PLT445: Preflight Requirements
What code PLT445 covers, why the FAA tests it, and how to study Preflight Requirements before your checkride.
Recall regulations - preflight requirements
What this means for your checkride
Under 91.103 the PIC must, before flight, become familiar with all available information concerning that flight: for any flight, weather reports and forecasts, fuel requirements, alternatives if it cannot be completed, and any known traffic delays; for IFR or flights not in the vicinity of an airport, also runway lengths and takeoff and landing distance data.
Thorough preflight planning prevents avoidable trouble, so the FAA tests what 91.103 requires you to review.
Pilots limit preflight to checking the weather. 91.103 also requires fuel planning, alternatives, and, for many flights, runway lengths and performance data for the airports of intended use.
Where to study it
A code on your test report is an area of deficiency. An authorized instructor must review it with you and endorse that review before you take the practical test, and the examiner may revisit it during the oral. Study it until you can explain it out loud, not just recognize the answer.