The most important elements of aviation safety are safe, proficient, and well-trained pilots!
Current Notices:
- The preferred method of communication and scheduling is email, which will be responded to much more quickly than voice.
- I am only scheduling tests at Houston Executive Airport (KTME) unless a prior arrangement with your flight school is made.
How to be prepared for success:
We both want you to walk out with a temporary airman certificate!
Being prepared sets a positive tonefor the practical exam and ensures we can start and finish on time, especially with limited daylight hours coming up.
Some tips to ensure that it all goes smoothly:
- Come to the briefing room with all required documents. This includes the airworthiness and registration certificates from the plane.
- Ensure the aeronautical experience requirements and endorsements are easy to find in your logbook (or tabbed).
- Total the pages of your logbook to make it easier to find the totals.
- The oral portion of the exam will be tailored to your experience, background, and the deficient areas on your knowledge test. Make sure you are proficient in the areas missed on your knowledge test!
- If you will be using a reference publication or tool (such as an EFB), make sure you know how to use it and find the information you're looking for.
The practical exam is meant to evaluate your knowledge, risk management, and skills as outlined in the ACS - it’s not to trick you or make the tasks arbitrarily difficult. The goal is to evaluate you how you would fly in real life, and therefore there are no restrictions on the use of any tools you choose to use. See below on guidelines concerning the use of EFBs.
Types of Practical Exams that can be conducted:
- Private Pilot: Airplane Single Engine Land, Multi-Engine Land**
- Instrument Rating: Mutli-Engine and Single-Engine
- Commercial Pilot: Airplane Single Engine Land, Multi-Engine Land
- ATP: Multi-Engine Land
- Administrative DPE
- Ground Instructor
- Flight Instructor Add-On: Instrument, Airplane
- CFI renewals, reinstatement.
- Part 107 Remote Pilot
** Multi Engine land can only be accomplished in the following twins: BE50 BE55, BE58, PA30, PA34, BN2P
Not just another airline pilot! Sarah is currently a FAA Safety Team Lead Representative, NAFI Master Instructor, Gold Seal flight instructor, and 737 Captain for a Major U.S. airline. Sarah holds an ATP, CFI, CFII, MEI and has flown over 8700 hours. She holds a pilot license in 4 different countries (USA, Canada, Belize and Iceland - EASA) and has flown over 150 different types of airplanes in 25 different countries including oceanic crossings in small aircraft. Since aviation for work isn't enough, she also lives in a hangar home on the west side of Houston! Although much of her flying is now professional in nature, she enjoys flying her Super Cub, Patches, on her days off. As a regular attendee of Oshkosh and local fly-ins, she enjoys the company and camaraderie that general aviation brings and is passionate about aviation safety and flight training. MORE INFO AND LIST OF AIRCRAFT FLOWN .
- Designated Pilot Examiner (Houston - SW09)
- Aircraft Mechanic
- US Army Veteran
- Chief Pilot for FullThrottle Aviation
- Aviation Insurance Agent with Clemens Insurance Agency
- Master Instructor (NAFI) - CFI/CFII/MEI
- Gold Seal Flight Instructor
- FAA Safety Team Lead Representative (FAASTeam)
- 2019 FAASTeam Representative of the Year - Houston District
- 2020 FAASTeam Representative of the Year - Philadelphia
- Transatlantic/International ferry pilot - U.S., Europe, Central America
- Flown 150 different models of aircraft in 25 different countries
- Pilot licenses in 4 countries : USA, Canada, Belize, Iceland (EASA)
- B-757, B-767, B-737, and CL-65 type rating
- 2018 NBAA Tony Kern Professionalism in Aviation Award Recipient
What to bring:
- Make sure to bring all required documents:
- Photo ID
- Medical (1,2,3 class, BasicMed, Military, if required)
- Pilot certificate (student or greater)
- Logbook(s) to validate your aeronautical experience and knowledge requirements.
- Knowledge test results
- Part 141 Graduation certificate (if applicable)
- Required endorsements:
- Knowledge Test remediation (61.39)
- Practical Test (prepared for test)
- Training within 60 days
- Other endorsements required
- Knowledge Test remediation (61.39)
- Validation (foreign students)
- 8710 filled out with recommending instructor (print in case IACRA is down)
- Aircraft documents:
- BRING the registration and airworthiness certificate into the briefing room with you.
- Required documents (AROW)
- Maintenance logbooks
- Annual inspection
- Transponder (if required)
- Static (if required)
- 100 hour inspection (if required)
- AD compliance record
- Annual inspection
- AFM or POH
- Aircraft suitable for practical test
- BRING the registration and airworthiness certificate into the briefing room with you.
- Applicant equipment:
- View limiting device (if applicable)
- Current charts (EFB or paper)
- Plotter, etc
- Flight plan form (if applicable)
- Chart supplement
- EFB (if applicable)
- View limiting device (if applicable)
- Photo ID
Sarah Rovner
Designated Pilot Examiner
Houston Executive Airport (KTME)
1900 Cardiff Road
Brookshire, TX 77423
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Request a Practical Exam:
Note: as soon as your exam is scheduled, you will receive a follow up email which will ask for you to send some required documents, as well as an email detailing the scenario to prepare for the practical exam. When an exam is scheduled, please email a copy of your written test results (sarahrovnerdpe@gmail.com) and graduation certificate (if applicable).
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About your Examiner
More Details:
- Please let the examiner know in advance if the aircraft will be changing.
- The aircraft must be suitable for the practical exam. For example, if conducting an instrument exam, the aircraft must be capable of the required instrument approaches.
- NOTE: Multiengine airplanes MUST be capable of performing all required maneuvers in the ACS. If the ACS requires a shut down and restart, the aircraft must be capable of performing this.
EFB Use:
EFB usage will be allowed to meet all ACS tasks, but the GPS function must be turned off for tasks in which you will be evaluated on for pilotage, dead reckoning, and your use of approved equipment for navigation. After those ACS tasks are evaluated, you can use the EFB as you choose. All equipment in the airplane is allowed to be used, however you may be evaluated on systems failures and malfunctions as detailed in the ACS. If using an EFB, it is recommended that you also bring a form of backup, in the event of a failure of your EFB. If your EFB fails due to heat, dead battery, or mechanical failure and the required ACS tasks are unable to evaluated, then that will result in an unsatisfactory outcome. All electronic devices must comply with 91.21.
Payment:
Payment can be made with an electronic transfer (wire, Zelle, Venmo) or cash. Credit cards may be used for an additional 5%.
Invoicing will be completed shortly after the practical exam and you will receive a receipt. Please let the examiner know if you require any additional expense/receipt documentation for taxes, scholarships, other organizations, etc.