§194.235. Alternate means to satisfy the cross-country aeronautical experience requirements for an instrument-powered-lift rating.
14 C.F.R. § 194.235
An applicant who does not meet the cross-country aeronautical experience requirements specified in § 61.65(f)(2)(ii) of this chapter will be considered eligible for an instrument-powered-lift rating, provided the applicant has logged instrument time that includes instrument flight training on cross-country flight procedures, including two cross-country flights in a powered-lift, provided each cross-country flight—
Is conducted with either an authorized instructor or an instructor pilot; and
Involves—
A flight of 100 nautical miles along airways or by directed routing from an air traffic control facility;
An instrument approach at each airport; and
Three different kinds of approaches with the use of navigation systems.
Notwithstanding the requirements in § 61.65(f)(2)(ii) of this chapter for the cross-country flight in a powered-lift, an applicant for an instrument-powered-lift rating is not required to file a flight plan and perform the cross-country flight under instrument flight rules, provided—
The powered-lift is not certificated for instrument flight; and
The applicant holds one of the following—
An instrument-airplane rating;
An instrument-helicopter rating; or
An airline transport pilot certificate.
Notes, amendments, and revision history
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.