Flight Review Checklist
Use this flight review checklist to organize preparation before meeting your instructor. It is a planning aid, not a substitute for the requirements of §61.56 or your instructor's review plan.
Documents and eligibility
Confirm the documents, endorsements, aircraft records or personal eligibility items relevant to the flight and training you intend to conduct. Resolve questions with your instructor before the session.
Knowledge review
Refresh regulations and operating rules relevant to your flying, airspace, weather, aircraft systems and limitations, performance, risk management and local procedures. Your instructor may emphasize different areas based on your experience.
Flight skills
Review your recent practice across takeoffs and landings, go-arounds, airwork, stalls, navigation and emergency procedures. This is not a mandatory universal maneuver list; use it to identify areas worth discussing.
Plan with the instructor
Share your recent flying, aircraft type, typical missions, concerns and goals. The instructor determines the content needed to complete the review under the applicable rule.
After the review
Record useful training takeaways and identify skills you want to revisit between formal reviews. Recurrent practice is more useful when it continues after the endorsement.
Practice Targets are personal reminders. They do not establish regulatory currency, proficiency, legal eligibility to fly, or compliance with a specific operating requirement.
Authoritative references
- FAA AC 61-98E — Currency Requirements and Guidance for the Flight Review and Instrument Proficiency Check
- FAA AC 61-91K — WINGS—Pilot Proficiency Program
- Electronic Code of Federal Regulations — 14 CFR Part 61
Questions worth asking
- Which aircraft and avionics have I flown recently?
- Which takeoff and landing conditions have I not seen recently?
- When did I last practice stalls, slow flight or emergency procedures?
- Which regulations or local procedures need a refresh?
- What do I want the instructor to evaluate?
Use the checklist as a conversation starter
A checklist should expose gaps, not conceal them. Share the areas that deserve discussion with the instructor rather than treating every checked box as proof of proficiency.
Related resources
This page is a general reference. Verify current regulations, aircraft documentation and operating requirements applicable to your flight.