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  1. Part 61 Regulations
    §61.3 Requeriments for certificates
  2. §61.19 Duration of pilot certificates
  3. §61.23 Medical Certificates: Requirement and Duration
  4. §61.31 Type Rating and additional training requirements
  5. §61.51 Pilot Logbooks
  6. §61.56 Flight Review
  7. §61.57 Recent flight experience: Pilot in command
  8. §61.60 Change of address
  9. §61.103 - Eligibility requirements
  10. §61.113 Private pilot privileges and limitations
  11. Part 91 Regulations
    §91.3 Responsibility and authority of the pilot in command
  12. §91.7 Civil aircraft airworthiness
  13. §91.9 Civil aircraft flight manual, marking, and placard requirements
  14. §91.13 Careless or reckless operation
  15. §91.15 Dropping objects
  16. §91.17 Alcohol or drugs
  17. §91.21 Portable electronic devices
  18. §91.103 Preflight action
  19. §91.105 Flight crewmembers at stations
  20. §91.107 Use of safety belts and shoulder harnesses
  21. §91.109 Flight instruction; Simulated instrument flight
  22. §91.111 Operating near other aircraft
  23. §91.113 Right-of-way rules: Except water operations
  24. §91.117 Aircraft speed
  25. §91.119 Minimum safe altitudes: General
  26. §91.121 Altimeter settings
  27. §91.123 Compliance with ATC clearances and instructions
  28. §91.125 ATC light signals
  29. §91.144 Temporary restriction on flight operations during abnormally high barometric pressure conditions
  30. §91.151 Fuel requirements for flight in VFR conditions
  31. §91.155 Basic VFR weather minimums
  32. § 91.157 Special VFR weather minimums
  33. §91.159 VFR cruising altitude or flight level
  34. §91.203 Civil aircraft: Certifications required
  35. §91.205 Instrument and equipment requirements
  36. §91.207 Emergency locator transmitters
  37. §91.209 Aircraft lights
  38. §91.211 Supplemental oxygen
  39. §91.213 Inoperative instruments and equipment
  40. § 91.215 ATC transponder and altitude reporting equipment and use
  41. §91.409 Inspections
  42. §91.413 ATC transponder tests and inspections
  43. NTSB 830
    §830.1 Applicability
  44. §830.2 Definitions
  45. §830.5 - Immediate notification
  46. §830.6 - Information to be given in notification
  47. Miscellaneous
    Part 43 Appendix A Part C
  48. References
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§61.57 Recent flight experience: Pilot in command

Mateo Espin January 14, 2021

§61.57 Recent flight experience: Pilot in command

(a) General experience.

(1) Except as provided in paragraph (e) of this section, no person may act as a pilot in command of an aircraft carrying passengers or of an aircraft certificated for more than one pilot flight crewmember unless that person has made at least three takeoffs and three landings within the preceding 90 days, and –

(i) The person acted as the sole manipulator of the flight controls; and

(ii) The required takeoffs and landings were performed in an aircraft of the same category, class, and type (if a type rating is required), and, if the aircraft to be flown is an airplane with a tailwheel, the takeoffs and landings must have been made to a full stop in an airplane with a tailwheel.

(2) For the purpose of meeting the requirements of paragraph (a)(1) of this section, a person may act as a pilot in command of an aircraft under day VFR or day IFR, provided no persons or property are carried on board the aircraft, other than those necessary for the conduct of the flight.

(3) The takeoffs and landings required by paragraph (a)(1) of this section may be accomplished in a full flight simulator or flight training device that is –

(i) Approved by the Administrator for landings; and

(ii) Used in accordance with an approved course conducted by a training center certificated under part 142 of this chapter.

(b) Night takeoff and landing experience.

(1) Except as provided in paragraph (e) of this section, no person may act as pilot in command of an aircraft carrying passengers during the period beginning 1 hour after sunset and ending 1 hour before sunrise, unless within the preceding 90 days that person has made at least three takeoffs and three landings to a full stop during the period beginning 1 hour after sunset and ending 1 hour before sunrise, and –

(i) That person acted as sole manipulator of the flight controls; and

(ii) The required takeoffs and landings were performed in an aircraft of the same category, class, and type (if a type rating is required).

(2) The takeoffs and landings required by paragraph (b)(1) of this section may be accomplished in a full flight simulator that is –

(i) Approved by the Administrator for takeoffs and landings, if the visual system is adjusted to represent the period described in paragraph (b)(1) of this section; and

(ii) Used in accordance with an approved course conducted by a training center certificated under part 142 of this chapter.


For more information refer to §61.57

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  1. Part 61 Regulations

    §61.3 Requeriments for certificates
  2. §61.19 Duration of pilot certificates
  3. §61.23 Medical Certificates: Requirement and Duration
  4. §61.31 Type Rating and additional training requirements
  5. §61.51 Pilot Logbooks
  6. §61.56 Flight Review
  7. §61.57 Recent flight experience: Pilot in command
  8. §61.60 Change of address
  9. §61.103 - Eligibility requirements
  10. §61.113 Private pilot privileges and limitations
  11. Part 91 Regulations
    §91.3 Responsibility and authority of the pilot in command
  12. §91.7 Civil aircraft airworthiness
  13. §91.9 Civil aircraft flight manual, marking, and placard requirements
  14. §91.13 Careless or reckless operation
  15. §91.15 Dropping objects
  16. §91.17 Alcohol or drugs
  17. §91.21 Portable electronic devices
  18. §91.103 Preflight action
  19. §91.105 Flight crewmembers at stations
  20. §91.107 Use of safety belts and shoulder harnesses
  21. §91.109 Flight instruction; Simulated instrument flight
  22. §91.111 Operating near other aircraft
  23. §91.113 Right-of-way rules: Except water operations
  24. §91.117 Aircraft speed
  25. §91.119 Minimum safe altitudes: General
  26. §91.121 Altimeter settings
  27. §91.123 Compliance with ATC clearances and instructions
  28. §91.125 ATC light signals
  29. §91.144 Temporary restriction on flight operations during abnormally high barometric pressure conditions
  30. §91.151 Fuel requirements for flight in VFR conditions
  31. §91.155 Basic VFR weather minimums
  32. § 91.157 Special VFR weather minimums
  33. §91.159 VFR cruising altitude or flight level
  34. §91.203 Civil aircraft: Certifications required
  35. §91.205 Instrument and equipment requirements
  36. §91.207 Emergency locator transmitters
  37. §91.209 Aircraft lights
  38. §91.211 Supplemental oxygen
  39. §91.213 Inoperative instruments and equipment
  40. § 91.215 ATC transponder and altitude reporting equipment and use
  41. §91.409 Inspections
  42. §91.413 ATC transponder tests and inspections
  43. NTSB 830
    §830.1 Applicability
  44. §830.2 Definitions
  45. §830.5 - Immediate notification
  46. §830.6 - Information to be given in notification
  47. Miscellaneous
    Part 43 Appendix A Part C
  48. References
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§61.57 Recent flight experience: Pilot in command PVT

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