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month in which that pilot acts as pilot 
in command, that person has— 

(1) Accomplished a flight review 

given in an aircraft for which that 
pilot is rated by an authorized instruc-
tor and 

(2) A logbook endorsed from an au-

thorized instructor who gave the re-
view certifying that the person has sat-
isfactorily completed the review. 

(d) A person who has, within the pe-

riod specified in paragraph (c) of this 
section, passed any of the following 
need not accomplish the flight review 
required by this section: 

(1) A pilot proficiency check or prac-

tical test conducted by an examiner, an 
approved pilot check airman, or a U.S. 
Armed Force, for a pilot certificate, 
rating, or operating privilege. 

(2) A practical test conducted by an 

examiner for the issuance of a flight in-
structor certificate, an additional rat-
ing on a flight instructor certificate, 
renewal of a flight instructor certifi-
cate, or reinstatement of a flight in-
structor certificate. 

(e) A person who has, within the pe-

riod specified in paragraph (c) of this 
section, satisfactorily accomplished 
one or more phases of an FAA-spon-
sored pilot proficiency award program 
need not accomplish the flight review 
required by this section. 

(f) A person who holds a flight in-

structor certificate and who has, with-
in the period specified in paragraph (c) 
of this section, satisfactorily com-
pleted a renewal of a flight instructor 
certificate under the provisions in 
§ 61.197 need not accomplish the one 
hour of ground training specified in 
paragraph (a) of this section. 

(g) A student pilot need not accom-

plish the flight review required by this 
section provided the student pilot is 
undergoing training for a certificate 
and has a current solo flight endorse-
ment as required under § 61.87 of this 
part. 

(h) The requirements of this section 

may be accomplished in combination 
with the requirements of § 61.57 and 
other applicable recent experience re-
quirements at the discretion of the au-
thorized instructor conducting the 
flight review. 

(i) A flight simulator or flight train-

ing device may be used to meet the 

flight review requirements of this sec-
tion subject to the following condi-
tions: 

(1) The flight simulator or flight 

training device must be used in accord-
ance with an approved course con-
ducted by a training center certificated 
under part 142 of this chapter. 

(2) Unless the flight review is under-

taken in a flight simulator that is ap-
proved for landings, the applicant must 
meet the takeoff and landing require-
ments of § 61.57(a) or § 61.57(b) of this 
part. 

(3) The flight simulator or flight 

training device used must represent an 
aircraft or set of aircraft for which the 
pilot is rated. 

[Doc. No. 25910, 62 FR 16298, Apr. 4, 1997; 
Amdt. 61–103, 62 FR 40898, July 30, 1997; 
Amdt. 61–104, 63 FR 20287, Apr. 23, 1998; Amdt. 
61–124, 74 FR 42550, Aug. 21, 2009; Amdt. 61– 
131, 78 FR 56828, Sept. 16, 2013] 

§ 61.57

Recent flight experience: Pilot 

in command. 

(a) 

General experience. (1) Except as 

provided in paragraph (e) of this sec-
tion, no person may act as a pilot in 
command of an aircraft carrying pas-
sengers or of an aircraft certificated 
for more than one pilot flight crew-
member unless that person has made at 
least three takeoffs and three landings 
within the preceding 90 days, and— 

(i) The person acted as the sole ma-

nipulator of the flight controls; and 

(ii) The required takeoffs and land-

ings were performed in an aircraft of 
the same category, class, and type (if a 
type rating is required), and, if the air-
craft to be flown is an airplane with a 
tailwheel, the takeoffs and landings 
must have been made to a full stop in 
an airplane with a tailwheel. 

(2) For the purpose of meeting the re-

quirements of paragraph (a)(1) of this 
section, a person may act as a pilot in 
command of an aircraft under day VFR 
or day IFR, provided no persons or 
property are carried on board the air-
craft, other than those necessary for 
the conduct of the flight. 

(3) The takeoffs and landings re-

quired by paragraph (a)(1) of this sec-
tion may be accomplished in a full 
flight simulator or flight training de-
vice that is— 

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(i) Approved by the Administrator for 

landings; and 

(ii) Used in accordance with an ap-

proved course conducted by a training 
center certificated under part 142 of 
this chapter. 

(b) 

Night takeoff and landing experi-

ence.  (1) Except as provided in para-
graph (e) of this section, no person may 
act as pilot in command of an aircraft 
carrying passengers during the period 
beginning 1 hour after sunset and end-
ing 1 hour before sunrise, unless within 
the preceding 90 days that person has 
made at least three takeoffs and three 
landings to a full stop during the pe-
riod beginning 1 hour after sunset and 
ending 1 hour before sunrise, and— 

(i) That person acted as sole manipu-

lator of the flight controls; and 

(ii) The required takeoffs and land-

ings were performed in an aircraft of 
the same category, class, and type (if a 
type rating is required). 

(2) The takeoffs and landings re-

quired by paragraph (b)(1) of this sec-
tion may be accomplished in a full 
flight simulator that is— 

(i) Approved by the Administrator for 

takeoffs and landings, if the visual sys-
tem is adjusted to represent the period 
described in paragraph (b)(1) of this 
section; and 

(ii) Used in accordance with an ap-

proved course conducted by a training 
center certificated under part 142 of 
this chapter. 

(c) 

Instrument experience. Except as 

provided in paragraph (e) of this sec-
tion, a person may act as pilot in com-
mand under IFR or weather conditions 
less than the minimums prescribed for 
VFR only if: 

(1) 

Use of an airplane, powered-lift, hel-

icopter, or airship for maintaining instru-
ment experience. 
Within the 6 calendar 
months preceding the month of the 
flight, that person performed and 
logged at least the following tasks and 
iterations in an airplane, powered-lift, 
helicopter, or airship, as appropriate, 
for the instrument rating privileges to 
be maintained in actual weather condi-
tions, or under simulated conditions 
using a view-limiting device that in-
volves having performed the fol-
lowing— 

(i) Six instrument approaches. 
(ii) Holding procedures and tasks. 

(iii) Intercepting and tracking 

courses through the use of navigational 
electronic systems. 

(2) 

Use of a full flight simulator, flight 

training device, or aviation training de-
vice for maintaining instrument experi-
ence.  
A pilot may accomplish the re-
quirements in paragraph (c)(1) of this 
section in a full flight simulator, flight 
training device, or aviation training 
device provided the device represents 
the category of aircraft for the instru-
ment rating privileges to be main-
tained and the pilot performs the tasks 
and iterations in simulated instrument 
conditions. A person may complete the 
instrument experience in any combina-
tion of an aircraft, full flight simu-
lator, flight training device, or avia-
tion training device. 

(3) Maintaining instrument recent 

experience in a glider. 

(i) Within the 6 calendar months pre-

ceding the month of the flight, that 
person must have performed and logged 
at least the following instrument cur-
rency tasks, iterations, and flight 
time, and the instrument currency 
must have been performed in actual 
weather conditions or under simulated 
weather conditions— 

(A) One hour of instrument flight 

time in a glider or in a single engine 
airplane using a view-limiting device 
while performing interception and 
tracking courses through the use of 
navigation electronic systems. 

(B) Two hours of instrument flight 

time in a glider or a single engine air-
plane with the use of a view-limiting 
device while performing straight 
glides, turns to specific headings, steep 
turns, flight at various airspeeds, navi-
gation, and slow flight and stalls. 

(ii) Before a pilot is allowed to carry 

a passenger in a glider under IFR or in 
weather conditions less than the mini-
mums prescribed for VFR, that pilot 
must— 

(A) Have logged and performed 2 

hours of instrument flight time in a 
glider within the 6 calendar months 
preceding the month of the flight. 

(B) Use a view-limiting-device while 

practicing performance maneuvers, 
performance airspeeds, navigation, 
slow flight, and stalls. 

(d) 

Instrument proficiency check. (1) 

Except as provided in paragraph (e) of 

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this section, a person who has failed to 
meet the instrument experience re-
quirements of paragraph (c) of this sec-
tion for more than six calendar months 
may reestablish instrument currency 
only by completing an instrument pro-
ficiency check. The instrument pro-
ficiency check must consist of at least 
the following areas of operation: 

(i) Air traffic control clearances and 

procedures; 

(ii) Flight by reference to instru-

ments; 

(iii) Navigation systems; 
(iv) Instrument approach procedures; 
(v) Emergency operations; and 
(vi) Postflight procedures. 
(2) The instrument proficiency check 

must be— 

(i) In an aircraft that is appropriate 

to the aircraft category; 

(ii) For other than a glider, in a full 

flight simulator or flight training de-
vice that is representative of the air-
craft category; or 

(iii) For a glider, in a single-engine 

airplane or a glider. 

(3) The instrument proficiency check 

must be given by— 

(i) An examiner; 
(ii) A person authorized by the U.S. 

Armed Forces to conduct instrument 
flight tests, provided the person being 
tested is a member of the U.S. Armed 
Forces; 

(iii) A company check pilot who is 

authorized to conduct instrument 
flight tests under part 121, 125, or 135 of 
this chapter or subpart K of part 91 of 
this chapter, and provided that both 
the check pilot and the pilot being 
tested are employees of that operator 
or fractional ownership program man-
ager, as applicable; 

(iv) An authorized instructor; or 
(v) A person approved by the Admin-

istrator to conduct instrument prac-
tical tests. 

(e) 

Exceptions.  (1) Paragraphs (a) and 

(b) of this section do not apply to a 
pilot in command who is employed by a 
part 119 certificate holder authorized 
to conduct operations under part 125 
when the pilot is engaged in a flight 
operation for that certificate holder if 
the pilot in command is in compliance 
with §§ 125.281 and 125.285 of this chap-
ter. 

(2) This section does not apply to a 

pilot in command who is employed by a 
part 119 certificate holder authorized 
to conduct operations under part 121 
when the pilot is engaged in a flight 
operation under part 91 or 121 for that 
certificate holder if the pilot in com-
mand complies with §§ 121.436 and 
121.439 of this chapter. 

(3) This section does not apply to a 

pilot in command who is employed by a 
part 119 certificate holder authorized 
to conduct operations under part 135 
when the pilot is engaged in a flight 
operation under parts 91 or 135 for that 
certificate holder if the pilot in com-
mand is in compliance with §§ 135.243 
and 135.247 of this chapter. 

(4) Paragraph (b) of this section does 

not apply to a pilot in command of a 
turbine-powered airplane that is type 
certificated for more than one pilot 
crewmember, provided that pilot has 
complied with the requirements of 
paragraph (e)(4)(i) or (ii) of this sec-
tion: 

(i) The pilot in command must hold 

at least a commercial pilot certificate 
with the appropriate category, class, 
and type rating for each airplane that 
is type certificated for more than one 
pilot crewmember that the pilot seeks 
to operate under this alternative, and: 

(A) That pilot must have logged at 

least 1,500 hours of aeronautical experi-
ence as a pilot; 

(B) In each airplane that is type cer-

tificated for more than one pilot crew-
member that the pilot seeks to operate 
under this alternative, that pilot must 
have accomplished and logged the day-
time takeoff and landing recent flight 
experience of paragraph (a) of this sec-
tion, as the sole manipulator of the 
flight controls; 

(C) Within the preceding 90 days prior 

to the operation of that airplane that 
is type certificated for more than one 
pilot crewmember, the pilot must have 
accomplished and logged at least 15 
hours of flight time in the type of air-
plane that the pilot seeks to operate 
under this alternative; and 

(D) That pilot has accomplished and 

logged at least 3 takeoffs and 3 land-
ings to a full stop, as the sole manipu-
lator of the flight controls, in a tur-
bine-powered airplane that requires 
more than one pilot crewmember. The 

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pilot must have performed the takeoffs 
and landings during the period begin-
ning 1 hour after sunset and ending 1 
hour before sunrise within the pre-
ceding 6 months prior to the month of 
the flight. 

(ii) The pilot in command must hold 

at least a commercial pilot certificate 
with the appropriate category, class, 
and type rating for each airplane that 
is type certificated for more than one 
pilot crewmember that the pilot seeks 
to operate under this alternative, and: 

(A) That pilot must have logged at 

least 1,500 hours of aeronautical experi-
ence as a pilot; 

(B) In each airplane that is type cer-

tificated for more than one pilot crew-
member that the pilot seeks to operate 
under this alternative, that pilot must 
have accomplished and logged the day-
time takeoff and landing recent flight 
experience of paragraph (a) of this sec-
tion, as the sole manipulator of the 
flight controls; 

(C) Within the preceding 90 days prior 

to the operation of that airplane that 
is type certificated for more than one 
pilot crewmember, the pilot must have 
accomplished and logged at least 15 
hours of flight time in the type of air-
plane that the pilot seeks to operate 
under this alternative; and 

(D) Within the preceding 12 months 

prior to the month of the flight, the 
pilot must have completed a training 
program that is approved under part 
142 of this chapter. The approved train-
ing program must have required and 
the pilot must have performed, at least 
6 takeoffs and 6 landings to a full stop 
as the sole manipulator of the controls 
in a full flight simulator that is rep-
resentative of a turbine-powered air-
plane that requires more than one pilot 
crewmember. The full flight simula-
tor’s visual system must have been ad-
justed to represent the period begin-
ning 1 hour after sunset and ending 1 
hour before sunrise. 

(f) 

Night vision goggle operating experi-

ence.  (1) A person may act as pilot in 
command in a night vision goggle oper-
ation with passengers on board only if, 
within 2 calendar months preceding the 
month of the flight, that person per-
forms and logs the following tasks as 
the sole manipulator of the controls on 

a flight during a night vision goggle 
operation— 

(i) Three takeoffs and three landings, 

with each takeoff and landing includ-
ing a climbout, cruise, descent, and ap-
proach phase of flight (only required if 
the pilot wants to use night vision gog-
gles during the takeoff and landing 
phases of the flight). 

(ii) Three hovering tasks (only re-

quired if the pilot wants to use night 
vision goggles when operating heli-
copters or powered-lifts during the hov-
ering phase of flight). 

(iii) Three area departure and area 

arrival tasks. 

(iv) Three tasks of transitioning from 

aided night flight (

aided night flight 

means that the pilot uses night vision 
goggles to maintain visual surface ref-
erence) to unaided night flight (

unaided 

night flight means that the pilot does 
not use night vision goggles) and back 
to aided night flight. 

(v) Three night vision goggle oper-

ations, or when operating helicopters 
or powered-lifts, six night vision goggle 
operations. 

(2) A person may act as pilot in com-

mand using night vision goggles only 
if, within the 4 calendar months pre-
ceding the month of the flight, that 
person performs and logs the tasks list-
ed in paragraph (f)(1)(i) through (v) of 
this section as the sole manipulator of 
the controls during a night vision gog-
gle operation. 

(g) 

Night vision goggle proficiency 

check.  A person must either meet the 
night vision goggle experience require-
ments of paragraphs (f)(1) or (f)(2) of 
this section or pass a night vision gog-
gle proficiency check to act as pilot in 
command using night vision goggles. 
The proficiency check must be per-
formed in the category of aircraft that 
is appropriate to the night vision gog-
gle operation for which the person is 
seeking the night vision goggle privi-
lege or in a full flight simulator or 
flight training device that is represent-
ative of that category of aircraft. The 
check must consist of the tasks listed 
in § 61.31(k), and the check must be per-
formed by: 

(1) An Examiner who is qualified to 

perform night vision goggle operations 
in that same aircraft category and 
class; 

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(2) A person who is authorized by the 

U.S. Armed Forces to perform night vi-
sion goggle proficiency checks, pro-
vided the person being administered 
the check is also a member of the U.S. 
Armed Forces; 

(3) A company check pilot who is au-

thorized to perform night vision goggle 
proficiency checks under parts 121, 125, 
or 135 of this chapter, provided that 
both the check pilot and the pilot 
being tested are employees of that op-
erator; 

(4) An authorized flight instructor 

who is qualified to perform night vision 
goggle operations in that same aircraft 
category and class; 

(5) A person who is qualified as pilot 

in command for night vision goggle op-
erations in accordance with paragraph 
(f) of this section; or 

(6) A person approved by the FAA to 

perform night vision goggle proficiency 
checks. 

[Doc. No. 25910, 62 FR 16298, Apr. 4, 1997; 
Amdt. 61–103, 62 FR 40898, July 30, 1997] 

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tations affecting § 61.57, see the List of CFR 
Sections Affected, which appears in the 
Finding Aids section of the printed volume 
and at 

www.govinfo.gov. 

§ 61.58

Pilot-in-command proficiency 

check: Operation of an aircraft that 
requires more than one pilot flight 
crewmember or is turbojet-pow-
ered. 

(a) Except as otherwise provided in 

this section, to serve as pilot in com-
mand of an aircraft that is type certifi-
cated for more than one required pilot 
flight crewmember or is turbojet-pow-
ered, a person must— 

(1) Within the preceding 12 calendar 

months, complete a pilot-in-command 
proficiency check in an aircraft that is 
type certificated for more than one re-
quired pilot flight crewmember or is 
turbojet-powered; and 

(2) Within the preceding 24 calendar 

months, complete a pilot-in-command 
proficiency check in the particular 
type of aircraft in which that person 
will serve as pilot in command, that is 
type certificated for more than one re-
quired pilot flight crewmember or is 
turbojet-powered. 

(b) This section does not apply to 

persons conducting operations under 

subpart K of part 91, part 121, 125, 133, 
135, or 137 of this chapter, or persons 
maintaining continuing qualification 
under an Advanced Qualification pro-
gram approved under subpart Y of part 
121 of this chapter. 

(c) The pilot-in-command proficiency 

check given in accordance with the 
provisions of subpart K of part 91, part 
121, 125, or 135 of this chapter may be 
used to satisfy the requirements of this 
section. 

(d) The pilot-in-command proficiency 

check required by paragraph (a) of this 
section may be accomplished by satis-
factory completion of one of the fol-
lowing: 

(1) A pilot-in-command proficiency 

check conducted by a person author-
ized by the Administrator, consisting 
of the aeronautical knowledge areas, 
areas of operations, and tasks required 
for a type rating, in an aircraft that is 
type certificated for more than one 
pilot flight crewmember or is turbojet- 
powered; 

(2) The practical test required for a 

type rating, in an aircraft that is type 
certificated for more than one required 
pilot flight crewmember or is turbojet- 
powered; 

(3) The initial or periodic practical 

test required for the issuance of a pilot 
examiner or check airman designation, 
in an aircraft that is type certificated 
for more than one required pilot flight 
crewmember or is turbojet-powered; 

(4) A pilot proficiency check adminis-

tered by a U.S. Armed Force that 
qualifies the military pilot for pilot-in- 
command designation with instrument 
privileges, and was performed in a mili-
tary aircraft that the military requires 
to be operated by more than one pilot 
flight crewmember or is turbojet-pow-
ered; 

(5) For a pilot authorized by the Ad-

ministrator to operate an experimental 
turbojet-powered aircraft that pos-
sesses, by original design or through 
modification, more than a single seat, 
the required proficiency check for all 
of the experimental turbojet-powered 
aircraft for which the pilot holds an 
authorization may be accomplished by 
completing any one of the following: 

(i) A single proficiency check, con-

ducted by an examiner authorized by 
the Administrator, in any one of the 

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