Required Documents

FAR 61.19     Pilot certificate
FAR 61.17     Temporary certificate
FAR 61.29     Temporary authority to exercise certificate privileges

• For lost certificates, a pilot may obtain a temporary license online through the FAA’s Airman Online Services by using the pilot’s certificate number to create an account

FAR 61.77     Special purpose pilot authorization

• When operating an aircraft within a foreign country, a pilot license issued by that country may be used

PHAK 17-2 – Obtaining a Medical Certificate

• FAA MedXPress

FAR 61.23 – Medical certificates: Requirement and duration

• First Class is required when exercising the privileges of an airline transport pilot certificate
• Second Class is required when exercising the privileges of a commercial pilot certificate
• Third Class is required when exercising the privileges of a private or recreational pilot certificate

Medical Certificates

Class	Validity (<40)	Validity (40+)	Privileges (<40)	Privileges (40+)
1	60	24	12	6(Class 1) 6(Class 2)
2	60	24	12	12
3	60	24	60	24

(calendar months)

FAR 61.53 – Prohibition on operations during medical deficiency

No person who holds a medical certificate issued under FAR part 67 may act as PIC, while that person –

• Knows of any medical condition that would make the person unable to meet the requirements for the medical certificate necessary for the pilot operation
• Is taking medication or receiving treatment for a medical condition that results in the person being unable to meet the requirements for the medical certificate necessary for the pilot operation

FAR Part 67 – Medical Standard and Certification

• Prescribes the medical standards and certification procedures for issuing medical certificates for airmen and for remaining eligible for a medical certificate

FAR 67.401 – Special issuance of medical certificates

• At the discretion of the Federal Air Surgeon, a Statement of Demonstrated Ability (SODA) may be granted, instead of an Authorization, to a person whose disqualifying condition is static or non-progressive and who has been found capable of performing airman duties without endangering public safety
• A SODA does not expire and authorizes a designated Examiner to issue a medical certificate of a specified class if the Examiner finds that the condition described on the SODA has not adversely changed

AC 68-1A (3-1) – Summary of BasicMed Requirements

FAR Part 68 – Operating Certain Small Aircraft Without A Medical Certificate

Requirements

• Hold a U.S. driver’s license
• Hold or held a medical certificate issued by the FAA any point after July 15, 2006
• Complete the Comprehensive Medical Examination Checklist (CMEC)      FAR 68.7
• Get your physical examination by any state-licensed physician, and have that physician complete the CMEC (be sure to keep the CMEC)
• Take the online medical education course and complete the attestations/consent to the National Driver Register (NDR) check, keep the course completion document
• Be sure you have a CMEC that shows that your most recent physical examination was within the past 48 months
• Be sure you have a course completion certificate that was issued by an approved medical training course provider (AOPA/MAYO) within the past 24 calendar months

Limitations

You can conduct any operation that you would be able to conduct using your pilot certificate and a third-class medical certificate, limited to –

• Flights within the United States
• Fly with no more than 5 passengers
• Fly an aircraft that is authorized to carry no more than 6 occupants
• Fly an aircraft under 6,000 LBS maximum certificated takeoff weight
• Indicated airspeed of 250 knots or less, & at an altitude at or below 18,000’ MSL
• You may not fly for compensation or hire

FAR 61.51 – Pilot logbooks

(b) Entry Requirements

• Date, total flight time, location of departure/arrival, aircraft type and identification
• The name of a safety pilot, if required by FAR 91.109
• Type of experience – solo / PIC / SIC or training flight / ground / sim
• Flight conditions day/night, actual instrument, simulated instrument

Logging Flight Time

(a)     To apply for a certification / rating / flight review or to satisfy recent flight experience requirements
(c)     A pilot may log time to apply for a certificate / rating or to satisfy recent flight experience requirements
(j)     Acquired in an aircraft that is identified under FAR 61.5(b) and is of U.S. registry with an airworthiness certificate

Logging Night Flight Time

• Log night flight hours between the end of evening civil twilight and the beginning of morning civil twilight
  • ~ 30 minutes
• Naval Observatory or AirNav

(d)      Logging Solo Flight

• A pilot may log solo flight time only if they were the sole occupant of the aircraft

(e)      Logging Pilot in Command Flight

A pilot may log PIC time for flights when the pilot is –

• Sole manipulator of the controls of an aircraft for which the pilot is rated
• Sole occupant of the aircraft
• FAR 61.87 Training for a pilot certificate or rating and has a solo flight endorsement

(f)      Logging Second in Command Flight

(g)      Logging Instrument Time

• A pilot may log instrument time only for that flight time when the pilot operates the aircraft solely by reference to instruments under actual or simulated instrument flight conditions
• An authorized instructor may log instrument time when conducting instrument flight instruction in actual instrument flight conditions

Logging Instrument Approaches

• To meet recent flight experience requirements of FAR 61.57(c) a pilot must log the location and type of each instrument approach accomplished and the name of the safety pilot, if required
• FAA InFO 15012 Log an instrument approach when –
  • Established on each required segment of the IAP down to its published minimums (MDA or DA)
  • The initial, intermediate and final approach segments are required unless vectored to final by ATC or a safety pilot in simulated IMC
  • If conducted in simulated IMC in an aircraft, FFS, ATD or FTD, simulated conditions must continue down to MDA or DA
  • In an aircraft, flight must be in actual or simulated IMC
  • Conditions change from actual IMC to VMC during the final approach segment

Logging Ground & Simulator Training Time

• A pilot may log training time when that person receives training from an authorized instructor in an aircraft, full flight simulator, flight training device, or aviation training device
• The training time must be logged in a logbook and include a description of the training given, the length of the training lesson, and the authorized instructor’s signature / certificate number / certificate expiration date

• A flight simulator or FTD may be used to meet the flight review requirements as long as it is used in an approved course by a training center under part 142 and represents an aircraft for which the pilot is rated.
• A pilot may use time in a full flight simulator, flight training device, or aviation training device for acquiring instrument aeronautical experience for a pilot certificate or rating provided an authorized instructor is present to observe that time and signs the person’s logbook to verify the time and the content of the training session
• A pilot may use time in a full flight simulator, flight training device, or aviation training device for satisfying instrument recency experience requirements provided a logbook is maintained to specify the training device, time, and the content