---
kind: "section"
citation: "14 C.F.R. § 61.49"
title: "14"
number: "61.49"
heading: "Retesting after failure."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/14/61.49"
---

# §61.49. Retesting after failure.

- (a) An applicant for a knowledge or practical test who fails that test may reapply for the test only after the applicant has received:
  - (1) The necessary training from an authorized instructor who has determined that the applicant is proficient to pass the test; and
  - (2) **An endorsement from an authorized instructor who gave the applicant the additional training.**
- (b) An applicant for a flight instructor certificate with an airplane category rating or, for a flight instructor certificate with a glider category rating, who has failed the practical test due to deficiencies in instructional proficiency on stall awareness, spin entry, spins, or spin recovery must:
  - (1) Comply with the requirements of [paragraph (a)](#a) of this section before being retested;
  - (2) Bring an aircraft to the retest that is of the appropriate aircraft category for the rating sought and is certificated for spins; and
  - (3) Demonstrate satisfactory instructional proficiency on stall awareness, spin entry, spins, and spin recovery to an examiner during the retest.

## Notes

### 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.