Instrument Checkride (IFR) - Oral Exam Debrief

I finally got my IFR Checkride done for my instrument rating! I really wanted to actually film the whole checkride, but my DPE wouldn't allow it :(. So in this video I debrief my entire oral portion of the exam. I hope this helps all of you out there preparing for your instrument checkrides!
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[@kurtpereira1246]

The D on the airport diagram on the approach plates indicates that "Runway Declared Distances" are published in the chart supplement. These are distances provided for runways where the Takeoff Distance available (TODA), landing distance available (LDA), and a few more (LDA, ASDA etc) are not the same as the entire runway length. This may be due to the presence of displaced thresholds, stopways, clearways, etc at either end of the runway.

[@conorprovan9435]

Video starts at 3:20. Thank you posting.

[@ryany4326]

Dpe wasent IFR furrent? I hope the ride was free or greatly discounted. Wtf is that?

[@NorthwestAeronaut]

There’s no requirement for DPEs to be current on instruments. As long as they can evaluate then no big deal.

[@iammrvain]

Great video! I’m a couple weeks out from my check ride and watching this video allow me to refresh my memory on some things that had gotten stale. I appreciate your efforts

[@NorthwestAeronaut]

Glad to hear! Let me know how it goes and thanks for watching! :-) 🙌🏻

[@pilotyouna8054]

Hi! I'm having IFR check ride soon, and your video was great to debrief for myself. Thank you!

[@mattb.7464]

Interesting talking point: You can’t file IFR on an instrument Checkride. Your DPE would have to file, making him PIC and obviously you can’t file because you don’t hold an instrument rating.

[@memurfmemurf]

Thank for taking the time to provide this debrief. It is very helpful!

[@abelsclips5757]

I have my checkride coming up and this definitely helped, thanks!

[@NorthwestAeronaut]

So glad it was helpful! Good luck and let me know how it goes! :)

[@_Sweet_Pete]

Thank you!!

[@lancewelsh638]

You filed to an IAP, instead of an airport, in case of communication loss? Is this how you (and others) normally file?

[@NorthwestAeronaut]

Yes, always. But to be clear, I file to the airport still, I just put the IAF in the flight plan right before the destination airport.

[@LeftCoastElectricSB]

Thanks for posting. Waiting for my check ride. Its been rescheduled 3 tines...

[@NorthwestAeronaut]

Thanks for watching! That’s always tough and very annoying. But I’m sure you’ll do great! Let me know how it goes!

[@ADifferentVibe]

How long did it take you to train and pass your IFR checkride? How many times you flew a week?

[@NorthwestAeronaut]

Well all in all it took me about 8 months. But that was right through the first part of Covid so things were moving much slower than usual. But I continued to fly once or twice a week throughout 👍

[@ADifferentVibe]

@@NorthwestAeronaut Thanks for replying! I have my PPL and just trying to gauge my $$ budget and time to get my instrument before starting. What do you recommend to get done study-wise before starting instrument with a CFI?

[@NorthwestAeronaut]

@@ADifferentVibe that’s awesome! Honestly it’s good to kinda do both ground studying and flying together. That way you can apply the things you’re learning on the ground in the air. But certainly doesn’t hurt to dive into ground school stuff more aggressively first. Just not required 👍

[@Kevlux86]

Yo dude, awesome!! I take my IR check ride tomorrow out of KVUO! Where do you fly out of? Thanks for the video!

[@NorthwestAeronaut]

Fantastic! Good luck and let me know how it goes! I’m out of 7s3 :-)

[@Kevlux86]

@@NorthwestAeronaut passed!!!!

[@NorthwestAeronaut]

@@Kevlux86 yeah buddy!! Way to go! Let’s go fly sometime! Congrats!!

[@lockirocu]

starts @ 3:17

[@chaseanderson5437]

Loved this man, tyvm!

[@NorthwestAeronaut]

Awesome! Thanks for watching! 🙌🏻🙌🏻🙌🏻

[@beaulaird6693]

Thanks dude!

[@NorthwestAeronaut]

Yeah man 🙌🏻🙌🏻🙌🏻

[@Chris-ev3nq]

Ir is honestly harder than cfi checkride

[@NorthwestAeronaut]

Hope so because my CFI ride is Monday 😅🙌🏻

[@Chris-ev3nq]

@@NorthwestAeronaut I chose a dpe for cfi that gives very similar checkrides to everyone so I made sure I knew everything she was going to ask really well. I trained for about 8 months and passed first try mon. 5.5 hr oral and 2 hour flight. It was alot of work but it didn't feel long at all as I was teaching alot. For me ir was much more stressful cause I hate it and it's all conceptual and regulations. Make sure you find out info about your examiner. I was scheduled to go with a different dpe but found out that he does not let you use your lesson plans whatsoever which is stupid so I canceled last minute. That was the best decision of my life. Hope everything goes really well for you.

[@NorthwestAeronaut]

@@Chris-ev3nq congrats! Sounds like you made a good choice haha. I’m feeling good about it so at this point I’m just ready to get it done 😁🙌🏻

[@mohammedalassaf3741]

Congrats 🥳👍

[@NorthwestAeronaut]

Thank you! And thanks for watching!

[@penebanz7310]

Why… the… hell do all you guys play elevator music in the background? It doesn’t do what you think it does. Not even close. These videos are painful enough to get through already

[@NorthwestAeronaut]

You know what they say… hindsight is 20/20 and hind sound is 20 decibels louder than you thought lol. But can’t fix it now 🤷🏻‍♂️