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PART 61—CERTIFICATION: PILOTS, FLIGHT INSTRUCTORS, AND GROUND INSTRUCTORS
PART 61—CERTIFICATION: PILOTS, FLIGHT INSTRUCTORS, AND GROUND INSTRUCTORS
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Table of Contents
- Special Federal Aviation Regulation No. 73—Robinson R-22/R-44 Special Training and Experience Requirements
- Special Federal Aviation Regulation No. 100-2—Relief for U.S. Military and Civilian Personnel Who are Assigned Outside the United States in Support of U.S. Armed Forces Operations
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Subpart A—General
- § 61.1 – Applicability and definitions.
- § 61.2 – Exercise of Privilege.
- § 61.3 – Requirement for certificates, ratings, and authorizations.
- § 61.4 – Qualification and approval of flight simulators and flight training devices.
- § 61.5 – Certificates and ratings issued under this part.
- § 61.7 – Obsolete certificates and ratings.
- § 61.8 – Inapplicability of unmanned aircraft operations.
- § 61.11 – Expired pilot certificates and re-issuance.
- § 61.13 – Issuance of airman certificates, ratings, and authorizations.
- § 61.15 – Offenses involving alcohol or drugs.
- § 61.16 – Refusal to submit to an alcohol test or to furnish test results.
- § 61.17 – Temporary certificate.
- § 61.18 – Security disqualification.
- § 61.19 – Duration of pilot and instructor certificates and privileges.
- § 61.21 – Duration of a Category II and a Category III pilot authorization (for other than part 121 and part 135 use).
- § 61.23 – Medical certificates: Requirement and duration.
- § 61.25 – Change of name.
- § 61.27 – Voluntary surrender or exchange of certificate.
- § 61.29 – Replacement of a lost or destroyed airman or medical certificate or knowledge test report.
- § 61.31 – Type rating requirements, additional training, and authorization requirements.
- § 61.33 – Tests: General procedure.
- § 61.35 – Knowledge test: Prerequisites and passing grades.
- § 61.37 – Knowledge tests: Cheating or other unauthorized conduct.
- § 61.39 – Prerequisites for practical tests.
- § 61.41 – Flight training received from flight instructors not certificated by the FAA.
- § 61.43 – Practical tests: General procedures.
- § 61.45 – Practical tests: Required aircraft and equipment.
- § 61.47 – Status of an examiner who is authorized by the Administrator to conduct practical tests.
- § 61.49 – Retesting after failure.
- § 61.51 – Pilot logbooks.
- § 61.52 – Use of aeronautical experience obtained in ultralight vehicles.
- § 61.53 – Prohibition on operations during medical deficiency.
- § 61.55 – Second-in-command qualifications.
- § 61.56 – Flight review.
- § 61.57 – Recent flight experience: Pilot in command.
- § 61.58 – Pilot-in-command proficiency check: Operation of an aircraft that requires more than one pilot flight crewmember or is turbojet-powered.
- § 61.59 – Falsification, reproduction, or alteration of applications, certificates, logbooks, reports, or records.
- § 61.60 – Change of address.
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Subpart B—Aircraft Ratings and Pilot Authorizations
- § 61.61 – Applicability.
- § 61.63 – Additional aircraft ratings (other than for ratings at the airline transport pilot certification level).
- § 61.64 – Use of a flight simulator and flight training device.
- § 61.65 – Instrument rating requirements.
- § 61.66 – Enhanced Flight Vision System Pilot Requirements.
- § 61.67 – Category II pilot authorization requirements.
- § 61.68 – Category III pilot authorization requirements.
- § 61.69 – Glider and unpowered ultralight vehicle towing: Experience and training requirements.
- § 61.71 – Graduates of an approved training program other than under this part: Special rules.
- § 61.73 – Military pilots or former military pilots: Special rules.
- § 61.75 – Private pilot certificate issued on the basis of a foreign pilot license.
- § 61.77 – Special purpose pilot authorization: Operation of a civil aircraft of the United States and leased by a non-U.S. citizen.
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Subpart C—Student Pilots
- § 61.81 – Applicability.
- § 61.83 – Eligibility requirements for student pilots.
- § 61.85 – Application.
- § 61.87 – Solo requirements for student pilots.
- § 61.89 – General limitations.
- § 61.93 – Solo cross-country flight requirements.
- § 61.94 – Student pilot seeking a sport pilot certificate or a recreational pilot certificate: Operations at airports within, and in airspace located within, Class B, C, and D airspace, or at airports with an operational control tower in other airspace.
- § 61.95 – Operations in Class B airspace and at airports located within Class B airspace.
- Subpart D—Recreational Pilots
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Subpart E—Private Pilots
- § 61.102 – Applicability.
- § 61.103 – Eligibility requirements: General.
- § 61.105 – Aeronautical knowledge.
- § 61.107 – Flight proficiency.
- § 61.109 – Aeronautical experience.
- § 61.110 – Night flying exceptions.
- § 61.111 – Cross-country flights: Pilots based on small islands.
- § 61.113 – Private pilot privileges and limitations: Pilot in command.
- § 61.115 – Balloon rating: Limitations.
- § 61.117 – Private pilot privileges and limitations: Second in command of aircraft requiring more than one pilot.
- Subpart F—Commercial Pilots
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Subpart G—Airline Transport Pilots
- § 61.151 – Applicability.
- § 61.153 – Eligibility requirements: General.
- § 61.155 – Aeronautical knowledge.
- § 61.156 – Training requirements: Airplane category—multiengine class rating or airplane type rating concurrently with airline transport pilot certificate.
- § 61.157 – Flight proficiency.
- § 61.159 – Aeronautical experience: Airplane category rating.
- § 61.160 – Aeronautical experience—airplane category restricted privileges.
- § 61.161 – Aeronautical experience: Rotorcraft category and helicopter class rating.
- § 61.163 – Aeronautical experience: Powered-lift category rating.
- § 61.165 – Additional aircraft category and class ratings.
- § 61.167 – Airline transport pilot privileges and limitations.
- § 61.169 – Letters of authorization for institutions of higher education.
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Subpart H—Flight Instructors Other than Flight Instructors With a Sport Pilot Rating
- § 61.181 – Applicability.
- § 61.183 – Eligibility requirements.
- § 61.185 – Aeronautical knowledge.
- § 61.187 – Flight proficiency.
- § 61.189 – Flight instructor records.
- § 61.191 – Additional flight instructor ratings.
- § 61.193 – Flight instructor privileges.
- § 61.195 – Flight instructor limitations and qualifications.
- § 61.197 – Renewal requirements for flight instructor certification.
- § 61.199 – Reinstatement requirements of an expired flight instructor certificate.
- Subpart I—Ground Instructors
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Subpart J—Sport Pilots
- § 61.301 – What is the purpose of this subpart and to whom does it apply?
- § 61.303 – If I want to operate a light-sport aircraft, what operating limits and endorsement requirements in this subpart must I comply with?
- § 61.305 – What are the age and language requirements for a sport pilot certificate?
- § 61.307 – What tests do I have to take to obtain a sport pilot certificate?
- § 61.309 – What aeronautical knowledge must I have to apply for a sport pilot certificate?
- § 61.311 – What flight proficiency requirements must I meet to apply for a sport pilot certificate?
- § 61.313 – What aeronautical experience must I have to apply for a sport pilot certificate?
- § 61.315 – What are the privileges and limits of my sport pilot certificate?
- § 61.317 – Is my sport pilot certificate issued with aircraft category and class ratings?
- § 61.321 – How do I obtain privileges to operate an additional category or class of light-sport aircraft?
- § 61.325 – How do I obtain privileges to operate a light-sport aircraft at an airport within, or in airspace within, Class B, C, and D airspace, or in other airspace with an airport having an operational control tower?
- § 61.327 – Are there specific endorsement requirements to operate a light-sport aircraft based on V?
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Subpart K—Flight Instructors With a Sport Pilot Rating
- § 61.401 – What is the purpose of this subpart?
- § 61.403 – What are the age, language, and pilot certificate requirements for a flight instructor certificate with a sport pilot rating?
- § 61.405 – What tests do I have to take to obtain a flight instructor certificate with a sport pilot rating?
- § 61.407 – What aeronautical knowledge must I have to apply for a flight instructor certificate with a sport pilot rating?
- § 61.409 – What flight proficiency requirements must I meet to apply for a flight instructor certificate with a sport pilot rating?
- § 61.411 – What aeronautical experience must I have to apply for a flight instructor certificate with a sport pilot rating?
- § 61.412 – Do I need additional training to provide instruction on control and maneuvering an airplane solely by reference to the instruments in a light-sport aircraft based on V?
- § 61.413 – What are the privileges of my flight instructor certificate with a sport pilot rating?
- § 61.415 – What are the limits of a flight instructor certificate with a sport pilot rating?
- § 61.417 – Will my flight instructor certificate with a sport pilot rating list aircraft category and class ratings?
- § 61.419 – How do I obtain privileges to provide training in an additional category or class of light-sport aircraft?
- § 61.421 – May I give myself an endorsement?
- § 61.423 – What are the recordkeeping requirements for a flight instructor with a sport pilot rating?
- § 61.425 – How do I renew my flight instructor certificate?
- § 61.427 – What must I do if my flight instructor certificate with a sport pilot rating expires?
- § 61.429 – May I exercise the privileges of a flight instructor certificate with a sport pilot rating if I hold a flight instructor certificate with another rating?