Appendix G to Part 141 - Flight Instructor Instrument (For an Airplane, Helicopter, or Powered-Lift Instrument Instructor Rating, as Appropriate) Certification Course
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Appendix G to Part 141 - Flight Instructor Instrument (For an
Airplane, Helicopter, or Powered-Lift Instrument Instructor Rating,
as Appropriate) Certification Course
1. Applicability. This appendix prescribes the minimum
curriculum for a flight instructor instrument certification course
required under this part, for the following ratings:
(a) Flight Instructor Instrument - Airplane.
(b) Flight Instructor Instrument - Helicopter.
(c) Flight Instructor Instrument - Powered-lift aircraft.
2. Eligibility for enrollment. A person must hold the
following prior to enrolling in the flight portion of the flight
instructor instrument course:
(a) A commercial pilot certificate or airline transport pilot
certificate with an aircraft category and class rating appropriate
to the flight instructor category and class rating for which the
course applies; and
(b) An instrument rating or privilege on that flight instructor
applicant's pilot certificate that is appropriate to the flight
instructor instrument rating (for an airplane-, helicopter-, or
powered-lift-instrument rating, as appropriate) for which the
course applies.
3. Aeronautical knowledge training. (a) Each approved
course must include at least 15 hours of ground training on the
aeronautical knowledge areas listed in paragraph (b) of this
section, appropriate to the flight instructor instrument rating
(for an airplane-, helicopter-, or powered-lift-instrument rating,
as appropriate) for which the course applies:
(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 an instrument rating that is appropriate to the
aircraft category and class rating for the course which
applies.
4. Flight training. (a) Each approved course must include
at least 15 hours of flight training in the approved areas of
operation of paragraph (c) of this section appropriate to the
flight instructor rating for which the course applies.
(b) For the use of full 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 for, meets requirements
of this paragraph, and the training is given by an 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(b) cannot exceed the limitation provided for in paragraph
(b)(3) of this section.
(c) An approved course for the flight instructor-instrument
rating must include flight training on the following approved areas
of operation that are appropriate to the instrument-aircraft
category and class rating for which the course applies:
(1) Fundamentals of instructing;
(2) Technical subject areas;
(3) Preflight preparation;
(4) Preflight lesson on a maneuver to be performed in
flight;
(5) Air traffic control clearances and procedures;
(6) Flight by reference to instruments;
(7) Navigation systems;
(8) Instrument approach procedures;
(9) Emergency operations; and
(10) Postflight procedures.
5. Stage checks and end-of-course tests. Each student
enrolled in a flight instructor instrument course must
satisfactorily accomplish the stage checks and end-of-course tests,
in accordance with the school's approved training course,
consisting of the approved areas of operation listed in paragraph
(c) of section No. 4 of this appendix that are appropriate to the
flight instructor instrument rating (for an airplane-, helicopter-,
or powered-lift-instrument rating, as appropriate) for which the
course applies.
[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]