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 j - SPORT PILOTS

61.303 - If I want to operate a light - sport aircraft, what operating limits and endorsement requirements in this subpart must I comply with?

  (a) Use the following table to determine what operating limits and endorsement requirements in this subpart, if any, apply to you when you operate a light-sport aircraft. The medical certificate specified in this table must be valid. If you hold a recreational pilot certificate, but not a medical certificate, you must comply with cross-country requirements in 61.101 (c), even if your flight does not exceed 50 nautical miles from your departure airport. You must also comply with requirements in other subparts of this part that apply to your certificate and the operation you conduct.

---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- If you hold And you hold Then you may operate And ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (1) A medical certificate............ (i) A sport pilot (A) Any light sport (1) You must hold any certificate,. aircraft for which you other endorsements hold the endorsements required by this required for its subpart, and comply category, class, make with the limitations and model, in 61.315.

(ii) At least a (A) Any light sport (1) You do not have to recreational pilot aircraft in that hold any of the certificate with a category and class, endorsements required category and class by this subpart, nor rating, do you have to comply with the limitations in 61.315.

(iii) At least a (A) That light sport (1) You must comply recreational pilot aircraft, only if you with the limitations certificate but not a hold the endorsements in 61.315, rating for the required in except category and class of 61.321 for its 61.315(c)(14) and, if light sport aircraft category and class, a private pilot or you operate, higher, 61.315(c)(7).

  (2) Only a U.S. driver's license..... (i) A sport pilot (A) Any light sport (1) You must hold any certificate, aircraft for which you other endorsements hold the endorsements required by this required for its subpart, and comply category, class, make with the limitations and model, in 61.315.

(ii) At least a (A) Any light sport (1) You do not have to recreational pilot aircraft in that hold any of the certificate with a category and class, endorsements required category and class by this subpart, but rating, you must comply with the limitations in 61.315.

(iii) At least a (A) That light sport (1) You must comply recreational pilot aircraft, only if you with the limitations certificate but not a hold the endorsements in 61.315, rating for the required in except category and class of 61.321 for its 61.315(c)(14) and, if light-sport aircraft category and class, a private pilot or you operate, higher, 61.315(c)(7).

  (3) Neither a medical certificate nor (i) A sport pilot (A) Only a light sport (1) You must hold any a U.S. driver's license certificate, glider or balloon for other endorsements which you hold the required by this endorsements required subpart, and comply for its category, with the limitations class, make and model, in 61.315.

(ii) At least a private (A) Only a light sport (1) You do not have to pilot certificate with glider or balloon in hold any of the a category and class that category and endorsements required rating for glider or class, by this subpart, but balloon, you must comply with the limitations in 61.315.

(iii) At least a (A) Only a light sport (1) You must comply private pilot glider or balloon, if with the limitations certificate but not a you hold the in 61.315, rating for glider or endorsements required except balloon, in 61.321 for 61.315(c)(14) and, if its category and a private pilot or class, higher, 61.315(c)(7).

---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (b) A person using a current and valid U.S. driver's license to meet the requirements of this paragraph must (1) Comply with each restriction and limitation imposed by that person's U.S. driver's license and any judicial or administrative order applying to the operation of a motor vehicle; (2) Have been found eligible for the issuance of at least a third-class airman medical certificate at the time of his or her most recent application (if the person has applied for a medical certificate); (3) Not have had his or her most recently issued medical certificate (if the person has held a medical certificate) suspended or revoked or most recent Authorization for a Special Issuance of a Medical Certificate withdrawn; and (4) Not know or have reason to know of any medical condition that would make that person unable to operate a light-sport aircraft in a safe manner.