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14 CFR Ch. I (1–1–19 Edition) 

Pt. 141, App. H 

(2) The aeronautical knowledge areas in 

which training is required for an instrument 
rating that is appropriate to the aircraft cat-
egory and class rating for the course which 
applies. 

4. 

Flight training. 

(a) Each approved course 

must include at least 15 hours of flight train-
ing in the approved areas of operation of 
paragraph (c) of this section appropriate to 
the flight instructor rating for which the 
course applies. 

(b) For the use of full flight simulators or 

flight training devices: 

(1) The course may include training in a 

full flight simulator or flight training de-
vice, provided it is representative of the air-
craft for which the course is approved for, 
meets requirements of this paragraph, and 
the training is given by an instructor. 

(2) Training in a full flight simulator that 

meets the requirements of § 141.41(a), may be 
credited for a maximum of 10 percent of the 
total flight training hour requirements of 
the approved course, or of this section, 
whichever is less. 

(3) Training in a flight training device that 

meets the requirements of § 141.41(a), may be 
credited for a maximum of 5 percent of the 
total flight training hour requirements of 
the approved course, or of this section, 
whichever is less. 

(4) Training in full flight simulators or 

flight training devices described in para-
graphs (b)(2) and (3) of this section, if used in 
combination, may be credited for a max-
imum of 10 percent of the total flight train-
ing hour requirements of the approved 
course, or of this section, whichever is less. 
However, credit for training in a flight train-
ing device that meets the requirements of 
§ 141.41(b) cannot exceed the limitation pro-
vided for in paragraph (b)(3) of this section. 

(c) An approved course for the flight in-

structor-instrument rating must include 
flight training on the following approved 
areas of operation that are appropriate to 
the instrument-aircraft category and class 
rating for which the course applies: 

(1) Fundamentals of instructing; 
(2) Technical subject areas; 
(3) Preflight preparation; 
(4) Preflight lesson on a maneuver to be 

performed in flight; 

(5) Air traffic control clearances and proce-

dures; 

(6) Flight by reference to instruments; 
(7) Navigation systems; 
(8) Instrument approach procedures; 
(9) Emergency operations; and 
(10) Postflight procedures. 
5. 

Stage checks and end-of-course tests. 

Each 

student enrolled in a flight instructor instru-
ment course must satisfactorily accomplish 
the stage checks and end-of-course tests, in 
accordance with the school’s approved train-
ing course, consisting of the approved areas 
of operation listed in paragraph (c) of section 

No. 4 of this appendix that are appropriate to 
the flight instructor instrument rating (for 
an airplane-, helicopter-, or powered-lift-in-
strument rating, as appropriate) for which 
the course applies. 

[Doc. No. 25910, 62 FR 16347, Apr. 4, 1997; 
Amdt. 141–9, 62 FR 40909, July 30, 1997, as 
amended by Docket FAA–2015–1846, Amdt. 
141–18, 81 FR 21461, Apr. 12, 2016] 

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1. 

Applicability. 

This appendix prescribes 

the minimum curriculum for a ground in-
structor certification course and an addi-
tional ground instructor rating course, re-
quired under this part, for the following rat-
ings: 

(a) Ground Instructor—Basic. 
(b) Ground Instructor—Advanced. 
(c) Ground Instructor—Instrument. 
2. 

Aeronautical knowledge training. 

(a) Each 

approved course must include at least the 
following ground training on the knowledge 
areas listed in paragraphs (b), (c), (d), and (e) 
of this section, appropriate to the ground in-
structor rating for which the course applies: 

(1) 20 hours of training if the course is for 

an initial issuance of a ground instructor 
certificate; or 

(2) 10 hours of training if the course is for 

an additional ground instructor rating. 

(b) Ground training must include the fol-

lowing aeronautical knowledge areas: 

(1) Learning process; 
(2) Elements of effective teaching; 
(3) Student evaluation and testing; 
(4) Course development; 
(5) Lesson planning; and 
(6) Classroom training techniques. 
(c) Ground training for a basic ground in-

structor certificate must include the aero-
nautical knowledge areas applicable to a rec-
reational and private pilot. 

(d) Ground training for an advanced ground 

instructor rating must include the aero-
nautical knowledge areas applicable to a rec-
reational, private, commercial, and airline 
transport pilot. 

(e) Ground training for an instrument 

ground instructor rating must include the 
aeronautical knowledge areas applicable to 
an instrument rating. 

(f) A student who satisfactorily completed 

2 years of study on the principles of edu-
cation at a college or university may be 
credited with 10 hours of the training re-
quired in paragraph (a)(1) of this section. 

3. 

Stage checks and end-of-course tests. 

Each 

student enrolled in a ground instructor 
course must satisfactorily accomplish the 
stage checks and end-of-course tests, in ac-
cordance with the school’s approved training 
course, consisting of the approved knowledge 
areas in paragraph (b), (c), (d), and (e) of sec-
tion No. 2 of this appendix appropriate to the 

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