What to expect on a 135 checkride

[135wannabe]

What's a 135 checkride like in a Cessna 400 series piston twin? I havent started training yet, but how can I prepare?
*What are the main regs I need to be familiar with.
*Should I buy a new copy of the FAR/AIM?
*During the checkride, do you wear a view limiting device similar to your instrument rating?
*If your hours are enough to qualify for your ATP (and have the written finished), can you double dip and get your ATP rating in the same checkride?
*What other maneuvers might I practice for the checkride?
*Do you full stall a twin of that size?

Thanks for the help all!

Also, I had a previous thread about flying around thunderstorms with no radar/ Please give me your .02 worth=
flying around thunderstorms without radar

 

[Rick1128]

checkride

With your time, I am assuming that your checkride is a PIC single pilot. If that is the case you will be getting a 135.293, .297 and .299 checkride.

Most check airmen will use a vision limiting devise. It depends on the guidance the check airman has been given by his Principal Operations Inspector. Some FSDO's have safety issue on the use of hoods.

Yes, get a current copy of the FAR/AIM. You will have to know the approriate sections of 61, 91 and 135. You will also have to know the GOM and Operations Specifications. Plus the aircraft. There are many things that the check airman will want to see you know. Alternate minimums, areas of operations, types of operations, weather requirements, takeoff minimums, etc. Basicly the things you are expected to use everyday. The things you don't use everyday, you are not expected to know from memory, but you need to know where to find them.

As for the ATP, do you have the written? Are you taking the checkride from a company chack airman or the FAA. If the FAA, usually you just need to ask them in advance. If a company check airman, he is normally not authorized to issue certificates. However, he does need to give checkrides observed by the FAA on a regualr basis. With enough notice it could be done.

After the oral, you will do a preflight and file a flight plan. The required manuvers for a PIC check are as follows:

Normal TO
Crosswind TO
Rejected TO
Engine failure TO
Normal landing
engine out landing
rejected landing
crosswind landing
landing from an ILS
flaps up landing
ILS
S/E ILS
2 different non-precission approaches
circling approach
holding
steep turns
stalls, clean, TO and landing
use of autopilot
emergency procedures
partial panel

Stalls will depend on your training manual, but normally they are to the first indication.

Good luck