Additional Category/Class Pilot

Additional Category/Class Pilot Check Required Documents:

  • Photo Id - US DL, Passport, Gov ID Card (for alternative forms of identification see FAA order 8900.1 vol. 5, ch 1, sec 3).

  • Medical - FAA medical, see § 61.23 and/or 14 CFR Part 68.

  • Pilot Certificate

  • 141 Graduation Certificate (Only if you have been trained under FAA Part 141)

All Pilot Logbook Endorsements for this test (IAW AC-61-65) - Work with your CFI, should you have any questions about these:

  • TSA Endorsement of U.S. citizenship: “§1552.15(c), or as appropriate

  • Prerequisites for practical test: §61.39(a)(6)(i) and (ii)

  • Additional aircraft category or class rating (other than ATP): §61.63

  • Retest after failure: §61.49, as required

  • To act as pilot in command in a complex airplane: §61.31(e), as required

  • To act as pilot in command in a high-performance airplane: §61.31(f), as required

  • To act as pilot in command in a pressurized aircraft capable of high-altitude operations: §61.31(g), as required

  • Log of ground training in the areas of operation noted in §61.107 or §61.127, as appropriate

Aircraft Documents:

  • Aircraft Airworthiness Certificate

  • Aircraft Registration

  • Most Recent Aircraft Weight and Balance data - Typically from the POH/AFM

  • Most Recent 100 hr Inspection, as required - Airframe, Propeller, and Engine logbooks

  • Most Recent Annual Inspection - Airframe, Propeller, and Engine logbooks

  • Most Recent ATC Transponder Test/Inspection

  • Most Recent Altimeter System and Altitude Reporting Equipment Test/Inspection

  • Most Recent Record of Applicable Airworthiness Directives

  • Most Recent Record of Applicable Instructions for Continued Airworthiness, as required

  • Most Recent Record of Emergency Locator Transmitter

  • Answer to the question does this aircraft meet the minimum equipment requirements for additional category/class test in accordance with §61.45, the appropriate Airman Certification Standards, and FAA 8900.1, V5, C2? [i.e., for a test with instrument privileges, does the airplane have all of the equipment needed (and it is operable) for IFR flight, precision, and non-precision approaches?]

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