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Instrument Rating Requirements, Single-Engine Airplane (14 CFR Sec. 61.65)
(a) General. A person who applies for an instrument rating must:
- Hold at least a private pilot certificate
- Be able to read, speak, write and understand English
- Log ground training from an instructor or complete a home study course on the aeronautical knowledge areas in (b) below
- Receive an instructor endorsement certifying readiness to take the required written knowledge test
- Log training in an airplane from an instructor on the areas of operation in (c) below
- Receive an instructor endorsement certifying readiness to take the required practical test
- Pass the required written knowledge test on the areas in (b) below
- Pass the required practical test on the areas in (c) below in
- an airplane, or
- an approved flight simulator or flight training device (FTD) (limited to one precision and one nonprecision approach)
(b) Aeronautical knowledge
- FAR's that apply to IFR flight
- Information pertaining to IFR flight in the Aeronautical Information Manual
- Air traffic control (ATC) system and procedures
- IFR navigation and approaches
- Weather reports and forecasts
- Safe and efficient operation of aircraft under IFR
- Recognition of critical weather situations and windshear avoidance
- Aeronautical decision making and judgment
- Crew resource management, communication and coordination
(c) Flight proficiency
- Preflight preparation
- Preflight procedures
- ATC clearances and procedures
- Flight by reference to instruments
- Navigation systems
- Instrument approach procedures
- Emergency operation
- Postflight procedures
(d) Aeronautical experience
- 50 hours cross-country flight time as PIC (at least 10 hours in airplanes)
- 40 hours instrument time (actual or simulated) to include:
- 15 hours IFR from an instructor in an airplane
- 3 hours from an instructor in preparation for the practical test within 60 days preceding the test date
- at least one cross-country flight under IFR consisting of:
- distance at least 250 nautical miles along airways or ATC-directed routing
- an instrument approach at each airport
- three different kinds of approaches using navigation systems
(e) Use of flight simulators or flight training devices
- Maximum of 30 hours in flight simulator or FTD if training under part 142
- Maximum of 20 hours in flight simulator or FTD if training not under part 142
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