C.F.R. » Title 14 » CHAPTER I—FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINISTRATION, DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION › SUBCHAPTER D—AIRMEN › PART 61—CERTIFICATION: PILOTS, FLIGHT INSTRUCTORS, AND GROUND INSTRUCTORS › Subpart A—General

14 C.F.R. § 61.19

Duration of pilot and instructor certificates and privileges

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(a) General. (1) The holder of a certificate with an expiration date may not, after that date, exercise the privileges of that certificate.

(2) Except for a certificate issued with an expiration date, a certificate issued under this part is valid unless it is surrendered, suspended, or revoked.

(b) Paper student pilot certificate. A student pilot certificate issued under this part prior to April 1, 2016 expires:

(1) For student pilots who have not reached their 40th birthday, 60 calendar months after the month of the date of examination shown on the medical certificate.

(2) For student pilots who have reached their 40th birthday, 24 calendar months after the month of the date of examination shown on the medical certificate.

(3) For student pilots seeking a glider rating, balloon rating, or a sport pilot certificate, 60 calendar months after the month of the date issued, regardless of the person's age.

(c) Pilot certificates. (1) A pilot certificate (including a student pilot certificate issued after April 1, 2016) issued under this part is issued without an expiration date.

(2) The holder of a pilot certificate issued on the basis of a foreign pilot license may exercise the privileges of that certificate only while that person's foreign pilot license is effective.

(d) Flight instructor certificate. (1) A flight instructor certificate issued under this part on or after December 1, 2024, is issued without an expiration date.

(2) A flight instructor certificate issued before December 1, 2024, expires 24 calendar months from the month in which it was issued, renewed, or reinstated, as appropriate.

(e) Ground instructor certificate. A ground instructor certificate is issued without an expiration date.

(f) Return of certificates. The holder of any airman certificate that is issued under this part, and that has been suspended or revoked, must return that certificate to the FAA when requested to do so by the Administrator.

(g) Duration of pilot certificates. Except for a temporary certificate issued under § 61.17 or a student pilot certificate issued under paragraph (b) of this section, the holder of a paper pilot certificate issued under this part may not exercise the privileges of that certificate after March 31, 2010.

[Docket 25910, 62 FR 16298, Apr. 4, 1997, as amended by Amdt. 61-118, 73 FR 10668, Feb. 28, 2008; Amdt. 61-124, 74 FR 42547, Aug. 21, 2009; Amdt. 61-124A, 74 FR 53644, Oct. 20, 2009; Docket FAA-2010-1127, Amdt. 61-135, 81 FR 1306, Jan. 12, 2016; Docket FAA-2023-0825, Amdt. 61-155, 89 FR 80049, Oct. 1, 2024]
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 5 cases (2 in the last 5 years), 1981–2023 · leading case: United States v. Martha B. Gaunce, 779 F.2d 1434 (9th Cir. 1986).
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United States v. Martha B. Gaunce, 779 F.2d 1434 (9th Cir. 1986). “” 14 C.F.R. § 61.19 (f) (1985). This regulation was issued pursuant to subchapter VI of the Federal Aviation Act, which authorizes regulations to govern airman certificates.”
John R. Jensen v. The Adm'r of the Fed. Aviation Admin. & the Nat'l Transp. Saf. Bd., 641 F.2d 797 (9th Cir. 1981). “14 C.F.R. § 61.19 (1980). In 1975 when Jensen applied for medical recertification, he disclosed that he had a history of alcoholism.”
United States v. Delbert Garfield Stewart, 73 F.4th 423 (6th Cir. 2023). “14 C.F.R. § 61.19 (a)(2), (f). Because Stewart’s suspended or revoked certificate was not valid, it could not have served as Stewart’s official permission—that is, authorization—for Stewart to serve as a private pilot at the time of the charged flights.”
United States v. Intercon Leasing, Inc., 617 F. Supp. 323 (S.D. Fla. 1985). “00 a day in violation of 14 C.F.R. § 61.19 (f).) The Court finds that although under 49 U.”
Mutchler v. United States (M.D. Fla. 2021). “# 52 at ¶ 36 (citing 14 C.F.R. § 61.19 (d) (2009)). Once a pilot has obtained a flight instructor certificate, there are various ways to renew said certificate.”
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