Task: O3.4.

20 Evaluate Ground Training Facilities Used by Pilot Schools or Provisional Pilot

Schools under 14 CFR § 141.45
Function: 3.0 Certification
Duty: 3.4 Air Agency Certification
Previous Task Analysis: Difficulty: 3 Criticality: Y
1995 Hughes and Allen Corporation Importance: 3 Time:
Frequency: 2 Job Aid: Y

PTRS Tracking Specialty

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Legal References:
49 USC 40104 Promotion of Civil Aeronautics and Safety of Air Commerce
49 USC 40113 Administrative
49 USC 44707 Examining and Rating Air Agencies

Purpose:
To evaluate and approve the training facilities used by a pilot school for conducting training

Significant Interfaces:
Air Agency
Principal Operations Inspector (POI)
Flight Standards District Office (FSDO)

Procedural Guidance:
14 CFR Part 141, Pilot Schools
Order 1380.51, Program Tracking and Reporting Subsystem (PTRS)
Order 8900.1, Flight Standards Information Management System (FSIMS)
AC 141-1 (as amended), Pilot School Certification

DATE: Ensure you are using the most current information. The Flight standards Information
Management System (FSIMS) may be used to obtain current guidance.

Forms:

FAA Form 8000-36, PTRS Transmittal Form

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 Recommended
Steps, Sub-Steps & Knowledges Training

1. Determine need to evaluate applicant's ground training facilities

K: Order 8900.1, Vol. 6, Chap. 7, Sec. 1

1.1 Receive request from certification team

K: Order 8900.1, Vol. 6, Chap. 7, Sec. 1

2. Open PTRS record

K: Order 1380.51

3. Evaluate each room, training booth, and other areas used for training purposes to ensure they are
heated, lighted, and ventilated to conform to local building, sanitation, and health codes
K: 14 CFR § 141.45
K: Order 8900.1, Vol. 2, Chap. 9, Sec. 1

4. Evaluate ground training facilities to ensure students will not be distracted by instruction
conducted in other areas, or by flight and maintenance operations
K: 14 CFR § 141.45

5. Document results of evaluation

5.1 Determine evaluation results are unsatisfactory

K: Order 8900.1, Vol. 2, Chap. 9, Sec. 1

5.1.1 Send letter to inform of unsatisfactory conditions and corrective guidance

K: Order 8900.1, Vol. 2, Chap. 9, Sec. 1

5.2 Determine evaluation results are satisfactory

K: Order 8900.1, Vol. 2, Chap. 9, Sec. 1

5.3 Complete job aid

K: Order 8900.1, Vol. 2, Chap. 9, Sec. 1, Fig. 2-76
K: Order 8900.1, Vol. 6, Chap. 7, Sec. 1, Fig. 6-87

6. Close PTRS record

K: Order 1380.51

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