509 

Federal Aviation Administration, DOT 

§ 61.3 

airman and medical recency require-
ments of this part, specific to the oper-
ation or activity. 

(2) Exercise privileges of a foreign 

pilot license within the United States 
to conduct an operation described in 
§ 61.3(b), unless that person meets the 
appropriate airman and medical 
recency requirements of the country 
that issued the license, specific to the 
operation. 

[Doc. No. FAA–2006–26661, 74 FR 42546, Aug. 
21, 2009] 

§ 61.3

Requirement for certificates, 

ratings, and authorizations. 

(a) 

Required pilot certificate for oper-

ating a civil aircraft of the United States. 

No person may serve as a required pilot 
flight crewmember of a civil aircraft of 
the United States, unless that person: 

(1) Has in the person’s physical pos-

session or readily accessible in the air-
craft when exercising the privileges of 
that pilot certificate or authoriza-
tion— 

(i) A pilot certificate issued under 

this part and in accordance with § 61.19; 

(ii) A special purpose pilot authoriza-

tion issued under § 61.77; 

(iii) A temporary certificate issued 

under § 61.17; 

(iv) A document conveying tem-

porary authority to exercise certificate 
privileges issued by the Airmen Certifi-
cation Branch under § 61.29(e); 

(v) When engaged in a flight oper-

ation within the United States for a 
part 119 certificate holder authorized 
to conduct operations under part 121 or 
135 of this chapter, a temporary docu-
ment provided by that certificate hold-
er under an approved certificate 
verification plan; 

(vi) When engaged in a flight oper-

ation within the United States for a 
fractional ownership program manager 
authorized to conduct operations under 
part 91, subpart K, of this chapter, a 
temporary document provided by that 
program manager under an approved 
certificate verification plan; or 

(vii) When operating an aircraft with-

in a foreign country, a pilot license 
issued by that country may be used. 

(2) Has a photo identification that is 

in that person’s physical possession or 
readily accessible in the aircraft when 
exercising the privileges of that pilot 

certificate or authorization. The photo 
identification must be a: 

(i) Driver’s license issued by a State, 

the District of Columbia, or territory 
or possession of the United States; 

(ii) Government identification card 

issued by the Federal government, a 
State, the District of Columbia, or a 
territory or possession of the United 
States; 

(iii) U.S. Armed Forces’ identifica-

tion card; 

(iv) Official passport; 
(v) Credential that authorizes 

unescorted access to a security identi-
fication display area at an airport reg-
ulated under 49 CFR part 1542; or 

(vi) Other form of identification that 

the Administrator finds acceptable. 

(b) 

Required pilot certificate for oper-

ating a foreign-registered aircraft within 
the United States. 

No person may serve 

as a required pilot flight crewmember 
of a civil aircraft of foreign registry 
within the United States, unless— 

(1) That person’s pilot certificate or 

document issued under § 61.29(e) is in 
that person’s physical possession or 
readily accessible in the aircraft when 
exercising the privileges of that pilot 
certificate; and 

(2) Has been issued in accordance 

with this part, or has been issued or 
validated by the country in which the 
aircraft is registered. 

(c) 

Medical certificate. 

(1) A person 

may serve as a required pilot flight 
crewmember of an aircraft only if that 
person holds the appropriate medical 
certificate issued under part 67 of this 
chapter, or other documentation ac-
ceptable to the FAA, that is in that 
person’s physical possession or readily 
accessible in the aircraft. Paragraph 
(c)(2) of this section provides certain 
exceptions to the requirement to hold a 
medical certificate. 

(2) A person is not required to meet 

the requirements of paragraph (c)(1) of 
this section if that person— 

(i) Is exercising the privileges of a 

student pilot certificate while seeking 
a pilot certificate with a glider cat-
egory rating, a balloon class rating, or 
glider or balloon privileges; 

(ii) Is exercising the privileges of a 

student pilot certificate while seeking 
a sport pilot certificate with other 

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