---
kind: "section"
citation: "14 C.F.R. § 194.237"
title: "14"
number: "194.237"
heading: "Alternate means to satisfy the cross-country aeronautical experience requirements for a private pilot certificate with a powered-lift category rating."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/14/194.237"
---

# §194.237. Alternate means to satisfy the cross-country aeronautical experience requirements for a private pilot certificate with a powered-lift category rating.


Notwithstanding the eligibility requirement in [§ 61.103(g)](/cfr/14/61.103.md?p=g) of this chapter, an applicant who does not meet the cross-country aeronautical experience requirements specified in [§ 61.109(e)](/cfr/14/61.109.md?p=e) of this chapter will be considered eligible for a private pilot certificate with a powered-lift category rating as specified in paragraphs [(a)](#a) and [(b)](#b) of this section.

- (a) **Cross-country aeronautical experience at night.** An applicant who does not meet the cross-country aeronautical experience specified in [§ 61.109(e)(2)(i)](/cfr/14/61.109.md?p=e-2-i) of this chapter will be considered eligible for a private pilot certificate with a powered-lift category rating, provided the applicant has received 3 hours of night flight training that includes two cross-country flights that are each over 50 nautical miles total distance.
- (b) **Solo cross-country aeronautical experience.** An applicant who does not meet the solo cross-country aeronautical experience specified in [§ 61.109(e)(5)(ii)](/cfr/14/61.109.md?p=e-5-ii) of this chapter will be considered eligible for a private pilot certificate with a powered-lift category rating, provided the applicant has completed—
  - (1) One solo cross-country flight of 100 nautical miles total distance, with landings at three points, and one segment of the flight being a straight-line distance of more than 25 nautical miles between the takeoff and landing locations; and
  - (2) An additional solo cross-country flight in a powered-lift with landings at a minimum of three points, with one segment consisting of a straight-line distance of at least 50 nautical miles from the original point of departure. Except for the original point of departure, the additional cross-country flight must include landings at different points than the first cross-country flight.

## 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.