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14 CFR § 61.35
Volume 2 · Title 14 of the Code of Federal Regulations, 2025 edition.
Knowledge test: Prerequisites and passing grades
Sec. 61.35 Knowledge test: Prerequisites and passing grades.
(a) An applicant for a knowledge test must have:
(1) Received an endorsement, if required by this part, from an
authorized instructor certifying that the applicant accomplished the
appropriate ground-training or a home-study course required by this part
for the certificate or rating sought and is prepared for the knowledge
test;
(2) For the knowledge test for an airline transport pilot
certificate with an airplane category multiengine class rating, a
graduation certificate for the airline transport pilot certification
training program specified in Sec. 61.156; and
(3) Proper identification at the time of application that contains
the applicant's--
(i) Photograph;
(ii) Signature;
(iii) Date of birth, which shows:
(A) For issuance of certificates other than the ATP certificate with
an airplane category multiengine class rating, the applicant meets or
will meet the age requirements of this part for the certificate sought
before the expiration date of the airman knowledge test report; and
(B) For issuance of an ATP certificate with an airplane category
multiengine class rating obtained under the aeronautical experience
requirements of Sec. 61.159 or Sec. 61.160, the applicant is at least
18 years of age at the time of the knowledge test;
(iv) If the permanent mailing address is a post office box number,
then the applicant must provide a current residential address.
(b) The Administrator shall specify the minimum passing grade for
the knowledge test.
[Docket 25910, 62 FR 16298, Apr. 4, 1997, as amended by Amdt. 61-104, 63
FR 20286, Apr. 23, 1998; Amdt. 61-124, 74 FR 42548, Aug. 21, 2009; Amdt.
61-130, 78 FR 42373, July 15, 2013; Amdt. 61-130B, 78 FR 77573, Dec. 24,
2013; Amdt. 61-149, 86 FR 62087, Nov. 9, 2021]U.S. Government work — public domain (17 U.S.C. §105). Reproduced from the checksummed 2025 annual edition of Title 14; always confirm against the current eCFR.