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14 CFR Ch. I (1–1–14 Edition) 

§ 61.68 

(c) 

Practical test requirements. (1) A 

practical test must be passed by a per-
son who applies for— 

(i) Issuance or renewal of a Category 

III pilot authorization; and 

(ii) The addition of another type of 

aircraft to the applicant’s Category III 
pilot authorization. 

(2) To be eligible for the practical 

test for an authorization under this 
section, an applicant must— 

(i) Meet the requirements of para-

graphs (a) and (b) of this section; and 

(ii) If the applicant has not passed a 

practical test for this authorization 
during the 12 calendar months pre-
ceding the month of the test, then that 
person must— 

(A) Meet the requirements of 

§ 61.57(c); and 

(B) Have performed at least six ILS 

approaches during the 6 calendar 
months preceding the month of the 
test, of which at least three of the ap-
proaches must have been conducted 
without the use of an approach coupler. 

(3) The approaches specified in para-

graph (c)(2)(ii)(B) of this section— 

(i) Must be conducted under actual or 

simulated instrument flight condi-
tions; 

(ii) Must be conducted to the alert 

height or decision height for the ILS 
approach in the type aircraft in which 
the practical test is to be conducted; 

(iii) Need not be conducted to the de-

cision height authorized for Category 
III operations; 

(iv) Must be conducted to the alert 

height or decision height, as applica-
ble, authorized for Category III oper-
ations only if conducted in a flight 
simulator or flight training device; and 

(v) Must be accomplished in an air-

craft of the same category and class, 
and type, as applicable, as the aircraft 
in which the practical test is to be con-
ducted or in a flight simulator that— 

(A) Represents an aircraft of the 

same category and class, and type, as 
applicable, as the aircraft for which the 
authorization is sought; and 

(B) Is used in accordance with an ap-

proved course conducted by a training 
center certificated under part 142 of 
this chapter. 

(4) The flight time acquired in meet-

ing the requirements of paragraph 
(c)(2)(ii)(B) of this section may be used 

to meet the requirements of paragraph 
(c)(2)(ii)(A) of this section. 

(d) 

Practical test procedures. The prac-

tical test consists of an oral increment 
and a flight increment. 

(1) 

Oral increment. In the oral incre-

ment of the practical test an applicant 
must demonstrate knowledge of the 
following: 

(i) Required landing distance; 
(ii) Determination and recognition of 

the alert height or decision height, as 
applicable, including use of a radar al-
timeter; 

(iii) Recognition of and proper reac-

tion to significant failures encountered 
prior to and after reaching the alert 
height or decision height, as applica-
ble; 

(iv) Missed approach procedures and 

techniques using computed or fixed at-
titude guidance displays and expected 
height loss as they relate to manual 
go-around or automatic go-around, and 
initiation altitude, as applicable; 

(v) Use and limitations of RVR, in-

cluding determination of controlling 
RVR and required transmissometers; 

(vi) Use, availability, or limitations 

of visual cues and the altitude at which 
they are normally discernible at re-
duced RVR readings including— 

(A) Unexpected deterioration of con-

ditions to less than minimum RVR 
during approach, flare, and rollout; 

(B) Demonstration of expected visual 

references with weather at minimum 
conditions; 

(C) The expected sequence of visual 

cues during an approach in which visi-
bility is at or above landing minima; 
and 

(D) Procedures and techniques for 

making a transition from instrument 
reference flight to visual flight during 
a final approach under reduced RVR. 

(vii) Effects of vertical and hori-

zontal windshear; 

(viii) Characteristics and limitations 

of the ILS and runway lighting system; 

(ix) Characteristics and limitations 

of the flight director system auto ap-
proach coupler (including split axis 
type if equipped), auto throttle system 
(if equipped), and other Category III 
equipment; 

(x) Assigned duties of the second in 

command during Category III oper-
ations, unless the aircraft for which 

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