Federal Aviation Administration, DOT

Pt. 141, App. A
APPENDIX

Subpart F - Records
Section 141.101

A

REATIONAL
COURSE

Training records.

(a) Each holder of a pilot school certificate or provisional pilot school certificate must establish and maintain a
current and accurate record of the participation of each student enrolled in
an approved course of training conducted by the school that includes the
following information:
(1) The date the student was enrolled
in the approved course;
(2) A chronological log of the student-s course attendance, subjects, and
flight operations covered in the student-s training, and the names and
grades of any tests taken by the student; and
(3) The date the student graduated,
terminated training, or transferred to
another school. In the case of graduation from a course based on internet
media, the school must maintain the
identifying graduation certificate code
required by Section 141.95(b)(8).
(b) The records required to be maintained in a student-s logbook will not
suffice for the record required by paragraph (a) of this section.
(c) Whenever a student graduates,
terminates training, or transfers to another school, the student-s record must
be certified to that effect by the chief
instructor.
(d) The holder of a pilot school certificate or a provisional pilot school
certificate must retain each student
record required by this section for at
least 1 year from the date that the student:
(1) Graduates from the course to
which the record pertains;
(2) Terminates enrollment in the
course to which the record pertains; or
(3) Transfers to another school.
(e) The holder of a pilot school certificate or a provisional pilot school
certificate must make a copy of the
student-s training record available
upon request by the student.
[Doc. No. 25910, 62 FR 16347, Apr. 4, 1997;
Amdt. 141-9, 62 FR 40908, July 30, 1997, as
amended by Amdt. 141-15, 76 FR 54108, Aug.
31, 2011]

TO
PART
141 - RECPILOT CERTIFICATION

1. Applicability. This appendix prescribes
the minimum curriculum required for a recreational pilot certification course under
this part, for the following ratings:
(a) Airplane single-engine.
(b) Rotorcraft helicopter.
(c) Rotorcraft gyroplane.
2. Eligibility for enrollment. A person must
hold a student pilot certificate prior to enrolling in the flight portion of the recreational pilot certification course.
3. Aeronautical knowledge training. Each approved course must include at least 20 hours
of ground training on the following aeronautical knowledge areas, appropriate to the
aircraft category and class for which the
course applies:
(a) Applicable Federal Aviation Regulations for recreational pilot privileges, limitations, and flight operations;
(b) Accident reporting requirements of the
National Transportation Safety Board;
(c) Applicable subjects in the  - Aeronautical Information Manual -  and the appropriate FAA advisory circulars;
(d) Use of aeronautical charts for VFR
navigation using pilotage with the aid of a
magnetic compass;
(e) Recognition of critical weather situations from the ground and in flight,
windshear avoidance, and the procurement
and use of aeronautical weather reports and
forecasts;
(f) Safe and efficient operation of aircraft,
including collision avoidance, and recognition and avoidance of wake turbulence;
(g) Effects of density altitude on takeoff
and climb performance;
(h) Weight and balance computations;
(i) Principles of aerodynamics, powerplants, and aircraft systems;
(j) Stall awareness, spin entry, spins, and
spin recovery techniques, if applying for an
airplane single-engine rating;
(k) Aeronautical decision making and
judgment; and
(l) Preflight action that includes - 
(1) How to obtain information on runway
lengths at airports of intended use, data on
takeoff and landing distances, weather reports and forecasts, and fuel requirements;
and
(2) How to plan for alternatives if the
planned flight cannot be completed or delays
are encountered.
4. Flight training. (a) Each approved course
must include at least 30 hours of flight training (of which 15 hours must be with a certificated flight instructor and 3 hours must be
solo flight training as provided in section
No. 5 of this appendix) on the approved areas
of operation listed in paragraph (c) of this
section that are appropriate to the aircraft

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