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Sport Pilot and Sport Pilot Flight Instructor Practical Test Standards (PTS) for Powered Parachute Category and Weight-Shift-Control Aircraft Category (FAA-S-8081-31A)
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About Sport Pilot And Sport Pilot Flight Instructor
This is the NEW 2024 Sport Pilot and Sport Pilot Flight Instructor Practical Test Standards (PTS) for Powered Parachute Category and Weight-Shift-Control Aircraft Category (FAA-S-8081-31A). Effective May 31, 2024. FAA-S-8081-31A supersedes FAA-S-8081-31, Sport Pilot Practical Test Standards (PTS) for Weight Shift Control, Powered Parachute, and Flight Instructor with changes 1, 2, 3, and 4 dated December 2004. FAA-S-8081-31A, Sport Pilot and Sport Pilot Flight Instructor Practical Test Standards (PTS) for Powered Parachute Category and Weight-Shift-Control Aircraft Category is published by the FAA to establish the standards for sport pilot practical tests and proficiency checks for the weight-shift-control, powered parachute, and flight instructor. FAA inspectors and designated evaluators shall conduct practical tests in compliance with these standards. Instructors and applicants should find these standards helpful in practical test preparation. This PTS has been published by the FAA to establish the standards for the knowledge and skills necessaryfor the issuance of a Sport Pilot Certificate, Flight Instructor Certificate with a Sport Pilot Rating, Sport Pilot additional privileges to operate an additional category or class of light-sport aircraft and Flight Instructor additional privileges seeking to provide training in an additional category or class of light-sport aircraft at the sport pilot level. FAA inspectors and designated pilot examiners, and flight instructors shall conduct proficiency checks and practical tests in compliance with these standards. Flight instructors and applicants should find these standards helpful during training and when preparing for the practical test or proficiency check. The FAA has developed this PTS as the standard that shall be used by FAA inspectors, SAEs, and DPEs when conducting sport pilot and flight instructor with a sport pilot rating practical tests and by authorized instructors when conducting proficiency checks. PTS Concept 14 CFR part 61 specifies the subject areas in which knowledge and skill must be demonstrated by the applicant before the issuance of a certificate. The practical test standards contain the Areas of Operation and specific Tasks in which competency shall be demonstrated. The FAA will revise this PTS whenever it is determined that changes are needed in the interest of safety. Per 14 CFR part 61, section 61.43, adherence to the practical test standards is mandatory. PTS Description This PTS contains the following: Section 1—Sport Pilot Weight-Shift-Control Section 2—Sport Pilot Powered Parachute Section 3—Sport Pilot Flight Instructor (The flight instructor section contains a separate introduction in section 3.) The PTS includes the AREAS OF OPERATION and TASKs for the issuance of an initial Sport Pilot Certificate and for the addition of sport pilot category/class privileges. It also contains information on how to obtain an initial Flight Instructor Certificate with a sport pilot rating and for the addition of flight instructor category/class privileges.
