Portland Community College | Portland, Oregon

This course covers the Multi-engine Instructor portion of the Hillsboro Aero Academy Flight Instructor Curriculum FAA-approved 141 Training Course Outline (TCO), which includes the flight stages 1 and 2.

Specific hours of training are required to meet the outcomes for this course, and will be provided by PCC's contracted flight training provider, Hillsboro Aero Academy, under PCC supervision.  Outcomes will be assessed by written, oral and practical (flight) tests. 

Upon completion of the course students should be able to:

1. Fly required maneuvers in multi-engine airplanes to FAA Practical Test Standards from the right (instructor) seat. 
2. Qualify to take the FAA Certified Flight Instructor practical test in a multi-engine airplane.
3. Provide safe, high-quality flight instruction to students seeking FAA Pilot Certificates in multi-engine airplanes.

Evaluation methods will include written, oral, and practical testing. Evaluation levels will meet or exceed those defined by the FAA Flight Instructor Airplane Practical Test Standards for initial Flight Instructor, multi-engine, and required under 14 CFR 141, FAA Approved Training Course.

Includes:

(i) Fundamentals of instructing;

(ii) Technical subject areas;

(iii) Preflight preparation;

(iv) Preflight lesson on a maneuver to be performed in flight;

(v) Preflight procedures;

(vi) Airport and seaplane base operations;

(vii) Takeoffs, landings, and go-arounds;

(viii) Fundamentals of flight;

(ix) Performance maneuvers;

(x) Ground reference maneuvers;

(xi) Slow flight and stalls;

(xii) Basic instrument maneuvers;

(xiii) Emergency operations;

(xiv) Multiengine operations; and

(xv) Postflight procedures.