14 CFR § 194.235 - Alternate means to satisfy the cross-country aeronautical experience requirements for an instrument-powered-lift rating.

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title: "14 CFR § 194.235 - Alternate means to satisfy the cross-country aeronautical experience requirements for an instrument-powered-lift rating."
title_number: 14
title_name: "Aeronautics and Space"
section_number: "194.235"
section_name: "Alternate means to satisfy the cross-country aeronautical experience requirements for an instrument-powered-lift rating."
chapter_name: "FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINISTRATION, DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION"
subchapter_number: "L"
subchapter_name: "OTHER SPECIAL FEDERAL AVIATION REGULATIONS"
part_number: "194"
part_name: "SPECIAL FEDERAL AVIATION REGULATION NO. 120—POWERED-LIFT: PILOT CERTIFICATION AND TRAINING; OPERATIONS REQUIREMENTS"
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currency: "2026-04-05"
last_updated: "2026-04-05"
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authority: "42 U.S.C. 7572; 49 U.S.C. 106(f), 40113, 44701-44705, 44707, 44712, 44713, 44715, 44716, and 44722; Sec. 955 of Pub. L. 118-63."
regulatory_source: "Docket FAA-2023-1275, Amdt. 194-1, 89 FR 92489, Nov. 21, 2024, unless otherwise noted."
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# 194.235 Alternate means to satisfy the cross-country aeronautical experience requirements for an instrument-powered-lift rating.

(a) An applicant who does not meet the cross-country aeronautical experience requirements specified in § 61.65(f)(2)(ii) of this chapter will be considered eligible for an instrument-powered-lift rating, provided the applicant has logged instrument time that includes instrument flight training on cross-country flight procedures, including two cross-country flights in a powered-lift, provided each cross-country flight—

(1) Is conducted with either an authorized instructor or an instructor pilot; and

(2) Involves—

(i) A flight of 100 nautical miles along airways or by directed routing from an air traffic control facility;

(ii) An instrument approach at each airport; and

(iii) Three different kinds of approaches with the use of navigation systems.

(b) Notwithstanding the requirements in § 61.65(f)(2)(ii) of this chapter for the cross-country flight in a powered-lift, an applicant for an instrument-powered-lift rating is not required to file a flight plan and perform the cross-country flight under instrument flight rules, provided—

(1) The powered-lift is not certificated for instrument flight; and

(2) The applicant holds one of the following—

(i) An instrument-airplane rating;

(ii) An instrument-helicopter rating; or

(iii) An airline transport pilot certificate.