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To carry passengers at night, what recent experience must a pilot have?
Choices
✓ Three takeoffs and three full-stop landings in the preceding 90 days during the night periodcorrect
This is the 61.57(b) requirement, with landings to a full stop in the one-hour window.
Three takeoffs and landings in the preceding 12 months
The lookback is 90 days, not 12 months.
A flight review within the preceding 24 months only
The flight review is separate; it does not satisfy night passenger currency.
One touch-and-go landing after sunset
Three full-stop landings are required, not one touch-and-go.
Why
Under 61.57(b), carrying passengers at night requires three takeoffs and three full-stop landings within the preceding 90 days, made from one hour after sunset to one hour before sunrise.
FAA source: PHAK / 14 CFR 61.57(b)browse the reference library →
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