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Federal Aviation Administration, DOT 

§ 61.31 

(2) In any other manner and form ap-

proved by the Administrator including 
a request online to Airmen Services at 
http://www.faa.gov,  and must be accom-
panied by acceptable form of payment 
for the appropriate fee. 

(b) A request for the replacement of a 

lost or destroyed medical certificate 
must be made: 

(1) By letter to the Department of 

Transportation, FAA, Aerospace Med-
ical Certification Division, P.O. Box 
26200, Oklahoma City, OK 73125, and 
must be accompanied by a check or 
money order for the appropriate fee 
payable to the FAA; or 

(2) In any other manner and form ap-

proved by the Administrator and must 
be accompanied by acceptable form of 
payment for the appropriate fee. 

(c) A request for the replacement of a 

lost or destroyed knowledge test report 
must be made: 

(1) By letter to the Department of 

Transportation, FAA, Airmen Certifi-
cation Branch, P.O. Box 25082, Okla-
homa City, OK 73125, and must be ac-
companied by a check or money order 
for the appropriate fee payable to the 
FAA; or 

(2) In any other manner and form ap-

proved by the Administrator and must 
be accompanied by acceptable form of 
payment for the appropriate fee. 

(d) The letter requesting replacement 

of a lost or destroyed airman certifi-
cate, medical certificate, or knowledge 
test report must state: 

(1) The name of the person; 
(2) The permanent mailing address 

(including ZIP code), or if the perma-
nent mailing address includes a post of-
fice box number, then the person’s cur-
rent residential address; 

(3) The certificate holder’s date and 

place of birth; and 

(4) Any information regarding the— 
(i) Grade, number, and date of 

issuance of the airman certificate and 
ratings, if appropriate; 

(ii) Class of medical certificate, the 

place and date of the medical exam, 
name of the Airman Medical Examiner 
(AME), and the circumstances con-
cerning the loss of the original medical 
certificate, as appropriate; and 

(iii) Date the knowledge test was 

taken, if appropriate. 

(e) A person who has lost an airman 

certificate, medical certificate, or 
knowledge test report may obtain, in a 
form or manner approved by the Ad-
ministrator, a document conveying 
temporary authority to exercise cer-
tificate privileges from the FAA 
Aeromedical Certification Branch or 
the Airman Certification Branch, as 
appropriate, and the: 

(1) Document may be carried as an 

airman certificate, medical certificate, 
or knowledge test report, as appro-
priate, for up to 60 days pending the 
person’s receipt of a duplicate under 
paragraph (a), (b), or (c) of this section, 
unless the person has been notified 
that the certificate has been suspended 
or revoked. 

(2) Request for such a document must 

include the date on which a duplicate 
certificate or knowledge test report 
was previously requested. 

[Doc. No. 25910, 62 FR 16298, Apr. 4, 1997; 
Amdt. 61–103, 62 FR 40896, July 30, 1997; 
Amdt. 61–121, 73 FR 43065, July 24, 2008; 
Amdt. 61–124, 74 FR 42548, Aug. 21, 2009; 
Amdt. 61–131, 78 FR 56828, Sept. 16, 2013] 

§ 61.31

Type rating requirements, addi-

tional training, and authorization 
requirements. 

(a) 

Type ratings required. A person 

who acts as a pilot in command of any 
of the following aircraft must hold a 
type rating for that aircraft: 

(1) Large aircraft (except lighter- 

than-air). 

(2) Turbojet-powered airplanes. 
(3) Other aircraft specified by the Ad-

ministrator through aircraft type cer-
tificate procedures. 

(b) 

Authorization in lieu of a type rat-

ing.  A person may be authorized to op-
erate without a type rating for up to 60 
days an aircraft requiring a type rat-
ing, provided— 

(1) The Administrator has authorized 

the flight or series of flights; 

(2) The Administrator has deter-

mined that an equivalent level of safe-
ty can be achieved through the oper-
ating limitations on the authorization; 

(3) The person shows that compliance 

with paragraph (a) of this section is 
impracticable for the flight or series of 
flights; and 

(4) The flight— 

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