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§ 61.63
this section in the calendar month be-
fore or the calendar month after the
month in which it is due, the pilot is
considered to have taken it in the
month in which it was due for the pur-
pose of computing when the next pilot-
in-command proficiency check is due.
[Doc. No. 25910, 62 FR 40899, July 30, 1997, as
amended by Amdt. 61–109, 68 FR 54559, Sept.
17, 2003; Amdt. 61–112, 70 FR 54814, Sept. 16,
2005; Amdt. 61–128, 76 FR 54106, Aug. 31, 2011;
76 FR 63184, Oct. 12, 2011; Docket No. FAA–
2022–1355, Amdt. No. 61–151, 87 FR 75845, Dec.
9, 2022]
§ 61.59
Falsification, reproduction, or
alteration of applications, certifi-
cates, logbooks, reports, or records.
(a) No person may make or cause to
be made:
(1) Any fraudulent or intentionally
false statement on any application for
a certificate, rating, authorization, or
duplicate thereof, issued under this
part;
(2) Any fraudulent or intentionally
false entry in any logbook, record, or
report that is required to be kept,
made, or used to show compliance with
any requirement for the issuance or ex-
ercise of the privileges of any certifi-
cate, rating, or authorization under
this part;
(3) Any reproduction for fraudulent
purpose of any certificate, rating, or
authorization, under this part; or
(4) Any alteration of any certificate,
rating, or authorization under this
part.
(b) The commission of an act prohib-
ited under paragraph (a) of this section
is a basis for suspending or revoking
any airman certificate, rating, or au-
thorization held by that person.
§ 61.60
Change of address.
The holder of a pilot, flight instruc-
tor, or ground instructor certificate
who has made a change in permanent
mailing address may not, after 30 days
from that date, exercise the privileges
of the certificate unless the holder has
notified in writing the FAA, Airman
Certification Branch, P.O. Box 25082,
Oklahoma City, OK 73125, of the new
permanent mailing address, or if the
permanent mailing address includes a
post office box number, then the hold-
er’s current residential address.
Subpart B—Aircraft Ratings and
Pilot Authorizations
§ 61.61
Applicability.
This subpart prescribes the require-
ments for the issuance of additional
aircraft ratings after a pilot certificate
is issued, issuance of a type rating con-
currently with a pilot certificate, and
the requirements for and limitations of
pilot authorizations issued by the Ad-
ministrator.
[Doc. No. FAA–2006–26661, 76 FR 78143, Dec.
16, 2011]
§ 61.63
Additional aircraft ratings
(other than for ratings at the air-
line transport pilot certification
level).
(a)
General. For an additional aircraft
rating on a pilot certificate, other than
for an airline transport pilot certifi-
cate, a person must meet the require-
ments of this section appropriate to
the additional aircraft rating sought.
(b)
Additional aircraft category rating.
A person who applies to add a category
rating to a pilot certificate:
(1) Must complete the training and
have the applicable aeronautical expe-
rience.
(2) Must have a logbook or training
record endorsement from an authorized
instructor attesting that the person
was found competent in the appro-
priate aeronautical knowledge areas
and proficient in the appropriate areas
of operation.
(3) Must pass the practical test.
(4) Need not take an additional
knowledge test, provided the applicant
holds an airplane, rotorcraft, powered-
lift, weight-shift-control aircraft, pow-
ered parachute, or airship rating at
that pilot certificate level.
(c)
Additional aircraft class rating. A
person who applies for an additional
class rating on a pilot certificate:
(1) Must have a logbook or training
record endorsement from an authorized
instructor attesting that the person
was found competent in the appro-
priate aeronautical knowledge areas
and proficient in the appropriate areas
of operation.
(2) Must pass the practical test.
(3) Need not meet the specified train-
ing time requirements prescribed by
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§ 61.63
this part that apply to the pilot certifi-
cate for the aircraft class rating
sought; unless, the person only holds a
lighter-than-air category rating with a
balloon class rating and is seeking an
airship class rating, then that person
must receive the specified training
time requirements and possess the ap-
propriate aeronautical experience.
(4) Need not take an additional
knowledge test, provided the applicant
holds an airplane, rotorcraft, powered-
lift, weight-shift-control aircraft, pow-
ered parachute, or airship rating at
that pilot certificate level.
(d)
Additional aircraft type rating. Ex-
cept as provided under paragraph (d)(6)
of this section, a person who applies for
an aircraft type rating or an aircraft
type rating to be completed concur-
rently with an aircraft category or
class rating—
(1) Must hold or concurrently obtain
an appropriate instrument rating, ex-
cept as provided in paragraph (e) of
this section.
(2) Must have a logbook or training
record endorsement from an authorized
instructor attesting that the person is
competent in the appropriate aero-
nautical knowledge areas and pro-
ficient in the appropriate areas of oper-
ation at the airline transport pilot cer-
tification level.
(3) Must pass the practical test at the
airline transport pilot certification
level.
(4) Must perform the practical test in
actual or simulated instrument condi-
tions, except as provided in paragraph
(e) of this section.
(5) Need not take an additional
knowledge test if the applicant holds
an airplane, rotorcraft, powered-lift, or
airship rating on the pilot certificate.
(6) In the case of a pilot employee of
a part 121 or part 135 certificate holder
or of a fractional ownership program
manager under subpart K of part 91 of
this chapter, the pilot must—
(i) Meet the appropriate require-
ments under paragraphs (d)(1), (d)(3),
and (d)(4) of this section; and
(ii) Receive a flight training record
endorsement from the certificate hold-
er attesting that the person completed
the certificate holder’s approved
ground and flight training program.
(e)
Aircraft not capable of instrument
maneuvers and procedures. (1) An appli-
cant for a type rating or a type rating
in addition to an aircraft category and/
or class rating who provides an aircraft
that is not capable of the instrument
maneuvers and procedures required on
the practical test:
(i) May apply for the type rating, but
the rating will be limited to ‘‘VFR
only.’’
(ii) May have the ‘‘VFR only’’ limita-
tion removed for that aircraft type
after the applicant:
(A) Passes a practical test in that
type of aircraft in actual or simulated
instrument conditions;
(B) Passes a practical test in that
type of aircraft on the appropriate in-
strument maneuvers and procedures in
§ 61.157; or
(C) Becomes qualified under § 61.73(d)
for that type of aircraft.
(2) When an instrument rating is
issued to a person who holds one or
more type ratings, the amended pilot
certificate must bear the ‘‘VFR only’’
limitation for each aircraft type rating
that the person did not demonstrate in-
strument competency.
(f)
Multiengine airplane with a single-
pilot station. An applicant for a type
rating, at other than the ATP certifi-
cation level, in a multiengine airplane
with a single-pilot station must per-
form the practical test in the multi-
seat version of that airplane, or the
practical test may be performed in the
single-seat version of that airplane if
the Examiner is in a position to ob-
serve the applicant during the prac-
tical test and there is no multi-seat
version of that multiengine airplane.
(g)
Single engine airplane with a single-
pilot station. An applicant for a type
rating, at other than the ATP certifi-
cation level, in a single engine airplane
with a single-pilot station must per-
form the practical test in the multi-
seat version of that single engine air-
plane, or the practical test may be per-
formed in the single-seat version of
that airplane if the Examiner is in a
position to observe the applicant dur-
ing the practical test and there is no
multi-seat version of that single engine
airplane.
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§ 61.64
(h)
Aircraft category and class rating
for the operation of aircraft with an ex-
perimental certificate. A person holding
a recreational, private, or commercial
pilot certificate may apply for a cat-
egory and class rating limited to a spe-
cific make and model of experimental
aircraft, provided—
(1) The person logged 5 hours flight
time while acting as pilot in command
in the same category, class, make, and
model of aircraft.
(2) The person received a logbook en-
dorsement from an authorized instruc-
tor who determined the pilot’s pro-
ficiency to act as pilot in command of
the same category, class, make, and
model of aircraft.
(3) The flight time specified under
paragraph (h)(1) of this section was
logged between September 1, 2004 and
August 31, 2005.
(i)
Waiver authority. An Examiner
who conducts a practical test may
waive any task for which the FAA has
provided waiver authority.
[Doc. No. FAA–2006–26661, 74 FR 42552, Aug.
21, 2009, as amended by Amdt. 61–125, 75 FR
5220, Feb. 1, 2010]
§ 61.64
Use of a flight simulator and
flight training device.
(a)
Use of a flight simulator or flight
training device. If an applicant for a cer-
tificate or rating uses a flight simu-
lator or flight training device for train-
ing or any portion of the practical test,
the flight simulator and flight training
device—
(1) Must represent the category,
class, and type (if a type rating is ap-
plicable) for the rating sought; and
(2) Must be qualified and approved by
the Administrator and used in accord-
ance with an approved course of train-
ing under part 141 or part 142 of this
chapter; or under part 121 or part 135 of
this chapter, provided the applicant is
a pilot employee of that air carrier op-
erator.
(b) Except as provided in paragraph
(f) of this section, if an airplane is not
used during the practical test for a
type rating for a turbojet airplane (ex-
cept for preflight inspection), an appli-
cant must accomplish the entire prac-
tical test in a Level C or higher flight
simulator and the applicant must—
(1) Hold a type rating in a turbojet
airplane of the same class of airplane
for which the type rating is sought, and
that type rating may not contain a su-
pervised operating experience limita-
tion;
(2) Have 1,000 hours of flight time in
two different turbojet airplanes of the
same class of airplane for which the
type rating is sought;
(3) Have been appointed by the U.S.
Armed Forces as pilot in command in a
turbojet airplane of the same class of
airplane for which the type rating is
sought;
(4) Have 500 hours of flight time in
the same type of airplane for which the
type rating is sought; or
(5) Have logged at least 2,000 hours of
flight time, of which 500 hours were in
turbine-powered airplanes of the same
class of airplane for which the type rat-
ing is sought.
(c) Except as provided in paragraph
(f) of this section, if an airplane is not
used during the practical test for a
type rating for a turbo-propeller air-
plane (except for preflight inspection),
an applicant must accomplish the en-
tire practical test in a Level C or high-
er flight simulator and the applicant
must—
(1) Hold a type rating in a turbo-pro-
peller airplane of the same class of air-
plane for which the type rating is
sought, and that type rating may not
contain a supervised operating experi-
ence limitation;
(2) Have 1,000 hours of flight time in
two different turbo-propeller airplanes
of the same class of airplane for which
the type rating is sought;
(3) Have been appointed by the U.S.
Armed Forces as pilot in command in a
turbo-propeller airplane of the same
class of airplane for which the type rat-
ing is sought;
(4) Have 500 hours of flight time in
the same type of airplane for which the
type rating is sought; or
(5) Have logged at least 2,000 hours of
flight time, of which 500 hours were in
turbine-powered airplanes of the same
class of airplane for which the type rat-
ing is sought.
(d) Except as provided in paragraph
(f) of this section, if a helicopter is not
used during the practical test for a
type rating in a helicopter (except for
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