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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. 

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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