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Commercial single airplane – add on – category and class – part 141

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Hello everyone

 

my question is regarding the cross country requirement for a add-on category and class commercial single engine airplane - part 141. 

My plan is to fly from original point of departure A to destination B which is a total distance of 105 nm. On this flight I plan to practice maneuvers and some power off work at the destination airport. As long as this flight is 2 hrs in duration, that accounts for the first cross country requirement. 

Now comes the tricky bit. Can I then shut the airplane down, refuel, wait for one hour after sunset  and then fly from  B to C and then back to destination A? A of course being the original point of departure from the first flight... or would the 2nd flight not count because it wouldn’t be considered the original point of departure because we just took that route from A to B? 

Edit: apologies for the typos, wrote this on the mobile and is super small text. 

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  1. Craig on Feb 02, 2020

    Since you’re indicating a SEL category and class commercial add-on, FAR 61.63(b) would apply.

    If you’re referencing the xc flights of 61.129(a) iii and iv, yes, you should be able to fly A to B during the day, shut down, have dinner and fly from B back to A at night and have each flight count for each requirement since they’re both listed as straight line distance flights, assuming they fulfilled the specific criteria.

    I believe that Q was answered before on this form but cannot find it.

    61.63 Additional aircraft ratings (other than for ratings at the airline transport pilot certification level).

    (a) General. For an additional aircraft rating on a pilot certificate, other than for an airline transport pilot certificate, a person must meet the requirements of this section appropriate to the additional aircraft rating sought.

    (b) Additional aircraft category rating. A person who applies to add a category rating to a pilot certificate:

    (1) Must complete the training and have the applicable aeronautical experience.

    (2) Must have a logbook or training record endorsement from an authorized instructor attesting that the person was found competent in the appropriate aeronautical knowledge areas and proficient in the appropriate areas of operation.

    (3) Must pass the practical test.

    (4) Need not take an additional knowledge test, provided the applicant holds an airplane, rotorcraft, powered-lift, weight-shift-control aircraft, powered parachute, or airship rating at that pilot certificate level.

    FAR 61.129(a)

    (iii) One 2-hour cross country flight in a single engine airplane in daytime conditions that consists of a total straight-line distance of more than 100 nautical miles from the original point of departure;

    (iv) One 2-hour cross country flight in a single engine airplane in nighttime conditions that consists of a total straight-line distance of more than 100 nautical miles from the original point of departure; and

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