Part 61
For a Single Engine Airplane Rating:
Total Time : 40 hours which consists of at least:
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Dual :
- 20 hours of flight training with an instructor on the Private Pilot areas of operation that includes:
- 3 hours of cross-country flight training in a single engine airplane;
- 3 hours of night flight training in a single engine airplane, that includes at least-
- 1 cross-country flight of over 100 nm. total distance; and
- 10 takeoffs and 10 landings with each involving a flight in the traffic pattern.
- 3 hours of flight training by reference to instruments in a single engine airplane; and
- (See Note 1)
- 3 hours of flight training in a single engine airplane within the preceding 60 days prior to the practical test.
Solo :
- 10 hours of solo flying in a single engine airplane on the Private Pilot areas of operation, that includes:
- 5 hours of solo cross-country flying;
- 1 solo cross-country flight of at least 150 nm. total distance with 3 points and one segment of at least 50 nm. between takeoff and landings; and
- 3 takeoffs and landings at a controlled airport.
NOTE :
Where §61.109 requires “. . . 3 hours of flight training by reference to instruments in a single engine airplane” [i.e., II.A.3.] or “. . . in a multiengine airplane” [i.e., III. A.3.] or “. . . in a poweredlift” [i.e., VI. A.3.] it has to be in the aircraft in flight. It cannot be in a FS, FTD, or a PCATC. The “. . . flight training by reference to instruments . . .” must have been in the aircraft in flight. Read more…
NOTE :
Per §61.65(a)(1), must “Hold at least a current private pilot certificate with an airplane rating to the instrument rating sought;” read more…
For all instrument ratings.
Total Time : Must have logged the following:
A. At least 50 hours of cross-country flying as a PIC, of which at least 10 hours must be in airplanes for an Instrument Airplane rating; and
B. Total of 40 hours of actual or simulated instrument time on the Instrument areas of operation, that includes at least–
Dual :
15 hours of instrument training with an instructor in the aircraft category, that includes at least:
3 hours of the instrument training were within the preceding 60 days prior to the practical test; and 1 IFR cross-country flight of more than 250 nm. in the instrument-aircraft rating sought.
For a Multi Engine Airplane Rating :
Total Time : 250 hours of flight time as a pilot that consists of at least:
A. 100 hours in powered aircraft, of which 50 hours must be in airplanes.
B. 100 hours of pilot-in-command flight time, that includes at least–
50 hours in airplanes; and 50 hours in cross-country flying of which at least 10 hours must be in airplanes.
C. Dual: 20 hours of flight training on the Commercial Pilot areas of operation that includes at least– 10 hours of instrument training of which at least 5 hours must be in a single-engine airplane; (See Note 2)
10 hours of training in a complex airplane or a turbine-powered airplane;
1 cross-country of 2 hours in a single-engine airplane in day VFR conditions of a total straight line distance of more than 100 nm. from the departure point;
1 cross-country of 2 hours in a single-engine airplane in night VFR conditions of a total straight line distance of more than 100 nm. from the departure point; 3 hours of flight training in a single-engine airplane within the preceding 60 days prior to the practical test.
C. Solo:10 hours of solo flight in a single-engine airplane on the Commercial Pilot areas of operation, that includes– (see Note 1)
One cross-country flight of not less than 300 nm. with landings with a min of 3 points, one of which is a straight line distance of more than 250 nm.; and 5 hours in night VFR conditions with 10 takeoffs and 10 landings at a controlled airport.
NOTE 1:
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