Jw Lynn DPE Checkride Gouges
Designated Pilot Examiner
Preparing for an FAA checkride with Designated Pilot Examiner (DPE) Jw Lynn? GougeHub has a first-hand Jw Lynn 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 report is on file for Jw Lynn, and it covers a PPL checkride. The cross country plan went from LEX to an airport of your choosing in the Detroit area. He provided weights for the simulated trip, then had the pilot do the actual weight and balance with him before the flight. Be ready to find CG limits and baggage area weight limits in the POH.
The oral hit pilot qualifications, required documents, and the expiration dates of airworthiness and registration. He asked what is needed for international flights, currency versus proficiency, and required inspections. ForeFlight came up hard: aeronautical layer overlays, weather colors for LIFR, IFR, MVFR, and VFR, and Zulu conversion for EST versus EDT. He touched weather charts but did not dig into meteorology. Expect high versus low pressure rotation and isobar proximity.
The navlog work included the reason behind your chosen destination and cruise altitude, performance data, and VFR sectional symbols. He asked about airspace types, entry and equipment requirements, and special use airspace. The KDTW airport diagram symbols and markings came up, along with different types of airspeeds.
Systems ran deep. He covered the electrical system, the battery's job in normal operation, and signs of alternator failure. He asked about magnetos and the RPM drop during both the mag check and the carb heat check. Add deicing and anti ice equipment, airport lighting, supplemental oxygen requirements, hypoxia, IMSAFE and PAVE, boarding an intoxicated person, and turbulence penetration. Stalls, turning stalls, and spin conditions were discussed.
The flight had two or three system questions during preflight. He departed northeast without flight following and did not fail the iPad. Maneuvers included steep turns, slow flight, power off turning stall, power on stall, cabin fire with emergency descent, engine failure, and turns around a point. Simulated instrument work covered finding position with two VORs and unusual attitudes. He diverted to 27K, then short and soft field work and a forward slip to land. Keep flaps at 20 degrees or less.
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:
“When does your medical certificate expire, and what class do you hold?”
📋 Examiner Insight: A guaranteed question — and examiners have been digging into BasicMed lately, so know that too.
⚠ Common Pitfall: First- and second-class certificates do not lapse into a third-class certificate — their privileges lapse to second and then third class. A first-class certificate that is 59 calendar months old is still a first-class certificate, but its privileges have stepped down to third class, which is valid for private-pilot use.
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)
FAA Designee Information
FAA Oversight Office: Delegation And Resource Branch, Afg-970
Status: Active Designee
- Private Pilot Examiner: Airplane Single Engine Land
- Ground Instructor Examiner
- Flight Instructor Rating Examiner
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