Objective: During this stage check, an authorized instructor will determine if the student is proficient in IFR cross-country navigation.

Text References:

Instrument Pilot Flight Maneuvers and Practical Test Prep (FM)

Pilot’s Operating Handbook (POH)

Content

1. Flight Lesson 27 complete? Yes ___ Copy of lesson placed in pilot’s folder? Yes ___

2. Preflight briefing

3. Stage check tasks

Weather information

Cross-country flight planning

Air traffic control clearances

Departure, en route, and arrival operations

Holding procedures

Straight-and-level flight

Change of airspeed

Constant airspeed climbs and descents

Rate climbs and descents

Timed turns to magnetic compass headings

Recovery from unusual flight attitudes

Intercepting and tracking navigational systems and DME arcs

Loss of communications

Loss of primary flight instrument indicators

Checking instruments and equipment

Instrument approach(es) at CFI’s discretion

Additional items at CFI’s discretion

4. Postflight critique

5. Flight Lesson 28 complete? Yes ___

Completion Standards

The lesson will have been successfully completed when the pilot demonstrates the required level of proficiency in all stage check tasks based on the current FAA Instrument Rating Airman Certification Standards. If additional instruction is necessary, the flight instructor will assign the additional training. If the flight is satisfactory, the instructor will complete the pilot’s training records and recommend the student for the End-of-Course Test.