Appendix F to Part 141 - Flight Instructor Certification Course
14:3.0.1.2.16.8.3.1.50 : Appendix F
Appendix F to Part 141 - Flight Instructor Certification Course
1. Applicability. This appendix prescribes the minimum
curriculum for a flight instructor certification course and an
additional flight instructor rating course required under this
part, for the following ratings:
(a) Airplane single-engine.
(b) Airplane multiengine.
(c) Rotorcraft helicopter.
(d) Rotorcraft gyroplane.
(e) Powered-lift.
(f) Glider category.
2. Eligibility for enrollment. A person must hold the
following prior to enrolling in the flight portion of the flight
instructor or additional flight instructor rating course:
(a) A commercial pilot certificate or an airline transport pilot
certificate, with an aircraft category and class rating appropriate
to the flight instructor rating for which the course applies;
and
(b) An instrument rating or privilege in an aircraft that is
appropriate to the aircraft category and class rating for which the
course applies, if the course is for a flight instructor airplane
or powered-lift instrument rating.
3. Aeronautical knowledge training. (a) Each approved
course must include at least the following ground training in the
aeronautical knowledge areas listed in paragraph (b) of this
section:
(1) 40 hours of training if the course is for an initial
issuance of a flight instructor certificate; or
(2) 20 hours of training if the course is for an additional
flight instructor rating.
(b) Ground training must include the following aeronautical
knowledge areas:
(1) The fundamentals of instructing including -
(i) The learning process;
(ii) Elements of effective teaching;
(iii) Student evaluation and testing;
(iv) Course development;
(v) Lesson planning; and
(vi) Classroom training techniques.
(2) The aeronautical knowledge areas in which training is
required for -
(i) A recreational, private, and commercial pilot certificate
that is appropriate to the aircraft category and class rating for
which the course applies; and
(ii) An instrument rating that is appropriate to the aircraft
category and class rating for which the course applies, if the
course is for an airplane or powered-lift aircraft rating.
(c) A student who satisfactorily completes 2 years of study on
the principles of education at a college or university may be
credited with no more than 20 hours of the training required in
paragraph (a)(1) of this section.
4. Flight training. (a) Each approved course must include
at least the following flight training on the approved areas of
operation of paragraph (c) of this section appropriate to the
flight instructor rating for which the course applies:
(1) 25 hours, if the course is for an airplane, rotorcraft, or
powered-lift rating; and
(2) 10 hours, which must include 10 flights, if the course is
for a glider category rating.
(b) For the use of flight simulators or flight training
devices:
(1) The course may include training in a full flight simulator
or flight training device, provided it is representative of the
aircraft for which the course is approved, meets the requirements
of this paragraph, and the training is given by an authorized
instructor.
(2) Training in a full flight simulator that meets the
requirements of § 141.41(a), may be credited for a maximum of 10
percent of the total flight training hour requirements of the
approved course, or of this section, whichever is less.
(3) Training in a flight training device that meets the
requirements of § 141.41(a), may be credited for a maximum of 5
percent of the total flight training hour requirements of the
approved course, or of this section, whichever is less.
(4) Training in full flight simulators or flight training
devices described in paragraphs (b)(2) and (3) of this section, if
used in combination, may be credited for a maximum of 10 percent of
the total flight training hour requirements of the approved course,
or of this section, whichever is less. However, credit for training
in a flight training device that meets the requirements of §
141.41(a) cannot exceed the limitation provided for in paragraph
(b)(3) of this section.
(c) Each approved course must include flight training on the
approved areas of operation listed in this paragraph that are
appropriate to the aircraft category and class rating for which the
course applies -
(1) For an airplane - single-engine course: (i)
Fundamentals of instructing;
(ii) Technical subject areas;
(iii) Preflight preparation;
(iv) Preflight lesson on a maneuver to be performed in
flight;
(v) Preflight procedures;
(vi) Airport and seaplane base operations;
(vii) Takeoffs, landings, and go-arounds;
(viii) Fundamentals of flight;
(ix) Performance maneuvers;
(x) Ground reference maneuvers;
(xi) Slow flight, stalls, and spins;
(xii) Basic instrument maneuvers;
(xiii) Emergency operations; and
(xiv) Postflight procedures.
(2) For an airplane - multiengine course: (i)
Fundamentals of instructing;
(ii) Technical subject areas;
(iii) Preflight preparation;
(iv) Preflight lesson on a maneuver to be performed in
flight;
(v) Preflight procedures;
(vi) Airport and seaplane base operations;
(vii) Takeoffs, landings, and go-arounds;
(viii) Fundamentals of flight;
(ix) Performance maneuvers;
(x) Ground reference maneuvers;
(xi) Slow flight and stalls;
(xii) Basic instrument maneuvers;
(xiii) Emergency operations;
(xiv) Multiengine operations; and
(xv) Postflight procedures.
(3) For a rotorcraft - helicopter course: (i)
Fundamentals of instructing;
(ii) Technical subject areas;
(iii) Preflight preparation;
(iv) Preflight lesson on a maneuver to be performed in
flight;
(v) Preflight procedures;
(vi) Airport and heliport operations;
(vii) Hovering maneuvers;
(viii) Takeoffs, landings, and go-arounds;
(ix) Fundamentals of flight;
(x) Performance maneuvers;
(xi) Emergency operations;
(xii) Special operations; and
(xiii) Postflight procedures.
(4) For a rotorcraft - gyroplane course: (i) Fundamentals
of instructing;
(ii) Technical subject areas;
(iii) Preflight preparation;
(iv) Preflight lesson on a maneuver to be performed in
flight;
(v) Preflight procedures;
(vi) Airport operations;
(vii) Takeoffs, landings, and go-arounds;
(viii) Fundamentals of flight;
(ix) Performance maneuvers;
(x) Flight at slow airspeeds;
(xi) Ground reference maneuvers;
(xii) Emergency operations; and
(xiii) Postflight procedures.
(5) For a powered-lift course: (i) Fundamentals of
instructing;
(ii) Technical subject areas;
(iii) Preflight preparation;
(iv) Preflight lesson on a maneuver to be performed in
flight;
(v) Preflight procedures;
(vi) Airport and heliport operations;
(vii) Hovering maneuvers;
(viii) Takeoffs, landings, and go-arounds;
(ix) Fundamentals of flight;
(x) Performance maneuvers;
(xi) Ground reference maneuvers;
(xii) Slow flight and stalls;
(xiii) Basic instrument maneuvers;
(xiv) Emergency operations;
(xv) Special operations; and
(xvi) Postflight procedures.
(6) For a glider course: (i) Fundamentals of
instructing;
(ii) Technical subject areas;
(iii) Preflight preparation;
(iv) Preflight lesson on a maneuver to be performed in
flight;
(v) Preflight procedures;
(vi) Airport and gliderport operations;
(vii) Tows or launches, landings, and go-arounds, if
applicable;
(viii) Fundamentals of flight;
(ix) Performance speeds;
(x) Soaring techniques;
(xi) Performance maneuvers;
(xii) Slow flight, stalls, and spins;
(xiii) Emergency operations; and
(xiv) Postflight procedures.
5. Stage checks and end-of-course tests. (a) Each student
enrolled in a flight instructor course must satisfactorily
accomplish the stage checks and end-of-course tests, in accordance
with the school's approved training course, consisting of the
appropriate approved areas of operation listed in paragraph (c) of
section No. 4 of this appendix appropriate to the flight instructor
rating for which the course applies.
(b) In the case of a student who is enrolled in a flight
instructor-airplane rating or flight instructor-glider rating
course, that student must have:
(1) Received a logbook endorsement from a certificated flight
instructor certifying the student received ground and flight
training on stall awareness, spin entry, spins, and spin recovery
procedures in an aircraft that is certificated for spins and is
appropriate to the rating sought; and
(2) Demonstrated instructional proficiency in stall awareness,
spin entry, spins, and spin recovery procedures.
[Doc. No. 25910, 62 FR 16347, Apr. 4, 1997; Amdt. 141-9, 62 FR
40909, July 30, 1997, as amended by Docket FAA-2015-1846, Amdt.
141-18, 81 FR 21461, Apr. 12, 2016]