[Code of Federal Regulations]

[Title 14, Volume 2]

[Revised as of January 1, 2006]

From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access

[CITE: 14CFR61.39]



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                     TITLE 14--AERONAUTICS AND SPACE

 

CHAPTER I--FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINISTRATION, DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

                               (CONTINUED)

 

PART 61_CERTIFICATION: PILOTS, FLIGHT INSTRUCTORS, AND GROUND INSTRUCTORS

--Table of Contents

 

                            Subpart A_General

 

Sec. 61.39  Prerequisites for practical tests.



    (a) Except as provided in paragraphs (b) and (c) of this section, to 

be eligible for a practical test for a certificate or rating issued 

under this part, an applicant must:

    (1) Pass the required knowledge test within the 24-calendar-month 

period preceding the month the applicant



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completes the practical test, if a knowledge test is required;

    (2) Present the knowledge test report at the time of application for 

the practical test, if a knowledge test is required;

    (3) Have satisfactorily accomplished the required training and 

obtained the aeronautical experience prescribed by this part for the 

certificate or rating sought;

    (4) Hold at least a current third-class medical certificate, if a 

medical certificate is required;

    (5) Meet the prescribed age requirement of this part for the 

issuance of the certificate or rating sought;

    (6) Have an endorsement, if required by this part, in the 

applicant's logbook or training record that has been signed by an 

authorized instructor who certifies that the applicant--

    (i) Has received and logged training time within 60 days preceding 

the date of application in preparation for the practical test;

    (ii) Is prepared for the required practical test; and

    (iii) Has demonstrated satisfactory knowledge of the subject areas 

in which the applicant was deficient on the airman knowledge test; and

    (7) Have a completed and signed application form.

    (b) Notwithstanding the provisions of paragraphs (a)(1) and (2) of 

this section, an applicant for an airline transport pilot certificate or 

an additional rating to an airline transport certificate may take the 

practical test for that certificate or rating with an expired knowledge 

test report, provided that the applicant:

    (1) Is employed as a flight crewmember by a certificate holder under 

part 121, 125, or 135 of this chapter at the time of the practical test 

and has satisfactorily accomplished that operator's approved--

    (i) Pilot in command aircraft qualification training program that is 

appropriate to the certificate and rating sought; and

    (ii) Qualification training requirements appropriate to the 

certificate and rating sought; or

    (2) Is employed as a flight crewmember in scheduled U.S. military 

air transport operations at the time of the practical test, and has 

accomplished the pilot in command aircraft qualification training 

program that is appropriate to the certificate and rating sought.

    (c) A person is not required to comply with the provisions of 

paragraph (a)(6) of this section if that person:

    (1) Holds a foreign-pilot license issued by a contracting State to 

the Convention on International Civil Aviation that authorizes at least 

the pilot privileges of the airman certificate sought;

    (2) Is applying for a type rating only, or a class rating with an 

associated type rating; or

    (3) Is applying for an airline transport pilot certificate or an 

additional rating to an airline transport pilot certificate in an 

aircraft that does not require an aircraft type rating practical test.

    (d) If all increments of the practical test for a certificate or 

rating are not completed on one date, all remaining increments of the 

test must be satisfactorily completed not more than 60 calendar days 

after the date on which the applicant began the test.

    (e) If all increments of the practical test for a certificate or a 

rating are not satisfactorily completed within 60 calendar days after 

the date on which the applicant began the test, the applicant must 

retake the entire practical test, including those increments 

satisfactorily completed.



[Doc. No. 25910, 62 FR 16298, Apr. 4, 1997; Amdt. 61-103, 62 FR 40897, 

July 30, 1997, as amended by Amdt. 61-104, 63 FR 20286, Apr. 23, 1998]