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§ 61.58

(ii) Three hovering tasks (only re-

quired if the pilot wants to use night
vision goggles when operating heli-
copters or powered-lifts during the hov-
ering phase of flight).

(iii) Three area departure and area

arrival tasks.

(iv) Three tasks of transitioning from

aided night flight (

aided night flight

means that the pilot uses night vision
goggles to maintain visual surface ref-
erence) to unaided night flight (

unaided

night flight

means that the pilot does

not use night vision goggles) and back
to aided night flight.

(v) Three night vision goggle oper-

ations, or when operating helicopters
or powered-lifts, six night vision goggle
operations.

(2) A person may act as pilot in com-

mand using night vision goggles only
if, within the 4 calendar months pre-
ceding the month of the flight, that
person performs and logs the tasks list-
ed in paragraph (f)(1)(i) through (v) of
this section as the sole manipulator of
the controls during a night vision gog-
gle operation.

(g)

Night vision goggle proficiency

check.

A person must either meet the

night vision goggle experience require-
ments of paragraphs (f)(1) or (f)(2) of
this section or pass a night vision gog-
gle proficiency check to act as pilot in
command using night vision goggles.
The proficiency check must be per-
formed in the category of aircraft that
is appropriate to the night vision gog-
gle operation for which the person is
seeking the night vision goggle privi-
lege or in a full flight simulator or
flight training device that is represent-
ative of that category of aircraft. The
check must consist of the tasks listed
in § 61.31(k), and the check must be per-
formed by:

(1) An Examiner who is qualified to

perform night vision goggle operations
in that same aircraft category and
class;

(2) A person who is authorized by the

U.S. Armed Forces to perform night vi-
sion goggle proficiency checks, pro-
vided the person being administered
the check is also a member of the U.S.
Armed Forces;

(3) A company check pilot who is au-

thorized to perform night vision goggle
proficiency checks under parts 121, 125,

or 135 of this chapter, provided that
both the check pilot and the pilot
being tested are employees of that op-
erator;

(4) An authorized flight instructor

who is qualified to perform night vision
goggle operations in that same aircraft
category and class;

(5) A person who is qualified as pilot

in command for night vision goggle op-
erations in accordance with paragraph
(f) of this section; or

(6) A person approved by the FAA to

perform night vision goggle proficiency
checks.

[Doc. No. 25910, 62 FR 16298, Apr. 4, 1997;
Amdt. 61–103, 62 FR 40898, July 30, 1997]

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tations affecting § 61.57, see the List of CFR
Sections Affected, which appears in the
Finding Aids section of the printed volume
and at

www.govinfo.gov.

§ 61.58

Pilot-in-command proficiency

check: Operation of an aircraft that
requires more than one pilot flight
crewmember or is turbojet-pow-
ered.

(a) Except as otherwise provided in

this section, to serve as pilot in com-
mand of an aircraft that is type certifi-
cated for more than one required pilot
flight crewmember or is turbojet-pow-
ered, 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 re-
quired pilot flight crewmember or is
turbojet-powered; 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, that is
type certificated for more than one re-
quired pilot flight crewmember or is
turbojet-powered.

(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 pro-
gram approved under subpart Y of part
121 of this chapter.

check given in accordance with the
provisions of subpart K of part 91, part

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