[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: 14CFR61.58]



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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. 61.58  Pilot-in-command proficiency check: Operation of aircraft 

requiring more than one pilot flight crewmember.



    (a) Except as otherwise provided in this section, to serve as pilot 

in command of an aircraft that is type certificated for more than one 

required pilot flight crewmember, 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 required pilot flight crewmember; 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.

    (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 program 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 satisfactory completion of one of 

the following:

    (1) A pilot-in-command proficiency check conducted by a person 

authorized by the Administrator, consisting of the maneuvers and 

procedures required for a type rating, in an aircraft type certificated 

for more than one required pilot flight crewmember;

    (2) The practical test required for a type rating, in an aircraft 

type certificated for more than one required pilot flight crewmember;

    (3) The initial or periodic practical test required for the issuance 

of a pilot examiner or check airman designation,



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in an aircraft type certificated for more than one required pilot flight 

crewmember; or

    (4) A military flight check required for a pilot in command with 

instrument privileges, in an aircraft that the military requires to be 

operated by more than one pilot flight crewmember.

    (e) A check or test described in paragraphs (d)(1) through (d)(4) of 

this section may be accomplished in a flight simulator under part 142 of 

this chapter, subject to the following:

    (1) Except as provided for in paragraphs (e)(2) and (e)(3) of this 

section, if an otherwise qualified and approved flight simulator used 

for a pilot-in-command proficiency check is not qualified and approved 

for a specific required maneuver--

    (i) The training center must annotate, in the applicant's training 

record, the maneuver or maneuvers omitted; and

    (ii) Prior to acting as pilot in command, the pilot must demonstrate 

proficiency in each omitted maneuver in an aircraft or flight simulator 

qualified and approved for each omitted maneuver.

    (2) If the flight simulator used pursuant to paragraph (e) of this 

section is not qualified and approved for circling approaches--

    (i) The applicant's record must include the statement, ``Proficiency 

in circling approaches not demonstrated''; and

    (ii) The applicant may not perform circling approaches as pilot in 

command when weather conditions are less than the basic VFR conditions 

described in Sec. 91.155 of this chapter, until proficiency in circling 

approaches has been successfully demonstrated in a flight simulator 

qualified and approved for circling approaches or in an aircraft to a 

person authorized by the Administrator to conduct the check required by 

this section.

    (3) If the flight simulator used pursuant to paragraph (e) of this 

section is not qualified and approved for landings, the applicant must--

    (i) Hold a type rating in the airplane represented by the simulator; 

and

    (ii) Have completed within the preceding 90 days at least three 

takeoffs and three landings (one to a full stop) as the sole manipulator 

of the flight controls in the type airplane for which the pilot-in-

command proficiency check is sought.

    (f) For the purpose of meeting the pilot-in-command proficiency 

check requirements of paragraph (a) of this section, a person may act as 

pilot in command of a flight under day VFR conditions or day IFR 

conditions if no person or property is carried, other than as necessary 

to demonstrate compliance with this part.

    (g) If a pilot takes the pilot-in-command proficiency check required 

by this section in the calendar month before 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 purpose 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]