Anthony Latella Debany DPE Checkride Gouges

As of this writing, one CFI report is on file for Anthony Latella Debany, from a September checkride. The oral started with the fundamentals of instruction. The applicant covered E and F, then chose A as the last one. After that the focus moved to runway incursions, presented at the board with Google pictures for the scenarios.

For the incursion lesson the pilot used a typical taxi down to runway 16 via Alpha. He also worked in taxi wind correction during that talk. Then came a short lesson on the four turning tendencies. Expect Debany to want you teaching at the board, not just reciting answers.

The performance scenario was an interpolation on the cruise chart to reach 65 percent power. The applicant's numbers landed at 2675 RPM, 65 percent MCP, 118 KTAS, and 9.1 GPH. The 118 came from subtracting 2 off 120 because the airplane had no speed fairings. Know how to read and interpolate that chart cleanly.

The regulation scenarios carried real weight. First was a Commercial ASES to Commercial ASEL add-on, using the Additional Rating Task Table on page 69 of the Commercial ACS. He wanted the endorsements needed and whether a practical or written was required. Second was a made-up airplane at 25,000 pounds takeoff weight, tailwheel, 1,000 horsepower per side, complex, a 35,000 foot service ceiling, flying cargo at night. The applicant had to write out the ratings and endorsements by their alpha number from 61-65J, landing on a Comm AMEL with IFR and a type rating, plus high performance, tailwheel, complex, and high altitude.

Maneuvers came last in the oral. The pilot chose eights on pylons, which went rough, then taught a quick turns around a point lesson. He likes to keep prying through maneuvers to see if you know why you do each step.