{"data":{"id":"us/14-cfr-61.9","jurisdiction":"us","citation":"14 CFR 61.9","heading":"Inapplicability of simplified flight controls aircraft experience credit.","body":"Notwithstanding the requirements specified in § 61.51(c), any pilot time acquired while operating an airplane or helicopter with a simplified flight controls designation may not be used to satisfy the following aeronautical experience requirements for a private, commercial, or airline transport pilot certificate, except for private pilot applicants who present an aircraft with the simplified flight controls designation to conduct the practical test—\n(a) The solo flight time requirements in § 61.109(a)(5) or (c)(4);\n(b) The PIC flight time requirements in § 61.129(a)(2)(i) and (c)(2)(i);\n(c) The PIC flight time requirements in § 61.159(a)(5); and\n(d) The PIC flight time requirements in § 61.161(a)(3).","path":["Title 14—Aeronautics and Space","CHAPTER I—FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINISTRATION, DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION","SUBCHAPTER D—AIRMEN","PART 61—CERTIFICATION: PILOTS, FLIGHT INSTRUCTORS, AND GROUND INSTRUCTORS","Subpart A—General"],"source_url":"https://www.ecfr.gov/api/versioner/v1/full/2026-08-25/title-14.xml","current_through":"2026-08-25","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T02:24:20Z","sha256":"d210f2ef2741e005622c48ac208a0926b3875b430384eb89b12082bfa25a51f0","source_id":"us-cfr","stale":true,"prev":"us/14-cfr-61.8","next":"us/14-cfr-61.11"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}