Topic
Pilot privileges
What sport-pilot privileges, endorsements and limits actually say.
- ExplainerSport pilot night flying: what you need besides an endorsement
Night privileges under 14 CFR 61.329 take category-and-class night training, a medical basis beyond a driver’s license and an instructor endorsement, and the aircraft’s own limitations must also permit night flight.
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- ExplainerRetractable gear and manual controllable-pitch propellers: what a sport pilot needs
Under 14 CFR 61.331, a sport pilot needs training and an instructor endorsement for retractable gear and, separately, for a manual controllable-pitch propeller. The water-aircraft exception covers retractable gear only.
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- Explainer“Sport pilot legal” is not the same as “light-sport aircraft”
Whether a sport pilot may fly an aircraft (14 CFR 61.316) is a different question from how the aircraft is certificated (21.190, Part 22). A four-seat airplane can be eligible without being light-sport category, and privileges do not grow with seats.
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