---
kind: "section"
citation: "14 C.F.R. § 194.235"
title: "14"
number: "194.235"
heading: "Alternate means to satisfy the cross-country aeronautical experience requirements for an instrument-powered-lift rating."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/14/194.235"
---

# §194.235. Alternate means to satisfy the cross-country aeronautical experience requirements for an instrument-powered-lift rating.

- (a) An applicant who does not meet 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 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—
  - (1) Is conducted with either an authorized instructor or an instructor pilot; and
  - (2) **Involves—**
    - (i) A flight of 100 nautical miles along airways or by directed routing from an air traffic control facility;
    - (ii) An instrument approach at each airport; and
    - (iii) **Three different kinds of approaches with the use of navigation systems.**
- (b) Notwithstanding the requirements in [§ 61.65(f)(2)(ii)](/cfr/14/61.65.md?p=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—
  - (1) The powered-lift is not certificated for instrument flight; and
  - (2) **The applicant holds one of the following—**
    - (i) An instrument-airplane rating;
    - (ii) An instrument-helicopter rating; or
    - (iii) **An airline transport pilot certificate.**

## 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.