SectionSection 61.170-69.171
SectionSection 61.170-69.171

14 CFR Ch. I (1-1-19 Edition)
[Reserved]

Subpart H - Flight Instructors Other
than Flight Instructors With a
Sport Pilot Rating
Section 61.181

Applicability.

This subpart prescribes the requirements for the issuance of flight instructor certificates and ratings (except for flight instructor certificates
with a sport pilot rating), the conditions under which those certificates
and ratings are necessary, and the limitations on those certificates and ratings.
[Doc. No. FAA-2001-11133, 69 FR 44869, July
27, 2004]

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Section 61.183

Eligibility requirements.

To be eligible for a flight instructor
certificate or rating a person must:
(a) Be at least 18 years of age;
(b) Be able to read, speak, write, and
understand the English language. If the
applicant is unable to meet one of
these requirements due to medical reasons, then the Administrator may
place such operating limitations on
that applicant-s flight instructor certificate as are necessary;
(c) Hold either a commercial pilot
certificate or airline transport pilot
certificate with:
(1) An aircraft category and class rating that is appropriate to the flight instructor rating sought; and
(2) An instrument rating, or privileges on that person-s pilot certificate
that are appropriate to the flight instructor rating sought, if applying
for - 
(i) A flight instructor certificate with
an airplane category and single-engine
class rating;
(ii) A flight instructor certificate
with an airplane category and multiengine class rating;
(iii) A flight instructor certificate
with a powered-lift rating; or
(iv) A flight instructor certificate
with an instrument rating.
(d) Receive a logbook endorsement
from an authorized instructor on the
fundamentals of instructing listed in
Section 61.185 of this part appropriate to the
required knowledge test;

(e) Pass a knowledge test on the
areas listed in Section 61.185(a)(1) of this part,
unless the applicant:
(1) Holds a flight instructor certificate or ground instructor certificate
issued under this part;
(2) Holds a teacher-s certificate
issued by a State, county, city, or municipality that authorizes the person to
teach at an educational level of the 7th
grade or higher; or
(3) Is employed as a teacher at an accredited college or university.
(f) Pass a knowledge test on the aeronautical knowledge areas listed in
Section 61.185(a)(2) and (a)(3) of this part that
are appropriate to the flight instructor
rating sought;
(g) Receive a logbook endorsement
from an authorized instructor on the
areas of operation listed in Section 61.187(b) of
this part, appropriate to the flight instructor rating sought;
(h) Pass the required practical test
that is appropriate to the flight instructor rating sought in an:
(1) Aircraft that is representative of
the category and class of aircraft for
the aircraft rating sought; or
(2) Flight simulator or approved
flight training device that is representative of the category and class of aircraft for the rating sought, and used in
accordance with a course at a training
center certificated under part 142 of
this chapter.
(i) Accomplish the following for a
flight instructor certificate with an
airplane or a glider rating:
(1) Receive a logbook endorsement
from an authorized instructor indicating that the applicant is competent
and possesses instructional proficiency
in stall awareness, spin entry, spins,
and spin recovery procedures after providing the applicant with flight training in those training areas in an airplane or glider, as appropriate, that is
certificated for spins; and
(2) Demonstrate instructional proficiency in stall awareness, spin entry,
spins, and spin recovery procedures.
However, upon presentation of the endorsement specified in paragraph (i)(1)
of this section an examiner may accept
that endorsement as satisfactory evidence of instructional proficiency in
stall awareness, spin entry, spins, and

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