(a) General. The holder of a certificate with an expiration date may not, after that date, exercise the privileges of that certificate.
(b) Student pilot
certificate. A student pilot certificate expires 24 calendar months from
the month in which it is issued.
(c) Other pilot certificates.
A pilot certificate (other than a student pilot certificate) issued under
this part is issued without a specific expiration date.
The holder of a pilot
certificate issued on the basis of a foreign pilot license may exercise the
privileges of that certificate only while that person's foreign pilot license
is effective.
(d) Flight instructor
certificate. A flight instructor certificate:
(1) Is effective only while
the holder has a current pilot certificate; and
(2) Except as specified in
§61.197(b) of this part, expires 24 calendar months from the month in which it
was issued or renewed.
(e) Ground
instructor certificate.
(1) A ground instructor
certificate issued under this part is issued without a specific expiration
date.
(2) Except for temporary certificates
issued under §61.17, the holder of a paper ground
instructor certificate issued under this part may not exercise the
privileges of that certificate after March 31, 2013.
(f) Surrender,
suspension, or revocation. Any certificate issued under this part ceases to
be effective if it is surrendered, suspended, or revoked.
(g) Return of
certificates. The holder of any certificate issued under this part that has
been suspended or revoked must return that certificate to the FAA when
requested to do so by the Administrator.
(h) Duration
of pilot certificates
Except for a temporary
certificate issued under §61.17 or a student pilot certificate issued under
paragraph (b) of this section,
the holder of a paper pilot certificate issued under this part may not
exercise the privileges of that certificate after March
31, 2010.
[Doc. No. 25910, 62 FR
16298, Apr. 4, 1997, as amended by Amdt. 61–118, 73
FR 10668, Feb. 28, 2008]
To order a new plastic
certificate ($2.00 fee) click on the link below for the FAA Airmen
Certification Branch:
http://www.faa.gov/licenses_certificates/airmen_certification/certificate_replacement/