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14 CFR § 61.56

Volume 2 · Title 14 of the Code of Federal Regulations, 2025 edition.

Flight review

Sec.  61.56  Flight review.

    (a) Except as provided in paragraphs (b) and (f) of this section, a 
flight review consists of a minimum of 1 hour of flight training and 1 
hour of ground training. The review must include:
    (1) A review of the current general operating and flight rules of 
part 91 of this chapter; and
    (2) A review of those maneuvers and procedures that, at the 
discretion of the person giving the review, are necessary for the pilot 
to demonstrate the safe exercise of the privileges of the pilot 
certificate.
    (b) Glider pilots may substitute a minimum of three instructional 
flights in a glider, each of which includes a flight to traffic pattern 
altitude, in lieu of the 1 hour of flight training required in paragraph 
(a) of this section.
    (c) Except as provided in paragraphs (d), (e), and (g) of this 
section, no person may act as pilot in command of an aircraft unless, 
since the beginning of the 24th calendar month before the month in which 
that pilot acts as pilot in command, that person has--
    (1) Accomplished a flight review given in an aircraft for which that 
pilot is rated by an authorized instructor and
    (2) A logbook endorsed from an authorized instructor who gave the 
review certifying that the person has satisfactorily completed the 
review.
    (d) A person who has, within the period specified in paragraph (c) 
of this section, passed any of the following need not accomplish the 
flight review required by this section:
    (1) A pilot proficiency check or practical test conducted by an 
examiner, an approved pilot check airman, or a U.S. Armed Force, for a 
pilot certificate, rating, or operating privilege.
    (2) A practical test conducted by an examiner for one of the 
following:
    (i) The issuance of a flight instructor certificate,
    (ii) An additional rating on a flight instructor certificate,
    (iii) To meet the recent experience requirements for a flight 
instructor certificate in accordance with Sec.  61.197(b)(1); or
    (iv) The reinstatement of flight instructor privileges in accordance 
with Sec.  61.199(b)(2).
    (e) A person who has, within the period specified in paragraph (c) 
of this section, satisfactorily accomplished one or more phases of an 
FAA-sponsored pilot proficiency program need not accomplish the flight 
review required by this section.
    (f) A person who holds a flight instructor certificate need not 
accomplish the one hour of ground training specified in paragraph (a) of 
this section if that person has, within the period specified in 
paragraph (c) of this section, met one of the following requirements--
    (1) Satisfactorily completed the recent experience requirements for 
a flight instructor certificate under Sec.  61.197; or
    (2) Reinstated the person's flight instructor privileges by 
satisfactorily completing an approved flight instructor refresher course 
in accordance with Sec.  61.199(a)(1).
    (g) A student pilot need not accomplish the flight review required 
by this



section provided the student pilot is undergoing training for a 
certificate and has a current solo flight endorsement as required under

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