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14 CFR Ch. I (1–1–19 Edition) 

§ 61.66 

who applies for an instrument-powered- 
lift rating must have logged: 

(1) Except as provided in paragraph 

(g) of this section, 50 hours of cross- 
country flight time as pilot in com-
mand, of which 10 hours must have 
been in a powered-lift; and 

(2) Forty hours of actual or simu-

lated instrument time in the areas of 
operation listed under paragraph (c) of 
this section, of which 15 hours must 
have been received from an authorized 
instructor who holds an instrument- 
powered-lift rating, and the instrument 
time includes: 

(i) Three hours of instrument flight 

training from an authorized instructor 
in a powered-lift that is appropriate to 
the instrument-powered-lift rating 
within 2 calendar months before the 
date of the practical test; and 

(ii) Instrument flight training on 

cross country flight procedures, includ-
ing one cross country flight in a pow-
ered-lift with an authorized instructor 
that is performed under instrument 
flight rules, when a flight plan has 
been filed with an air traffic control fa-
cility, that involves— 

(A) A flight of 250 nautical miles 

along airways or by directed routing 
from an air traffic control facility; 

(B) An instrument approach at each 

airport; and 

(C) Three different kinds of ap-

proaches with the use of navigation 
systems. 

(g) An applicant for a combined pri-

vate pilot certificate with an instru-
ment rating may satisfy the cross- 
country flight time requirements of 
this section by crediting: 

(1) For an instrument-airplane rating 

or an instrument-powered-lift rating, 
up to 45 hours of cross-country flight 
time performing the duties of pilot in 
command with an authorized instruc-
tor; or 

(2) For an instrument-helicopter rat-

ing, up to 47 hours of cross-country 
flight time performing the duties of 
pilot in command with an authorized 
instructor. 

(h) 

Use of full flight simulators or flight 

training devices. 

If the instrument time 

was provided by an authorized instruc-
tor in a full flight simulator or flight 
training device— 

(1) A maximum of 30 hours may be 

performed in that full flight simulator 
or flight training device if the instru-
ment time was completed in accord-
ance with part 142 of this chapter; or 

(2) A maximum of 20 hours may be 

performed in that full flight simulator 
or flight training device if the instru-
ment time was not completed in ac-
cordance with part 142 of this chapter. 

(i) 

Use of an aviation training device. 

A 

maximum of 10 hours of instrument 
time received in a basic aviation train-
ing device or a maximum of 20 hours of 
instrument time received in an ad-
vanced aviation training device may be 
credited for the instrument time re-
quirements of this section if— 

(1) The device is approved and au-

thorized by the FAA; 

(2) An authorized instructor provides 

the instrument time in the device; and 

(3) The FAA approved the instrument 

training and instrument tasks per-
formed in the device. 

(j) Except as provided in paragraph 

(h)(1) of this section, a person may not 
credit more than 20 total hours of in-
strument time in a full flight simu-
lator, flight training device, aviation 
training device, or a combination to-
wards the instrument time require-
ments of this section. 

[Doc. No. 25910, 62 FR 16298, Apr. 4, 1997; 
Amdt. 61–103, 62 FR 40900, July 30, 1997; 
Amdt. 61–124, 74 FR 42554, Aug. 21, 2009; 
Amdt. 61–127, 76 FR 19267, Apr. 7, 2011; Amdt. 
61–128, 76 FR 54106, Aug. 31, 2011; Docket 
FAA–2015–1846, Amdt. 61–136, 81 FR 21460, 
Apr. 12, 2016] 

§ 61.66

Enhanced Flight Vision System 

Pilot Requirements. 

(a) 

Ground training. 

(1) Except as pro-

vided under paragraphs (f) and (h) of 
this section, no person may manipulate 
the controls of an aircraft or act as 
pilot in command of an aircraft during 
an EFVS operation conducted under 
§ 91.176(a) or (b) of this chapter, or serve 
as a required pilot flightcrew member 
during an EFVS operation conducted 
under § 91.176(a) of this chapter, unless 
that person— 

(i) Receives and logs ground training 

under a training program approved by 
the Administrator; and 

(ii) Obtains a logbook or training 

record endorsement from an authorized 

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