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Federal Aviation Administration, DOT 

§ 61.129 

straight-line distance of more than 100 
nautical miles from the original point 
of departure; and 

(v) Three hours in a single-engine air-

plane with an authorized instructor in 
preparation for the practical test with-
in the preceding 2 calendar months 
from the month of the test. 

(4) Ten hours of solo flight time in a 

single engine airplane or 10 hours of 
flight time performing the duties of 
pilot in command in a single engine 
airplane with an authorized instructor 
on board (either of which may be cred-
ited towards the flight time require-
ment under paragraph (a)(2) of this sec-
tion), on the areas of operation listed 
under § 61.127(b)(1) that include— 

(i) One cross-country flight of not 

less than 300 nautical miles total dis-
tance, with landings at a minimum of 
three points, one of which is a straight- 
line distance of at least 250 nautical 
miles from the original departure 
point. However, if this requirement is 
being met in Hawaii, the longest seg-
ment need only have a straight-line 
distance of at least 150 nautical miles; 
and 

(ii) 5 hours in night VFR conditions 

with 10 takeoffs and 10 landings (with 
each landing involving a flight in the 
traffic pattern) at an airport with an 
operating control tower. 

(b) 

For an airplane multiengine rating. 

Except as provided in paragraph (i) of 
this section, a person who applies for a 
commercial pilot certificate with an 
airplane category and multiengine 
class rating must log at least 250 hours 
of flight time as a pilot that consists of 
at least: 

(1) 100 hours in powered aircraft, of 

which 50 hours must be in airplanes. 

(2) 100 hours of pilot-in-command 

flight time, which includes at least— 

(i) 50 hours in airplanes; and 
(ii) 50 hours in cross-country flight of 

which at least 10 hours must be in air-
planes. 

(3) 20 hours of training on the areas 

of operation listed in § 61.127(b)(2) of 
this part that includes at least— 

(i) Ten hours of instrument training 

using a view-limiting device including 
attitude instrument flying, partial 
panel skills, recovery from unusual 
flight attitudes, and intercepting and 
tracking navigational systems. Five 

hours of the 10 hours required on in-
strument training must be in a multi-
engine airplane; 

(ii) 10 hours of training in a multien-

gine complex or turbine-powered air-
plane; or for an applicant seeking a 
multiengine seaplane rating, 10 hours 
of training in a multiengine seaplane 
that has flaps and a controllable pitch 
propeller, including seaplanes equipped 
with an engine control system con-
sisting of a digital computer and asso-
ciated accessories for controlling the 
engine and propeller, such as a full au-
thority digital engine control; 

(iii) One 2-hour cross country flight 

in a multiengine airplane in daytime 
conditions that consists of a total 
straight-line distance of more than 100 
nautical miles from the original point 
of departure; 

(iv) One 2-hour cross country flight 

in a multiengine airplane in nighttime 
conditions that consists of a total 
straight-line distance of more than 100 
nautical miles from the original point 
of departure; and 

(v) Three hours in a multiengine air-

plane with an authorized instructor in 
preparation for the practical test with-
in the preceding 2 calendar months 
from the month of the test. 

(4) 10 hours of solo flight time in a 

multiengine airplane or 10 hours of 
flight time performing the duties of 
pilot in command in a multiengine air-
plane with an authorized instructor (ei-
ther of which may be credited towards 
the flight time requirement in para-
graph (b)(2) of this section), on the 
areas of operation listed in § 61.127(b)(2) 
of this part that includes at least— 

(i) One cross-country flight of not 

less than 300 nautical miles total dis-
tance with landings at a minimum of 
three points, one of which is a straight- 
line distance of at least 250 nautical 
miles from the original departure 
point. However, if this requirement is 
being met in Hawaii, the longest seg-
ment need only have a straight-line 
distance of at least 150 nautical miles; 
and 

(ii) 5 hours in night VFR conditions 

with 10 takeoffs and 10 landings (with 
each landing involving a flight with a 
traffic pattern) at an airport with an 
operating control tower. 

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