--- kind: "section" citation: "14 C.F.R. § 61.64" title: "14" number: "61.64" heading: "Use of a flight simulator and flight training device." url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/14/61.64" --- # §61.64. Use of a flight simulator and flight training device. - (a) **Use of a flight simulator or flight training device.** If an applicant for a certificate or rating uses a flight simulator or flight training device for training or any portion of the practical test, the flight simulator and flight training device— - (1) Must represent the category, class, and type (if a class or type rating is applicable) for the rating sought; and - (2) Must be qualified and approved by the Administrator and used in accordance with an approved course of training under [part 141](/cfr/14/part141.md) or [part 142](/cfr/14/part142.md) of this chapter; or under [part 121](/cfr/14/part121.md) or [part 135](/cfr/14/part135.md) of this chapter, provided the applicant is a pilot employee of that air carrier operator. - (b) Except as provided in [paragraph (f)](#f) of this section, if an airplane is not used during the practical test for a type rating for a turbojet airplane (except for preflight inspection), an applicant must accomplish the entire practical test in a Level C or higher flight simulator and the applicant must— - (1) Hold a type rating in a turbojet airplane of the same class of airplane for which the type rating is sought, and that type rating may not contain a supervised operating experience limitation; - (2) Have 1,000 hours of flight time in two different turbojet airplanes of the same class of airplane for which the type rating is sought; - (3) Have been appointed by the U.S. Armed Forces as pilot in command in a turbojet airplane of the same class of airplane for which the type rating is sought; - (4) Have 500 hours of flight time in the same type of airplane for which the type rating is sought; or - (5) Have logged at least 2,000 hours of flight time, of which 500 hours were in turbine-powered airplanes of the same class of airplane for which the type rating is sought. - (c) Except as provided in [paragraph (f)](#f) of this section, if an airplane is not used during the practical test for a type rating for a turbo-propeller airplane (except for preflight inspection), an applicant must accomplish the entire practical test in a Level C or higher flight simulator and the applicant must— - (1) Hold a type rating in a turbo-propeller airplane of the same class of airplane for which the type rating is sought, and that type rating may not contain a supervised operating experience limitation; - (2) Have 1,000 hours of flight time in two different turbo-propeller airplanes of the same class of airplane for which the type rating is sought; - (3) Have been appointed by the U.S. Armed Forces as pilot in command in a turbo-propeller airplane of the same class of airplane for which the type rating is sought; - (4) Have 500 hours of flight time in the same type of airplane for which the type rating is sought; or - (5) Have logged at least 2,000 hours of flight time, of which 500 hours were in turbine-powered airplanes of the same class of airplane for which the type rating is sought. - (d) Except as provided in [paragraph (f)](#f) of this section, if a helicopter is not used during the practical test for a type rating in a helicopter (except for preflight inspection), an applicant must accomplish the entire practical test in a Level C or higher flight simulator and the applicant must meet one of the following requirements— - (1) Hold a type rating in a helicopter and that type rating may not contain the supervised operating experience limitation; - (2) Have been appointed by the U.S. Armed Forces as pilot in command of a helicopter; - (3) Have 500 hours of flight time in the type of helicopter; or - (4) **Have 1,000 hours of flight time in two different types of helicopters.** - (e) Except as provided in [paragraph (f)](#f) of this section, if a powered-lift is not used during the practical test for a type rating in a powered-lift (except for preflight inspection), an applicant must accomplish the entire practical test in a Level C or higher flight simulator and have 500 hours of flight time in the type of powered-lift for which the rating is sought. - (f) If the applicant does not meet one of the experience requirements of [paragraphs (b)(1) through (5)](#b-1..b-5), [paragraphs (c)(1) through (5)](#c-1..c-5), [paragraphs (d)(1) through (4)](#d-1..d-4), or [paragraph (e)](#e) of this section, as appropriate to the type rating sought, then— - (1) The applicant must complete the following tasks on the practical test in an aircraft appropriate to category, class, and type for the rating sought: Preflight inspection, normal takeoff, normal instrument landing system approach, missed approach, and normal landing; or - (2) The applicant's pilot certificate will be issued with a limitation that states: “The [name of the additional type rating] is subject to pilot in command limitations,” and the applicant is restricted from serving as pilot in command in an aircraft of that type. - (g) The limitation described under [paragraph (f)(2)](#f-2) of this section may be removed from the pilot certificate if the applicant complies with the following— - (1) Performs 25 hours of flight time in an aircraft of the appropriate category, class (if a class rating is required), and type for which the limitation applies under the direct observation of the pilot in command who holds a category, class (if a class rating is required), and type rating, without limitations, for the aircraft; - (2) Logs each flight and the pilot in command who observed the flight attests in writing to each flight; - (3) Obtains the flight time while performing the duties of pilot in command; and - (4) Presents evidence of the supervised operating experience to any Examiner or Flight Standards office to have the limitation removed. ## Notes ### Amendments [Docket FAA-2006-26661, 76 FR 78143, Dec. 16, 2011, as amended by Docket FAA-2018-0119, Amdt. 61-141, 83 FR 9170, Mar. 5, 2018; FAA-2023-1275, Amdt. 61-157, 89 FR 92485, Nov. 21, 2024] ### 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-2006-26661, 76 FR 78143, Dec. 16, 2011, as amended by Docket FAA-2018-0119, Amdt. 61-141, 83 FR 9170, Mar. 5, 2018; FAA-2023-1275, Amdt. 61-157, 89 FR 92485, Nov. 21, 2024]