[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: 14CFR61.4]



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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. 61.4  Qualification and approval of flight simulators and flight 

training devices.



    (a) Except as specified in paragraph (b) or (c) of this section, 

each flight simulator and flight training device used for training, and 

for which an airman is to receive credit to satisfy any training, 

testing, or checking requirement under this chapter, must be qualified 

and approved by the Administrator for--

    (1) The training, testing, and checking for which it is used;

    (2) Each particular maneuver, procedure, or crewmember function 

performed; and

    (3) The representation of the specific category and class of 

aircraft, type of aircraft, particular variation within the type of 

aircraft, or set of aircraft for certain flight training devices.

    (b) Any device used for flight training, testing, or checking that 

has been determined to be acceptable to or approved by the Administrator 

prior to August 1, 1996, which can be shown to function as originally 

designed, is considered to be a flight training device,



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provided it is used for the same purposes for which it was originally 

accepted or approved and only to the extent of such acceptance or 

approval.

    (c) The Administrator may approve a device other than a flight 

simulator or flight training device for specific purposes.



[Doc. No. 25910, 62 FR 16298, Apr. 4, 1997; Amdt. 61-103, 62 FR 40895, 

July 30, 1997]