Title 14, Part 61 — Certification: Pilots, Flight Instructors, and Ground Instructors
149 sections
Section 61.1
Applicability and definitions.
Section 61.2
Exercise of Privilege.
Section 61.3
Requirement for certificates, ratings, privileges, and authorizations.
Section 61.4
Qualification and approval of flight simulators and flight training devices.
Section 61.5
Certificates and ratings issued under this part.
Section 61.7
Obsolete certificates and ratings.
Section 61.8
Inapplicability of unmanned aircraft operations.
Section 61.9
Inapplicability of simplified flight controls aircraft experience credit.
Section 61.11
Expired pilot certificates and re-issuance.
Section 61.13
Issuance of airman certificates, ratings, and authorizations.
Section 61.14
Incorporation by Reference.
Section 61.15
Offenses involving alcohol or drugs.
Section 61.16
Refusal to submit to an alcohol test or to furnish test results.
Section 61.17
Temporary certificate.
Section 61.18
[Reserved]
Section 61.19
Duration of pilot and instructor certificates and privileges.
Section 61.21
Duration of a Category II and a Category III pilot authorization (for other than part 121 and part 135 use).
Section 61.23
Medical certificates: Requirement and duration.
Section 61.25
Change of name.
Section 61.27
Voluntary surrender or exchange of certificate.
Section 61.29
Replacement of a lost or destroyed airman or medical certificate or knowledge test report.
Section 61.31
Type rating requirements, additional training, and authorization requirements.
Section 61.33
Tests: General procedure.
Section 61.35
Knowledge test: Prerequisites and passing grades.
Section 61.37
Knowledge tests: Cheating or other unauthorized conduct.
Section 61.39
Prerequisites for practical tests.
Section 61.40
Relief for U.S. Military and civilian personnel who are assigned outside the United States in support of U.S. Armed Forces operations.
Section 61.41
Flight training received from flight instructors not certificated by the FAA.
Section 61.43
Practical tests: General procedures.
Section 61.45
Practical tests: Required aircraft and equipment.
Section 61.47
Status and responsibilities of an examiner who is authorized by the Administrator to conduct practical tests.
Section 61.49
Retesting after failure.
Section 61.51
Pilot logbooks.
Section 61.52
Use of aeronautical experience obtained in ultralight vehicles.
Section 61.53
Prohibition on operations during medical deficiency.
Section 61.55
Second-in-command qualifications.
Section 61.56
Flight review.
Section 61.57
Recent flight experience: Pilot in command.
Section 61.58
Pilot-in-command proficiency check: Operation of an aircraft that requires more than one pilot flight crewmember or is turbojet-powered.
Section 61.59
[Reserved]
Section 61.60
Change of address.
Section 61.61
Applicability.
Section 61.63
Additional aircraft ratings (other than for ratings at the airline transport pilot certification level).
Section 61.64
Use of a flight simulator and flight training device.
Section 61.65
Instrument rating requirements.
Section 61.66
Enhanced Flight Vision System Pilot Requirements.
Section 61.67
Category II pilot authorization requirements.
Section 61.68
Category III pilot authorization requirements.
Section 61.69
Glider and unpowered ultralight vehicle towing: Experience and training requirements.
Section 61.71
Graduates of an approved training program other than under this part: Special rules.
Section 61.73
Military pilots or former military pilots: Special rules.
Section 61.75
Private pilot certificate issued on the basis of a foreign pilot license.
Section 61.77
Special purpose pilot authorization: Operation of a civil aircraft of the United States and leased by a non-U.S. citizen.
Section 61.81
Applicability.
Section 61.83
Eligibility requirements for student pilots.
Section 61.85
Application.
Section 61.87
Solo requirements for student pilots.
Section 61.89
General limitations.
Section 61.91
[Reserved]
Section 61.93
Solo cross-country flight requirements.
Section 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.
Section 61.95
Operations in Class B airspace and at airports located within Class B airspace.
Section 61.96
Applicability and eligibility requirements: General.
Section 61.97
Aeronautical knowledge.
Section 61.98
Flight proficiency.
Section 61.99
Aeronautical experience.
Section 61.100
Pilots based on small islands.
Section 61.101
Recreational pilot privileges and limitations.
Section 61.102
Applicability.
Section 61.103
Eligibility requirements: General.
Section 61.105
Aeronautical knowledge.
Section 61.107
Flight proficiency.
Section 61.109
Aeronautical experience.
Section 61.110
Night flying exceptions.
Section 61.111
Cross-country flights: Pilots based on small islands.
Section 61.113
Private pilot privileges and limitations: Pilot in command.
Section 61.115
Balloon rating: Limitations.
Section 61.117
Private pilot privileges and limitations: Second in command of aircraft requiring more than one pilot.
Section 61.118-61.120
§§ 61.118-61.120 [Reserved]
Section 61.121
Applicability.
Section 61.123
Eligibility requirements: General.
Section 61.125
Aeronautical knowledge.
Section 61.127
Flight proficiency.
Section 61.129
Aeronautical experience.
Section 61.131
Exceptions to the night flying requirements.
Section 61.133
Commercial pilot privileges and limitations.
Section 61.135-61.141
§§ 61.135-61.141 [Reserved]
Section 61.151
Applicability.
Section 61.153
Eligibility requirements: General.
Section 61.155
Aeronautical knowledge.
Section 61.156
Training requirements: Airplane category—multiengine class or multiengine airplane type rating concurrently with an airline transport pilot certificate.
Section 61.157
Flight proficiency.
Section 61.158
[Reserved]
Section 61.159
Aeronautical experience: Airplane category rating.
Section 61.160
Aeronautical experience—airplane category restricted privileges.
Section 61.161
Aeronautical experience: Rotorcraft category and helicopter class rating.
Section 61.163
Aeronautical experience: Powered-lift category rating.
Section 61.165
Additional aircraft category and class ratings.
Section 61.167
Airline transport pilot privileges and limitations.
Section 61.169
Letters of authorization for institutions of higher education.
Section 61.170-69.171
§§ 61.170-69.171 [Reserved]
Section 61.181
Applicability.
Section 61.183
Eligibility requirements.
Section 61.185
Aeronautical knowledge.
Section 61.187
Flight proficiency.
Section 61.189
Flight instructor records.
Section 61.191
Additional flight instructor ratings.
Section 61.193
Flight instructor privileges.
Section 61.195
Flight instructor limitations and qualifications.
Section 61.197
Recent experience requirements for flight instructor certification.
Section 61.199
Reinstatement of flight instructor privileges.
Section 61.201
[Reserved]
Section 61.211
Applicability.
Section 61.213
Eligibility requirements.
Section 61.215
Ground instructor privileges.
Section 61.217
Recent experience requirements.
Section 61.301
What is the purpose of this subpart and to whom does it apply?
Section 61.303
If 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?
Section 61.305
What are the age and language requirements for a sport pilot certificate?
Section 61.307
What tests do I have to take to obtain a sport pilot certificate?
Section 61.309
What aeronautical knowledge must I have to apply for a sport pilot certificate?
Section 61.311
What flight proficiency requirements must I meet to apply for a sport pilot certificate?
Section 61.313
What aeronautical experience must I have to apply for a sport pilot certificate?
Section 61.315
What are the privileges and limits of my sport pilot certificate?
Section 61.316
What are the performance limits and design requirements for the aircraft that a sport pilot may operate?
Section 61.317
Is my sport pilot certificate issued with aircraft category and class ratings?
Section 61.319
[Reserved]
Section 61.321
How do I obtain privileges to operate an additional category or class of aircraft?
Section 61.323
[Reserved]
Section 61.325
How 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?
Section 61.327
Are there specific endorsement requirements to operate an aircraft based on V?
Section 61.329
How do I obtain privileges to operate an aircraft at night?
Section 61.331
How do I obtain privileges to operate an aircraft with retractable landing gear or an airplane with a manual controllable pitch propeller?
Section 61.401
What is the purpose of this subpart?
Section 61.403
What are the age, language, and pilot certificate requirements for a flight instructor certificate with a sport pilot rating?
Section 61.405
What tests do I have to take to obtain a flight instructor certificate with a sport pilot rating?
Section 61.407
What aeronautical knowledge must I have to apply for a flight instructor certificate with a sport pilot rating?
Section 61.409
What flight proficiency requirements must I meet to apply for a flight instructor certificate with a sport pilot rating?
Section 61.411
What aeronautical experience must I have to apply for a flight instructor certificate with a sport pilot rating?
Section 61.412
Do 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?
Section 61.413
What are the privileges of my flight instructor certificate with a sport pilot rating?
Section 61.415
What are the limits of a flight instructor certificate with a sport pilot rating?
Section 61.417
Will my flight instructor certificate with a sport pilot rating list aircraft category and class ratings?
Section 61.419
How do I obtain privileges to provide training in an additional category or class of aircraft?
Section 61.421
May I give myself an endorsement?
Section 61.423
What are the recordkeeping requirements for a flight instructor with a sport pilot rating?
Section 61.425
How do I establish recent experience for my flight instructor certificate with a sport pilot rating?
Section 61.427
How do I reinstate my flight instructor privileges if I fail to establish recent experience for my flight instructor certificate with a sport pilot rating?
Section 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?