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Federal Aviation Administration, DOT
§ 61.58
after sunset and ending 1 hour before
sunrise.
(f)
Night vision goggle operating experi-
ence. (1) A person may act as pilot in
command in a night vision goggle oper-
ation with passengers on board only if,
within 2 calendar months preceding the
month of the flight, that person per-
forms and logs the following tasks as
the sole manipulator of the controls on
a flight during a night vision goggle
operation—
(i) Three takeoffs and three landings,
with each takeoff and landing includ-
ing a climbout, cruise, descent, and ap-
proach phase of flight (only required if
the pilot wants to use night vision gog-
gles during the takeoff and landing
phases of the flight).
(ii) Three hovering tasks (only re-
quired if the pilot wants to use night
vision goggles when operating heli-
copters or powered-lifts during the hov-
ering phase of flight).
(iii) Three area departure and area
arrival tasks.
(iv) Three tasks of transitioning from
aided night flight (
aided night flight
means that the pilot uses night vision
goggles to maintain visual surface ref-
erence) to unaided night flight (
unaided
night flight means that the pilot does
not use night vision goggles) and back
to aided night flight.
(v) Three night vision goggle oper-
ations, or when operating helicopters
or powered-lifts, six night vision goggle
operations.
(2) A person may act as pilot in com-
mand using night vision goggles only
if, within the 4 calendar months pre-
ceding the month of the flight, that
person performs and logs the tasks list-
ed in paragraph (f)(1)(i) through (v) of
this section as the sole manipulator of
the controls during a night vision gog-
gle operation.
(g)
Night vision goggle proficiency
check. A person must either meet the
night vision goggle experience require-
ments of paragraphs (f)(1) or (f)(2) of
this section or pass a night vision gog-
gle proficiency check to act as pilot in
command using night vision goggles.
The proficiency check must be per-
formed in the category of aircraft that
is appropriate to the night vision gog-
gle operation for which the person is
seeking the night vision goggle privi-
lege or in a flight simulator or flight
training device that is representative
of that category of aircraft. The check
must consist of the tasks listed in
§ 61.31(k), and the check must be per-
formed by:
(1) An Examiner who is qualified to
perform night vision goggle operations
in that same aircraft category and
class;
(2) A person who is authorized by the
U.S. Armed Forces to perform night vi-
sion goggle proficiency checks, pro-
vided the person being administered
the check is also a member of the U.S.
Armed Forces;
(3) A company check pilot who is au-
thorized to perform night vision goggle
proficiency checks under parts 121, 125,
or 135 of this chapter, provided that
both the check pilot and the pilot
being tested are employees of that op-
erator;
(4) An authorized flight instructor
who is qualified to perform night vision
goggle operations in that same aircraft
category and class;
(5) A person who is qualified as pilot
in command for night vision goggle op-
erations in accordance with paragraph
(f) of this section; or
(6) A person approved by the FAA to
perform night vision goggle proficiency
checks.
[Doc. No. 25910, 62 FR 16298, Apr. 4, 1997;
Amdt. 61–103, 62 FR 40898, July 30, 1997;
Amdt. 61–106, 64 FR 23529, Apr. 30, 1999; Amdt.
61–109, 68 FR 54559, Sept. 17, 2003; Amdt. 61–
124, 74 FR 42550, Aug. 21, 2009; Amdt. 61–127, 76
FR 19267, Apr. 7, 2011; Amdt. 61–129, 76 FR
78143, Dec. 16, 2011; Amdt. 61–130, 78 FR 42374,
July 15, 2013; Amdt. 61–131, 78 FR 56828, Sept.
16, 2013]
§ 61.58
Pilot-in-command proficiency
check: Operation of an aircraft that
requires more than one pilot flight
crewmember or is turbojet-pow-
ered.
(a) Except as otherwise provided in
this section, to serve as pilot in com-
mand of an aircraft that is type certifi-
cated for more than one required pilot
flight crewmember or is turbojet-pow-
ered, a person must—
(1) Within the preceding 12 calendar
months, complete a pilot-in-command
proficiency check in an aircraft that is
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