14 CFR § 61.9 - Inapplicability of simplified flight controls aircraft experience credit.

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identifier: "/us/cfr/t14/s61.9"
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title: "14 CFR § 61.9 - Inapplicability of simplified flight controls aircraft experience credit."
title_number: 14
title_name: "Aeronautics and Space"
section_number: "61.9"
section_name: "Inapplicability of simplified flight controls aircraft experience credit."
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"
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currency: "2026-04-05"
last_updated: "2026-04-05"
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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."
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# 61.9 Inapplicability of simplified flight controls aircraft experience credit.

Notwithstanding the requirements specified in § 61.51(c), any pilot time acquired while operating an airplane or helicopter with a simplified flight controls designation may not be used to satisfy the following aeronautical experience requirements for a private, commercial, or airline transport pilot certificate, except for private pilot applicants who present an aircraft with the simplified flight controls designation to conduct the practical test—

(a) The solo flight time requirements in § 61.109(a)(5) or (c)(4);

(b) The PIC flight time requirements in § 61.129(a)(2)(i) and (c)(2)(i);

(c) The PIC flight time requirements in § 61.159(a)(5); and

(d) The PIC flight time requirements in § 61.161(a)(3).

[Docket FAA-2023-1377, Amdt. 61-159, 90 FR 35211, July 24, 2025]