request form for scheduling Airman check-ride/DPE services, requiring legibly printed applicant and instructor details including certificate numbers, contact information, FTN/ID, and applicable knowledge test date and score. Includes required check-ride type, confirmed examiner timing, retest clarification, check-ride location, aircraft make/model, avionics, and flight planning tools (paper/EFB). Provides encouraged use of an ACS applicant checklist and detailed practical test scenarios covering weight and balance, trip planning, route/navigation, and risk management, followed by recommended fee guidance and payment limitations.

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Request for Airman Check-ride/DPE services appointment

Applicant Information

Test Information

Instructor Information

Practical Test Scenarios and Instructions

Notes and Recommended Fees

Request for Airman Check-ride/DPE services appointment ( * mandatory fields ) Applicant Information: PLEASE PRINT LEGIBLY *Applicant name: *Pilot Certificate Number: *Phone Number: * FTN Number & App ID: / * Knowledge Test (if applicable): Date / Score Flight School: *Test Information: TYPE OF CHECKRIDE: Initial/Retest Date & Time (Confirmed with examiner): / If Retest, date of original notice of disapproval (8060-5) Check Ride Location: KMLB, Other: Aircraft make and model: Registration \# Installed Avionics: Flight Planning: Paper EFB: Type: **Encourage use of Applicant Checklist from ACS (Page A-11) ** *Trip planning assignment: Scenario \# (Instructor/Applicant responsible for obtaining cross-country assignment as required for Practical Test) Weight and Balance info 195 lbs 30 Ibs Applicant Examiner Baggage Instructor Information: PLEASE PRINT LEGIBLY * Name: CFI \# * Phone Number: Email Address: DMS APPROVAL CODE Entered Office use only [amon@modineaviation.com](amon@modineaviation.com) 321 604-2438 (1/2020) Practical Test Scenarios and Instructions (Instructor/Applicant responsible for obtaining cross-country assignment as required for Practical Test) Scenario 1: Traveling to Naples with your spouse to visit your In-laws for their 50th wedding anniversary. Overnight bag 40 lbs. Child in rear seat 60lbs, spouse 120lbs. Departure time weather (obtain current METAR/TAF etc) . Discuss and show planning etc. Scenario 2: Travelling to Gainesville for Gators game with a friend. Friend weighs 150lbs. Cooler with beer on rear passenger seat 80 lbs. Current departure weather. Discuss and show planning etc. Scenario 3: Travelling to Tallahassee for an important business meeting at the capitol. Planning to return tonight. Your friend says since you are flying, he will pay the cost of the trip if you take him, so he doesn’t have to make the long drive to visit his girlfriend. (Options?) Discuss and show planning etc. Scenario 4: You are going to Key West. Your neighbor finds out you are a pilot and offers to pay for the trip if you take him (180 lbs) and his wife (110 lbs) with you. Discuss options, show planning. Scenario 5: (Commercial Applicants only) You are going to Garrett County Airport (2G4) on business. Prepare a weight & balance, navigation log and VFR flight plan to your first fuel stop. Performance numbers for practical test aircraft, based on conditions on practical test date. Notes: Now is the time to demonstrate knowledge, mastery and safe operation of the aircraft. Relax!!Plan it like you are going to fly it. In addition to Pilotage, you must be able to show that you can use any installed avionics. The applicable ACS is the“…comprehensive standard for what an applicant must know, consider, and do for the safe conduct and successful completion of each Task to be tested on both the qualifying FAA knowledge test and the oral and flight portions of the practical test. The flight portion of the practical test requires the applicant to demonstrate knowledge, risk management, flight proficiency, and operational skill in accordance with the applicable ACS” (FAA ACS) . Know what is expected of you. Recommended Fees: (as of 06/01/2019) Practical tests administered at KMLB. (FBO fees, if applicable, not included) Airplane Single land: Private, Instrument, Commercial: Multi-Engine Land: Private, Instrument, Commercial: Retests (original disapproval issued by me) Minimum. Retests (from another examiner) Admin. functions,(MIL COMP, FPE, RPE etc) minimum 1 hour: $600.00 $600.00 $300.00 (flight portion only)$600.00 $100.00/hour Tests administered away from KMLB incur a minimum travel expense: $75.00 (per applicant) NO Credit cards! Currently, Cash or Flight School check only. Fees subject to change without notice! Thank you. [amon@modineaviation.com](amon@modineaviation.com) 321 604-2438 (01/2020)

FAQs

What information is required for the applicant section of the check-ride/DPE appointment request?

The form requires legibly printed applicant name, pilot certificate number, phone number, FTN number and App ID, and (if applicable) knowledge test date and score, plus flight school information.

How does the form handle check-ride retests and dates?

It includes initial/retest selection, confirmed date and time with the examiner, and if it is a retest it asks for the original disapproval notice date reference (8060-5).

What payment methods and fee rules are stated for the practical tests?

It states NO credit cards, with payment accepted as cash or a flight school check only, fees subject to change without notice, and travel expenses for tests administered away from KMLB.

Sep 25, 2026

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