Instrument Rating Scenario IR2: Daytona Beach

This instrument rating scenario IR2 is Jason E. Jacobs’s Daytona Beach flight-planning exercise. Review the complete scenario brief below and follow your examiner’s instructions when preparing your flight plan.

Use the FAA Airman Certification Standards alongside the pilot checkride resources for your certificate or rating. Contact Jason if you need clarification about the assignment.

Scenario brief: instrument rating scenario IR2

You are planning a trip to Daytona Beach for Vacation

Note chart above for current frontal activity

Preferred airport is KDAB

KDAB conditions upon arrival:

KDAB 31017KT 3SM RA BR BKN040 OVC065 18/16 A2977

ALS NOTAM out of service 

Plan your flight accordingly

Passengers and baggage

  • 1 Guest 200 pounds
  • 70 pounds of bags

*If using an alternate, you can use real time weather for alternate and plan to discuss

UNLESS OTHERWISE SPECIFIED BY EXAMINER, THE DEPARTURE AIRPORT FOR THIS SCENARIO IS THE AIRPORT WHERE THE CHECKRIDE IS CONDUCTED 

Before you prepare your flight plan

Keep the complete assignment above with your planning materials. Note its destination, passenger and baggage details, timing instructions, and any departure-airport or weather note. These details belong to this exercise and should not be replaced with assumptions from another scenario.

Use the related scenario library to return to the correct brief. If an instruction needs clarification, include the scenario name and the specific question in the form below. Jason’s assignment remains the source for the exercise; this preparation checklist does not add or change its conditions.

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Training airplane viewed from a hangar on a rainy day.
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