Appendix A A-8 Flight Instructor With a Sport Pilot Rating (14 CFR Part 61 Subpart K) If you hold a— And you are seeking— Then you must complete— Regulatory Reference Flight instructor certificate with the following:
• Sport pilot rating with a rotorcraft-helicopter privilege; and
• Specific make and model (M/M) simplified flight controls limitation.
To provide instruction in another M/M of rotorcraft-helicopter with a simplified flight controls designation.
The training and endorsement requirements specified in 14 CFR § 61.31(l) for each M/M.
Title 14 CFR §§ 61.31(l), 61.415(m), and 61.429(d).
Flight instructor certificate with the following:
• Sport pilot rating with a rotorcraft-helicopter privilege; and
• Specific M/M simplified flight controls limitation.
To provide training in an Airplane Single-Engine Land (ASEL) or Airplane Single-Engine Sea (ASES) with simplified flight controls designation.
A practical test for that category and class privilege.
Title 14 CFR § 61.419(e).
Flight instructor certificate with the following:
• Sport pilot rating with ASEL privilege; and
• Specific M/M simplified flight controls limitation.
To provide training in an ASEL without a simplified flight controls designation.
A practical test for that ASEL aircraft equipped with conventional flight controls.
Title 14 CFR § 61.45(h)(2).
Flight instructor certificate with the following:
• Sport pilot rating with ASEL privilege; and
• Specific M/M simplified flight controls limitation.
To provide training in other privileges than airplane or helicopter.
A proficiency check. Title 14 CFR § 61.419.
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