Federal Aviation Administration, DOT

Pt. 141, App. M

APPENDIX M TO PART 141 - COMBINED
PRIVATE PILOT CERTIFICATION AND
INSTRUMENT RATING COURSE
1. Applicability. This appendix prescribes
the minimum curriculum for a combined private pilot certification and instrument rating course required under this part, for the
following ratings:
(a) Airplane.
(1) Airplane single-engine.
(2) Airplane multiengine.
(b) Rotorcraft helicopter.
(c) Powered-lift.
2. Eligibility for enrollment. A person must
hold a sport pilot, recreational, or student
pilot certificate prior to enrolling in the
flight portion of a combined private pilot
certification and instrument rating course.
3. Aeronautical knowledge training.
(a) Each approved course must include at
least 65 hours of ground training on the aeronautical knowledge areas listed in paragraph
(b) of this section that are appropriate to the
aircraft category and class rating of the
course:
(b) Ground training must include the following aeronautical knowledge areas:
(1) Applicable Federal Aviation Regulations for private pilot privileges, limitations,
flight operations, and instrument flight rules
(IFR) flight operations.
(2) Accident reporting requirements of the
National Transportation Safety Board.
(3) Applicable subjects of the  - Aeronautical Information Manual -  and the appropriate FAA advisory circulars.
(4) Aeronautical charts for visual flight
rules (VFR) navigation using pilotage, dead
reckoning, and navigation systems.
(5) Radio communication procedures.
(6) Recognition of critical weather situations from the ground and in flight,
windshear avoidance, and the procurement
and use of aeronautical weather reports and
forecasts.
(7) Safe and efficient operation of aircraft
under instrument flight rules and conditions.
(8) Collision avoidance and recognition and
avoidance of wake turbulence.
(9) Effects of density altitude on takeoff
and climb performance.
(10) Weight and balance computations.
(11) Principles of aerodynamics, powerplants, and aircraft systems.
(12) If the course of training is for an airplane category, stall awareness, spin entry,
spins, and spin recovery techniques.
(13) Air traffic control system and procedures for instrument flight operations.
(14) IFR navigation and approaches by use
of navigation systems.
(15) Use of IFR en route and instrument approach procedure charts.
(16) Aeronautical decision making and
judgment.
(17) Preflight action that includes - 

(i) 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.
(ii) How to plan for alternatives if the
planned flight cannot be completed or delays
are encountered.
(iii) Procurement and use of aviation
weather reports and forecasts, and the elements of forecasting weather trends on the
basis of that information and personal observation of weather conditions.
4. Flight training.
(a) Each approved course must include at
least 70 hours of training, as described in section 4 and section 5 of this appendix, on the
approved areas of operation listed in paragraph (d) of section 4 of this appendix that
are appropriate to the aircraft category and
class rating of the course:
(b) Each approved course must include at
least the following flight training:
(1) For an airplane single engine course: 70
hours of flight training from an authorized
instructor on the approved areas of operation in paragraph (d)(1) of this section that
includes at least - 
(i) Except as provided in Section 61.111 of this
chapter, 3 hours of cross-country flight
training in a single engine airplane.
(ii) 3 hours of night flight training in a single-engine airplane that includes - 
(A) One cross-country flight of more than
100 nautical miles total distance.
(B) 10 takeoffs and 10 landings to a full
stop (with each landing involving a flight in
the traffic pattern) at an airport.
(iii) 35 hours of instrument flight training
in a single-engine airplane that includes at
least one cross-country flight that is performed under IFR and - 
(A) Is a distance of at least 250 nautical
miles along airways or air traffic control-directed (ATC-directed) routing with one segment of the flight consisting of at least a
straight-line distance of 100 nautical miles
between airports.
(B) Involves an instrument approach at
each airport.
(C) Involves three different kinds of approaches with the use of navigation systems.
(iv) 3 hours of flight training in a singleengine airplane in preparation for the practical test within 60 days preceding the date
of the test.
(2) For an airplane multiengine course: 70
hours of training from an authorized instructor on the approved areas of operation in
paragraph (d)(2) of this section that includes
at least - 
(i) Except as provided in Section 61.111 of this
chapter, 3 hours of cross-country flight
training in a multiengine airplane.
(ii) 3 hours of night flight training in a
multiengine airplane that includes - 
(A) One cross-country flight of more than
100 nautical miles total distance.

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