---
kind: "section"
citation: "14 C.F.R. § 194.231"
title: "14"
number: "194.231"
heading: "Pilots receiving training under an approved training program: Alternate requirements for an instrument-powered-lift rating."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/14/194.231"
---

# §194.231. Pilots receiving training under an approved training program: Alternate requirements for an instrument-powered-lift rating.

- (a) **General applicability.** An applicant for an instrument-powered-lift rating may satisfy the alternate requirements set forth in paragraphs [(b)](#b) and [(c)](#c) of this section, provided the applicant is receiving training under an approved training program under part [135](/cfr/14/part135.md), [141](/cfr/14/part141.md), or 142 of this chapter for the purpose of obtaining an instrument-powered-lift rating.
- (b) **Alternate aeronautical experience requirements.** An applicant 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) **Use of full flight simulators.** In addition to the permitted credit for use of a full flight simulator in [§ 61.65(h)](/cfr/14/61.65.md?p=h) of this chapter, an applicant for an instrument-powered-lift rating may credit a maximum of 4 hours toward the aeronautical experience requirement in [§ 61.65(f)(1)](/cfr/14/61.65.md?p=f-1) of this chapter that requires 10 hours of cross-country time in a powered-lift, provided—
  - (1) The aeronautical experience was obtained performing the duties of pilot-in-command during a simulated cross-country flight in a Level C or higher full flight simulator that represents the powered-lift category;
  - (2) The cross-country flight includes the performance of instrument procedures under simulated instrument conditions; and
  - (3) The sessions are conducted in accordance with an approved training program under part [135](/cfr/14/part135.md), [141](/cfr/14/part141.md), or 142 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.