Code of Federal Regulations - Title 14

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Federal Aviation Administration, DOT

Pt. 61, SFAR No. 73

Subpart K—Flight Instructors With a Sport

Pilot Rating

61.401

What is the purpose of this subpart?

61.403

What are the age, language, and pilot

certificate requirements for a flight in-
structor certificate with a sport pilot
rating?

61.405

What tests do I have to take to obtain

a flight instructor certificate with a
sport pilot rating?

61.407

What aeronautical knowledge must I

have to apply for a flight instructor cer-
tificate with a sport pilot rating?

61.409

What flight proficiency requirements

must I meet to apply for a flight instruc-
tor certificate with a sport pilot rating?

61.411

What aeronautical experience must I

have to apply for a flight instructor cer-
tificate with a sport pilot rating?

61.413

What are the privileges of my flight

instructor certificate with a sport pilot
rating?

61.415

What are the limits of a flight in-

structor certificate with a sport pilot
rating?

61.417

Will my flight instructor certificate

with a sport pilot rating list aircraft cat-
egory and class ratings?

61.419

How do I obtain privileges to provide

training in an additional category or
class of light-sport aircraft?

61.421

May I give myself an endorsement?

61.423

What are the recordkeeping require-

ments for a flight instructor with a sport
pilot rating?

61.425

How do I renew my flight instructor

certificate?

61.427

What must I do if my flight instruc-

tor certificate with a sport pilot rating
expires?

61.429

May I exercise the privileges of a

flight instructor certificate with a sport
pilot rating if I hold a flight instructor
certificate with another rating?

UTHORITY

: 49 U.S.C. 106(f), 106(g), 40113,

44701–44703, 44707, 44709–44711, 45102–45103,
45301–45302.

OURCE

: Docket No. 25910, 62 FR 16298, Apr.

4, 1997, unless otherwise noted.

PECIAL

EDERAL

VIATION

EGULATION

. 73—R

OBINSON

R–22/R–44 S

PECIAL

RAINING AND

XPERIENCE

EQUIRE

MENTS

Sections

1. Applicability.
2. Required training, aeronautical experi-

ence, endorsements, and flight review.

3. Expiration date.
1. Applicability. Under the procedures pre-

scribed herein, this SFAR applies to all per-
sons who seek to manipulate the controls or
act as pilot in command of a Robinson model

R–22 or R–44 helicopter. The requirements
stated in this SFAR are in addition to the
current requirements of part 61.

2. Required training, aeronautical experi-

ence, endorsements, and flight review.

(a) Awareness Training:
(1) Except as provided in paragraph (a)(2) of

this section, no person may manipulate the
controls of a Robinson model R–22 or R–44
helicopter after March 27, 1995, for the pur-
pose of flight unless the awareness training
specified in paragraph (a)(3) of this section is
completed and the person’s logbook has been
endorsed by a certified flight instructor au-
thorized under paragraph (b)(5) of this sec-
tion.

(2) A person who holds a rotorcraft cat-

egory and helicopter class rating on that
person’s pilot certificate and meets the expe-
rience requirements of paragraph (b)(1) or
paragraph (b)(2) of this section may not ma-
nipulate the controls of a Robinson model R–
22 or R–44 helicopter for the purpose of flight
after April 26, 1995, unless the awareness
training specified in paragraph (a)(3) of this
section is completed and the person’s log-
book has been endorsed by a certified flight
instructor authorized under paragraph (b)(5)
of this section.

(3) Awareness training must be conducted

by a certified flight instructor who has been
endorsed under paragraph (b)(5) of this sec-
tion and consists of instruction in the fol-
lowing general subject areas:

(i) Energy management;
(ii) Mast bumping;
(iii) Low rotor RPM (blade stall);
(iv) Low G hazards; and
(v) Rotor RPM decay.
(4) A person who can show satisfactory

completion of the manufacturer’s safety
course after January 1, 1994, may obtain an
endorsement from an FAA aviation safety
inspector in lieu of completing the aware-
ness training required in paragraphs (a)(1)
and (a)(2) of this section.

(b) Aeronautical Experience:
(1) No person may act as pilot in command

of a Robinson model R–22 unless that person:

(i) Has had at least 200 flight hours in heli-

copters, at least 50 flight hours of which
were in the Robinson R–22; or

(ii) Has had at least 10 hours dual instruc-

tion in the Robinson R–22 and has received
an endorsement from a certified flight in-
structor authorized under paragraph (b)(5) of
this section that the individual has been
given the training required by this para-
graph and is proficient to act as pilot in
command of an R–22. Beginning 12 calendar
months after the date of the endorsement,
the individual may not act as pilot in com-
mand unless the individual has completed a
flight review in an R–22 within the preceding
12 calendar months and obtained an endorse-
ment for that flight review. The dual in-
struction must include at least the following

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