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14 CFR Ch. I (1–1–14 Edition) 

§ 61.197 

pilot in command qualification and re-
cent flight experience requirements 
under § 61.31(k) and § 61.57(f) and (g). 

[Doc. No. 25910, 62 FR 16298, Apr. 4, 1997; 
Amdt. 61–103, 62 FR 40907, July 30, 1997; 
Amdt. 61–124, 74 FR 42561, Aug. 21, 2009] 

§ 61.197

Renewal requirements for 

flight instructor certification. 

(a) A person who holds a flight in-

structor certificate that has not ex-
pired may renew that flight instructor 
certificate by— 

(1) Passing a practical test for— 
(i) One of the ratings listed on the 

current flight instructor certificate; or 

(ii) An additional flight instructor 

rating; or 

(2) Submitting a completed and 

signed application with the FAA and 
satisfactorily completing one of the 
following renewal requirements— 

(i) A record of training students 

showing that, during the preceding 24 
calendar months, the flight instructor 
has endorsed at least 5 students for a 
practical test for a certificate or rating 
and at least 80 percent of those stu-
dents passed that test on the first at-
tempt. 

(ii) A record showing that, within the 

preceding 24 calendar months, the 
flight instructor has served as a com-
pany check pilot, chief flight instruc-
tor, company check airman, or flight 
instructor in a part 121 or part 135 oper-
ation, or in a position involving the 
regular evaluation of pilots. 

(iii) A graduation certificate showing 

that, within the preceding 3 calendar 
months, the person has successfully 
completed an approved flight instruc-
tor refresher course consisting of 
ground training or flight training, or a 
combination of both. 

(iv) A record showing that, within 

the preceding 12 months from the 
month of application, the flight in-
structor passed an official U.S. Armed 
Forces military instructor pilot pro-
ficiency check. 

(b) The expiration month of a re-

newed flight instructor certificate 
shall be 24 calendar months from— 

(1) The month the renewal require-

ments of paragraph (a) of this section 
are accomplished; or 

(2) The month of expiration of the 

current flight instructor certificate 
provided— 

(i) The renewal requirements of para-

graph (a) of this section are accom-
plished within the 3 calendar months 
preceding the expiration month of the 
current flight instructor certificate, 
and 

(ii) If the renewal is accomplished 

under paragraph (a)(2)(iii) of this sec-
tion, the approved flight instructor re-
fresher course must be completed with-
in the 3 calendar months preceding the 
expiration month of the current flight 
instructor certificate. 

(c) The practical test required by 

paragraph (a)(1) of this section may be 
accomplished in a flight simulator or 
flight training device if the test is ac-
complished pursuant to an approved 
course conducted by a training center 
certificated under part 142 of this chap-
ter. 

[Doc. No. 25910, 63 FR 20289, Apr. 23, 1998, as 
amended by Amdt. 61–124, 74 FR 42562, Aug. 
21, 2009] 

§ 61.199

Reinstatement requirements 

of an expired flight instructor cer-
tificate. 

(a) 

Flight instructor certificates. The 

holder of an expired flight instructor 
certificate who has not complied with 
the flight instructor renewal require-
ments of § 61.197 may reinstate that 
flight instructor certificate and ratings 
by filing a completed and signed appli-
cation with the FAA and satisfactorily 
completing one of the following rein-
statement requirements: 

(1) A flight instructor certification 

practical test, as prescribed by 
§ 61.183(h), for one of the ratings held on 
the expired flight instructor certifi-
cate. 

(2) A flight instructor certification 

practical test for an additional rating. 

(b) 

Flight instructor ratings. (1) A 

flight instructor rating or a limited 
flight instructor rating on a pilot cer-
tificate is no longer valid and may not 
be exchanged for a similar rating or a 
flight instructor certificate. 

(2) The holder of a flight instructor 

rating or a limited flight instructor 
rating on a pilot certificate may be 
issued a flight instructor certificate 
with the current ratings, but only if 

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