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PREFLIGHT ASK AOPA

BY CRAIG BROWN

TAILWHEEL TO TANGO?

THE ENDORSEMENTS INSTRUCTORS NEED
TO TEACH VARIOUS RATINGS

Q: Must a flight instructor hold a tailwheel endorsement in order to conduct
training in a tailwheel airplane?

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A: The answer to this question
depends on what type of training is to
be conducted. Keep in mind that the
endorsements in FAR 61.31 are required
to serve or act as pilot in command in
various types of aircraft. If the instructor
is not, or does not need to act as PIC, an
endorsement is not required.
To conduct a flight review for a current
pilot in a tailwheel airplane, an instructor
need not have a tailwheel endorsement.
In this case, the pilot receiving the flight
review can still act as PIC. If the pilot's
flight review has expired, however, the
instructor must serve as PIC and must
therefore hold a tailwheel endorsement.
The same is true if the instructor is to
teach pilots seeking a tailwheel endorsement. Since the pilot training to receive

a tailwheel endorsement does not have
one, the instructor must have a tailwheel
endorsement.
It should also be noted that the
regulation exempts certain pilots from
endorsement requirements. For example, if
a pilot had logged pilot-in-command time
in a tailwheel airplane prior to Tax Day
1991, an endorsement is not required. For
those with no logged PIC time in tailwheel
airplanes prior to that date, an endorsement must be obtained to act as PIC.
AOPA receives regular inquiries
regarding an instructor's authority to conduct various training operations. AOPA's
Pilot Information Center is available to
assist on any regulatory question. If you
have one, give us a call at 800-872-2672,
visit pic.aopa.org, or email pilotassist@
aopa.org.
CRAIG BROWN is a senior aviation technical
specialist in the AOPA Pilot Information Center.

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