---
kind: "section"
citation: "14 C.F.R. § 65.113"
title: "14"
number: "65.113"
heading: "Eligibility requirements: General."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/14/65.113"
---

# §65.113. Eligibility requirements: General.

- (a) **To be eligible for a parachute rigger certificate, a person must—**
  - (1) Be at least 18 years of age;
  - (2) Be able to read, write, speak, and understand the English language, or, in the case of a citizen of Puerto Rico, or a person who is employed outside of the United States by a U.S. air carrier, and who does not meet this requirement, be issued a certificate that is valid only in Puerto Rico or while he is employed outside of the United States by that air carrier, as the case may be; and
  - (3) **Comply with the sections of this subpart that apply to the certificate and type rating he seeks.**
- (b) Except for a master parachute rigger certificate, a parachute rigger certificate that was issued before, and was valid on, October 31, 1962, is equal to a senior parachute rigger certificate, and may be exchanged for such a corresponding certificate.

## Notes

### Authority

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

### Source

Source: Docket 1179, 27 FR 7973, Aug. 10, 1962, unless otherwise noted.