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Part 61 — Certification: Pilots, Flight Instructors, and Ground Instructors

149 sections · Title 14: Aeronautics and Space

§ 61.1Applicability and definitions.
§ 61.2Exercise of Privilege.
§ 61.3Requirement for certificates, ratings, privileges, and authorizations.
§ 61.4Qualification and approval of flight simulators and flight training devices.
§ 61.5Certificates and ratings issued under this part.
§ 61.7Obsolete certificates and ratings.
§ 61.8Inapplicability of unmanned aircraft operations.
§ 61.9Inapplicability of simplified flight controls aircraft experience credit.
§ 61.11Expired pilot certificates and re-issuance.
§ 61.13Issuance of airman certificates, ratings, and authorizations.
§ 61.14Incorporation by Reference.
§ 61.15Offenses involving alcohol or drugs.
§ 61.16Refusal to submit to an alcohol test or to furnish test results.
§ 61.17Temporary certificate.
§ 61.18§ 61.18 [Reserved]
§ 61.19Duration of pilot and instructor certificates and privileges.
§ 61.21Duration of a Category II and a Category III pilot authorization (for other than part 121 and part 135 use).
§ 61.23Medical certificates: Requirement and duration.
§ 61.25Change of name.
§ 61.27Voluntary surrender or exchange of certificate.
§ 61.29Replacement of a lost or destroyed airman or medical certificate or knowledge test report.
§ 61.31Type rating requirements, additional training, and authorization requirements.
§ 61.33Tests: General procedure.
§ 61.35Knowledge test: Prerequisites and passing grades.
§ 61.37Knowledge tests: Cheating or other unauthorized conduct.
§ 61.39Prerequisites for practical tests.
§ 61.40Relief for U.S. Military and civilian personnel who are assigned outside the United States in support of U.S. Armed Forces operations.
§ 61.41Flight training received from flight instructors not certificated by the FAA.
§ 61.43Practical tests: General procedures.
§ 61.45Practical tests: Required aircraft and equipment.
§ 61.47Status and responsibilities of an examiner who is authorized by the Administrator to conduct practical tests.
§ 61.49Retesting after failure.
§ 61.51Pilot logbooks.
§ 61.52Use of aeronautical experience obtained in ultralight vehicles.
§ 61.53Prohibition on operations during medical deficiency.
§ 61.55Second-in-command qualifications.
§ 61.56Flight review.
§ 61.57Recent flight experience: Pilot in command.
§ 61.58Pilot-in-command proficiency check: Operation of an aircraft that requires more than one pilot flight crewmember or is turbojet-powered.
§ 61.59§ 61.59 [Reserved]
§ 61.60Change of address.
§ 61.61Applicability.
§ 61.63Additional aircraft ratings (other than for ratings at the airline transport pilot certification level).
§ 61.64Use of a flight simulator and flight training device.
§ 61.65Instrument rating requirements.
§ 61.66Enhanced Flight Vision System Pilot Requirements.
§ 61.67Category II pilot authorization requirements.
§ 61.68Category III pilot authorization requirements.
§ 61.69Glider and unpowered ultralight vehicle towing: Experience and training requirements.
§ 61.71Graduates of an approved training program other than under this part: Special rules.
§ 61.73Military pilots or former military pilots: Special rules.
§ 61.75Private pilot certificate issued on the basis of a foreign pilot license.
§ 61.77Special purpose pilot authorization: Operation of a civil aircraft of the United States and leased by a non-U.S. citizen.
§ 61.81Applicability.
§ 61.83Eligibility requirements for student pilots.
§ 61.85Application.
§ 61.87Solo requirements for student pilots.
§ 61.89General limitations.
§ 61.91§ 61.91 [Reserved]
§ 61.93Solo cross-country flight requirements.
§ 61.94Student 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.
§ 61.95Operations in Class B airspace and at airports located within Class B airspace.
§ 61.96Applicability and eligibility requirements: General.
§ 61.97Aeronautical knowledge.
§ 61.98Flight proficiency.
§ 61.99Aeronautical experience.
§ 61.100Pilots based on small islands.
§ 61.101Recreational pilot privileges and limitations.
§ 61.102Applicability.
§ 61.103Eligibility requirements: General.
§ 61.105Aeronautical knowledge.
§ 61.107Flight proficiency.
§ 61.109Aeronautical experience.
§ 61.110Night flying exceptions.
§ 61.111Cross-country flights: Pilots based on small islands.
§ 61.113Private pilot privileges and limitations: Pilot in command.
§ 61.115Balloon rating: Limitations.
§ 61.117Private pilot privileges and limitations: Second in command of aircraft requiring more than one pilot.
§ 61.118-61.120§§ 61.118-61.120 [Reserved]
§ 61.121Applicability.
§ 61.123Eligibility requirements: General.
§ 61.125Aeronautical knowledge.
§ 61.127Flight proficiency.
§ 61.129Aeronautical experience.
§ 61.131Exceptions to the night flying requirements.
§ 61.133Commercial pilot privileges and limitations.
§ 61.135-61.141§§ 61.135-61.141 [Reserved]
§ 61.151Applicability.
§ 61.153Eligibility requirements: General.
§ 61.155Aeronautical knowledge.
§ 61.156Training requirements: Airplane category—multiengine class or multiengine airplane type rating concurrently with an airline transport pilot certificate.
§ 61.157Flight proficiency.
§ 61.158§ 61.158 [Reserved]
§ 61.159Aeronautical experience: Airplane category rating.
§ 61.160Aeronautical experience—airplane category restricted privileges.
§ 61.161Aeronautical experience: Rotorcraft category and helicopter class rating.
§ 61.163Aeronautical experience: Powered-lift category rating.
§ 61.165Additional aircraft category and class ratings.
§ 61.167Airline transport pilot privileges and limitations.
§ 61.169Letters of authorization for institutions of higher education.
§ 61.170-69.171§§ 61.170-69.171 [Reserved]
§ 61.181Applicability.
§ 61.183Eligibility requirements.
§ 61.185Aeronautical knowledge.
§ 61.187Flight proficiency.
§ 61.189Flight instructor records.
§ 61.191Additional flight instructor ratings.
§ 61.193Flight instructor privileges.
§ 61.195Flight instructor limitations and qualifications.
§ 61.197Recent experience requirements for flight instructor certification.
§ 61.199Reinstatement of flight instructor privileges.
§ 61.201§ 61.201 [Reserved]
§ 61.211Applicability.
§ 61.213Eligibility requirements.
§ 61.215Ground instructor privileges.
§ 61.217Recent experience requirements.
§ 61.301What is the purpose of this subpart and to whom does it apply?
§ 61.303If I want to operate an aircraft that satisfies the limitations identified in § 61.316, what operating limits and endorsement requirements in this subpart must I comply with?
§ 61.305What are the age and language requirements for a sport pilot certificate?
§ 61.307What tests do I have to take to obtain a sport pilot certificate?
§ 61.309What aeronautical knowledge must I have to apply for a sport pilot certificate?
§ 61.311What flight proficiency requirements must I meet to apply for a sport pilot certificate?
§ 61.313What aeronautical experience must I have to apply for a sport pilot certificate?
§ 61.315What are the privileges and limits of my sport pilot certificate?
§ 61.316What are the performance limits and design requirements for the aircraft that a sport pilot may operate?
§ 61.317Is my sport pilot certificate issued with aircraft category and class ratings?
§ 61.319§ 61.319 [Reserved]
§ 61.321How do I obtain privileges to operate an additional category or class of aircraft?
§ 61.323§ 61.323 [Reserved]
§ 61.325How do I obtain privileges to operate an aircraft meeting the performance limits and design requirements of § 61.316 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?
§ 61.327Are there specific endorsement requirements to operate an aircraft based on V<sub>H</sub>?
§ 61.329How do I obtain privileges to operate an aircraft at night?
§ 61.331How do I obtain privileges to operate an aircraft with retractable landing gear or an airplane with a manual controllable pitch propeller?
§ 61.401What is the purpose of this subpart?
§ 61.403What are the age, language, and pilot certificate requirements for a flight instructor certificate with a sport pilot rating?
§ 61.405What tests do I have to take to obtain a flight instructor certificate with a sport pilot rating?
§ 61.407What aeronautical knowledge must I have to apply for a flight instructor certificate with a sport pilot rating?
§ 61.409What flight proficiency requirements must I meet to apply for a flight instructor certificate with a sport pilot rating?
§ 61.411What aeronautical experience must I have to apply for a flight instructor certificate with a sport pilot rating?
§ 61.412Do I need additional training to provide instruction on control and maneuvering an airplane solely by reference to the instruments in an aircraft based on V<sub>H</sub>?
§ 61.413What are the privileges of my flight instructor certificate with a sport pilot rating?
§ 61.415What are the limits of a flight instructor certificate with a sport pilot rating?
§ 61.417Will my flight instructor certificate with a sport pilot rating list aircraft category and class ratings?
§ 61.419How do I obtain privileges to provide training in an additional category or class of aircraft?
§ 61.421May I give myself an endorsement?
§ 61.423What are the recordkeeping requirements for a flight instructor with a sport pilot rating?
§ 61.425How do I establish recent experience for my flight instructor certificate with a sport pilot rating?
§ 61.427How do I reinstate my flight instructor privileges if I fail to establish recent experience for my flight instructor certificate with a sport pilot rating?
§ 61.429May I exercise the privileges of a flight instructor certificate with a sport pilot rating if I hold a flight instructor certificate with another rating?