14 CFR § 61.117 - Private pilot privileges and limitations: Second in command of aircraft requiring more than one pilot.

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identifier: "/us/cfr/t14/s61.117"
source: "ecfr"
legal_status: "authoritative_unofficial"
title: "14 CFR § 61.117 - Private pilot privileges and limitations: Second in command of aircraft requiring more than one pilot."
title_number: 14
title_name: "Aeronautics and Space"
section_number: "61.117"
section_name: "Private pilot privileges and limitations: Second in command of aircraft requiring more than one pilot."
chapter_name: "FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINISTRATION, DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION"
subchapter_number: "D"
subchapter_name: "AIRMEN"
part_number: "61"
part_name: "CERTIFICATION: PILOTS, FLIGHT INSTRUCTORS, AND GROUND INSTRUCTORS"
positive_law: false
currency: "2026-04-05"
last_updated: "2026-04-05"
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generator: "[email protected]"
authority: "49 U.S.C. 106(f), 40113, 44701-44703, 44707, 44709-44711, 44729, 44903, 45102-45103, 45301-45302."
regulatory_source: "Docket 25910, 62 FR 16298, Apr. 4, 1997, unless otherwise noted."
cfr_part: "61"
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# 61.117 Private pilot privileges and limitations: Second in command of aircraft requiring more than one pilot.

Except as provided in § 61.113 of this part, no private pilot may, for compensation or hire, act as second in command of an aircraft that is type certificated for more than one pilot, nor may that pilot act as second in command of such an aircraft that is carrying passengers or property for compensation or hire.

[Docket 25910, 62 FR 16298, Apr. 4, 1997; Amdt. 61-103, 62 FR 40904, July 30, 1997]