|
Before spending money
on your next flight review, make sure you know which review you
need! A Flight Proficiency Check is normally associated with
a multi-pilot airplane. If you are flying an airplane that requires
only one pilot it is more likely that you need a Flight Review.
Discuss these topics with
your flight instructor before spending the money for a flight
review. See our discuss for Flight
Reviews or continue with the narrative
below:
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 part 121, 125, 133, 135, or 137 of this chapter, or persons
maintaining continuing qualification under an Advanced Qualification
Program approved under SFAR 58.
(c) The pilot-in-command proficiency check given in accordance
with the provisions of 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, 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.
Privacy Statement |