We use the acronym NWKRAFT to remember all the information we must be familiar with. FAR 91.103 Preflight ActionĪs the PIC you must become familiar with all the information concerning your flight. This does not include an emergency or a medical patient under special care. The second part to the regulation 91.17(b) states that a pilot can not allow any person aboard the flight who appear intoxicated or seems to be under the influence of drugs. I suggest speaking with you doctor or AME about medications approved by the FAA. Also, when discussing the use of drugs, this includes the use of prescribed medications. Being hung over effects your abilities to safely operate an aircraft, which is equivalent of being under the influence of alcohol. This is pretty straight forward, however I want to clarify a couple of things. Have an alcohol concentration of 0.04 or greater in your blood or breather specimen Have consumed any alcohol within the previous 8 hourĪre using any drugs that inhibit your abilities to safety You can not act as a crew member of a civil aircraft if you: Lets start with talking about if you are acting as a crew member of an aircraft 91.17(a). So, lets talk about the importance and seriousness of this regulation. The phrase "Hold my beer, watch this," doesn't usually end well. Your night takeoff and landings can not be touch-and-goes. However, if you will be landing after 1 hours after sunset or taking off before 1 hour before sunrise, you will need to make your 3 takeoff and landings at night and they will have to be to a full stop. So as long as you get you're passengers back before then, you're fine. Night time will be considered 1 hour after sunset thought 1 hour before sunrise. What happens now if you are going to be flying your passengers at night? Lets first define night as it applies to recency. So what do we need to do? Simple, just tell your passengers to hold tight for a few minutes, hop in the plane and do a few laps in the pattern doing touch-and-goes to get your 3 takeoffs and landings, and then you're good to go. So what if you have completed your takeoff and landings in a Piper Seminole, but you will be flying a Piper Archer with your passengers? This will be the same category (airplane), but not class (single engine land). These takeoffs and landings will have to be in an aircraft of the same category, class, and type (if type rating is required). To act as pilot in command while carrying passengers, you must have had 3 takeoffs and 3 landings, while being the sole manipulator of the controls, within the last 90 days. If you are under 40 years of age, your 3rd class medical certificate is valid for 60 calendar months.Įven with a current medical, FAR 61.53 states that, “A pilot can not act as a crew member on an aircraft is they know, or have reason to know, of any medical conditions that would make them unsafe to operate an aircraft.”įAR 61.57 Recent Flight Experience: Pilot in Command If you are 40 years of age or older, your 3rd class medical certificate is valid for 24 calendar months. You must hold at least a 3rd class medical certificate in order to perform a solo flight with a student pilot certificate, act as PIC with a private pilot certificate, or to take a check ride for any certificate. No matter what your age is, your 2nd class medical is valid for 12 calendar months. You must hold at least a 2nd class medical certificate to exercise privileges of a commercial certificate. If you go passed the 6 or 12 calendar months, you medical certificate drops down to a 3rd class privileges for the next 12 calendar months. If you are under 40 years of age, your 1st class medical is valid for 12 calendar months. If you 40 years of age or older, your 1st class medical is valid for 6 calendar months. You must have a 1st class medical certificate in order to exercise privileges of an ATP certificate. FAR 61.23 Medical Certificates: Requirement and Duration
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