Instrument Current?

[mocaman]

I did my multi checkride a few days ago. When the examiner was filing out my temp airman certificate, he told me that this checkride resets my instrument currency. I was due for an IPC, but according to the examiner since we did instrument work on the checkride, I am good to go. Does this sound right? Thanks

 

[FlaZoomie]

Multi commercial? Did you do some hood time?

 

[Amish RakeFight]

I'll have to disagree with the examiner.

 

[Goose Egg]

After a quick perusal of FAR Part 61.57, I'd have to say no, it doesn't count. The commercial multi checkride doesn't count as an instrument proficiency check, with only two approaches, probably niether of them circling, and probably no holding (although it may have under the old instrument PTS.) Now there are a certain set of tasks that have to be accomplished before an IPC can be signed off, and, unless I'm mistaken, it didn't used to be that way.

But then again, there could be some loophole somewhere that I'm not aware of... You know how those FARs can be.

-Goose

 

[carlos]

Did he sign off on an IPC in your logbook? Or did you complete six approaches and a hold? If not, then your instrument currency was not reset.

 

[mocaman]

Yeah it was commercial multi, we did not do all that is required to maintain currency. I thought it sounded strange when he told me " this checkride resets my instrument currency". All we did was one VOR approach...

 

[mocaman]

No, he did not sign off an IPC in my logbook.

 

[NW_Pilot]

Did you add your multi instrument rating also, If so you where judged on your flying performance by a DE for an additional instrument rating for multi engine. Should reset the currency.

 

[mocaman]

NW Pilot, I had a commercial, instrument, single before the checkride. I left with an "Airplane Single and Multiengine Land Instrument Airplane". I guess what you said is what happened. I thought I was just getting a "multi rating", but I did do a few approaches under the hood in training and one approach while under the hood on the checkride. This is confusing...

 

[Pilot Doc]

A checkride resets your BFR clock even though you received no flight instruction. Same things shoud hold for instrument currency if you acquired new instrument privileges, you should be reset.