Guenter Trautmann DPE Checkride Gouges
Designated Pilot Examiner
Preparing for an FAA checkride with Designated Pilot Examiner (DPE) Guenter Trautmann? GougeHub has a first-hand Guenter Trautmann checkride gouge report from a pilot who tested. Read oral exam questions, flight test patterns, and examiner insights.
↓ View 1 available gouge reportAs of this writing, one PPL report is on file for Guenter Trautmann. The oral covered a wide range of ground topics. He asked about certificate requirements, flight review currency, privileges and limitations, and medical certificates. He wanted the documents required to fly, plus the location and expiration dates of required aircraft paperwork. Expect questions on required inspections, airworthiness directives, and inoperative equipment with both the MEL and no-MEL flow.
Analyzed across 113 site-wide Private Pilot checkrides in the GougeHub database, the same questions keep coming up. Here’s one of the 37 in the guide:
“Walk me through your weight and balance calculation for today’s flight.”
⚠ Common Pitfall: Using ForeFlight or another EFB isn’t wrong, but you must understand how it calculates W&B. If you can’t show the examiner that the EFB uses the latest weight-and-balance record and follows the POH procedure, it’s better to use a paper log.
All 37 questions, ranked by frequency, with Examiner Insights and Common Pitfalls from 113 real checkrides — written and reviewed by Andrew Gray, CFI-II.
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Ratings & Checkride Types
- PPL (Private Pilot)
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