---
kind: "section"
citation: "14 C.F.R. § 61.401"
title: "14"
number: "61.401"
heading: "What is the purpose of this subpart?"
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/14/61.401"
---

# §61.401. What is the purpose of this subpart?

- (a) This part prescribes the following requirements that apply to a flight instructor certificate with a sport pilot rating:
  - (1) **Eligibility.**
  - (2) **Aeronautical knowledge.**
  - (3) **Flight proficiency.**
  - (4) **Endorsements.**
  - (5) **Privileges and limits.**
- (b) **Other provisions of this part apply to the logging of flight time and testing.**

## Notes

### Amendments

[Docket FAA-2001-11133, 69 FR 44875, July 27, 2004, as amended by Amdt. 61-125, 75 FR 5222, Feb. 1, 2010]

### Source

Source: Docket FAA-2001-11133, 69 FR 44875, July 27, 2004, unless otherwise noted.

### Authority

Authority: 49 U.S.C. 106(f), 40113, 44701-44703, 44707, 44709-44711, 44729, 44903, 45102-45103, 45301-45302.

### Source

Source: Docket 25910, 62 FR 16298, Apr. 4, 1997, unless otherwise noted.

### Amendments

[Docket FAA-2001-11133, 69 FR 44875, July 27, 2004, as amended by Amdt. 61-125, 75 FR 5222, Feb. 1, 2010]