---
kind: "section"
citation: "14 C.F.R. § 194.225"
title: "14"
number: "194.225"
heading: "Test pilots, FAA test pilots, and aviation safety inspectors: Alternate aeronautical experience and logging requirements for an instrument-powered-lift rating."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/14/194.225"
---

# §194.225. Test pilots, FAA test pilots, and aviation safety inspectors: Alternate aeronautical experience and logging requirements for an instrument-powered-lift rating.

- (a) **General applicability.** An applicant for an instrument-powered-lift rating who is test pilot for the manufacturer of an experimental powered-lift, an FAA test pilot, or aviation safety inspector may satisfy the alternate aeronautical experience and logging requirements set forth in paragraphs [(b)](#b) and [(c)](#c) of this section, provided—
  - (1) The flights are conducted in an experimental powered-lift at the manufacturer; and
  - (2) The applicant is authorized by the Administrator to act as pilot-in-command of the experimental powered-lift.
- (b) **Alternate aeronautical experience requirements.** A test pilot, FAA test pilot, or aviation safety inspector may meet the aeronautical experience requirements of [paragraphs (b)(1) through (4)](#b-1..b-4) of this section in lieu of the aeronautical experience requirements of [§ 61.65(f)(2)](/cfr/14/61.65.md?p=f-2) of this chapter.
  - (1) Notwithstanding the eligibility requirement in [§ 61.65(a)(5)](/cfr/14/61.65.md?p=a-5) of this chapter, a test pilot, FAA test pilot, or aviation safety inspector may receive 15 hours of instrument training on the areas of operation listed in [§ 61.65(c)](/cfr/14/61.65.md?p=c) of this chapter from an instructor pilot for the manufacturer of an experimental powered-lift in lieu of an authorized instructor, provided—
    - (i) The training is conducted in accordance with the manufacturer's proposed training curriculum in the experimental powered-lift; and
    - (ii) The test pilot, FAA test pilot, or aviation safety inspector receives a logbook or training record endorsement from the instructor pilot certifying that the applicant satisfactorily completed the training curriculum specified in [paragraph (b)(1)(i)](#b-1-i) of this section.
  - (2) A test pilot, FAA test pilot, or aviation safety inspector may accomplish the practical test preparation requirements in [§ 61.65(f)(2)(i)](/cfr/14/61.65.md?p=f-2-i) of this chapter with an instructor pilot for the manufacturer of the experimental powered-lift.
  - (3) A test pilot, FAA test pilot, or aviation safety inspector may accomplish the cross-country flight specified in [§ 61.65(f)(2)(ii)](/cfr/14/61.65.md?p=f-2-ii) of this chapter for an instrument-powered-lift rating without an authorized instructor, provided the test pilot, FAA test pilot, or aviation safety inspector—
    - (i) Completes the cross-country flight specified in [§ 61.65(f)(2)(ii)](/cfr/14/61.65.md?p=f-2-ii) of this chapter with a pilot who serves as an instructor pilot for the manufacturer of the experimental powered-lift; and
    - (ii) Obtains a logbook or training record endorsement from the instructor pilot certifying that the person completed the cross-country flight.
  - (4) A test pilot, FAA test pilot, or aviation safety inspector may satisfy the alternate requirements in [§ 194.235](/cfr/14/194.235.md) in lieu of the cross-country aeronautical experience requirements specified in [§ 61.65(f)(2)(ii)](/cfr/14/61.65.md?p=f-2-ii) of this chapter.
- (c) **Alternate logging requirement.** Notwithstanding the logging requirements in [§ 61.51(e)(1)](/cfr/14/61.51.md?p=e-1) of this chapter, a test pilot, FAA test pilot, or aviation safety inspector may log pilot-in-command flight time for the purpose of satisfying the 10-hour cross-country requirement in [§ 61.65(f)(1)](/cfr/14/61.65.md?p=f-1) of this chapter for flights when the pilot is the sole manipulator of the controls of an experimental powered-lift for which the pilot is not rated, provided—
  - (1) The test pilot, FAA test pilot, or aviation safety inspector is acting as pilot-in-command of the experimental powered-lift in accordance with a letter of authorization issued by the Administrator; and
  - (2) The flight is conducted for the purpose of research and development or showing compliance with the regulations in this chapter in accordance with the experimental certificate issued to the powered-lift pursuant to [§ 21.191](/cfr/14/21.191.md) of this chapter.

## Notes

### Authority

Authority: 42 U.S.C. 7572; 49 U.S.C. 106(f), 40113, 44701-44705, 44707, 44712, 44713, 44715, 44716, and 44722; Sec. 955 of Pub. L. 118-63.

### Source

Source: Docket FAA-2023-1275, Amdt. 194-1, 89 FR 92489, Nov. 21, 2024, unless otherwise noted.