Safety pilot question

[Steve]

Question for those that are up to date about the reg's on acting as a safety pilot. I am not single engine current and was asked to be the safety pilot for a friend who owns a C-182. Do I need the 3 landings in the last 90 days in a single to act as safety pilot?

 

[EMB170Pilot]

3 landings regard to carry passengers 3 take off and landings during the day


3 take of landings to a full stop at night to carry passengers at night

If you are not current to act as a saftety pilot, then you need a biannual flight review to be current single engine. have fun

 

[Steve]

I've been flying a Cessna 310 for the last 14 months and haven't flown a single in that time. Just wanted to make sure that I'm legal to be a safetly pilot and log it as PIC if i'm not current in singles.

 

[EMB170Pilot]

yeah i ran into that problem too lol


been flying C-402s to the bahamas for past 3 years and during that time, someone wanted me to give him single engine instruction and I had to go back into my logbook and make sure I was current in a single engine no problem have fun

Remember you only have 1 engine no Vmc

 

[JimNtexas]

As safety pilot you will be second in command, and therefore do not need night currency, landing currency, or endorsements. All you need is a single engine private pilot ticket and a current medical.

See Doc's FAR forum where this has been beat to death for years.

 

[midlifeflyer]

I've been flying a Cessna 310 for the last 14 months and haven't flown a single in that time. Just wanted to make sure that I'm legal to be a safety pilot and log it as PIC if i'm not current in singles.

To act as safety pilot, all you need to have is a category and class rating and a current medical. No currency required.

But to act as safety pilot and log it as PIC, you also have to =act= as PIC for the flight. That means currency. And the takeoffs and landings currency requirement is category and class specific.

So yes, if you are going to act as safety pilot =and= log it as PIC, you need to be current in singles.

 

[Kream926]

what about complex and hi performance?

 

[minitour]

what about complex and hi performance?

If you're going to act as PIC then yes. 61.31 tells you what you need to know about acting as Pilot In Command in High performance and Complex, airplanes.

If you're just going to sit there and watch for traffic and the guy under the hood is acting as PIC (he's the one responsbile for the flight) and logging it (as sole manipulator) then no. You just need Category, Class and Medical like midlife said.

-mini

 

[Ralgha]

Midlife and Mini are right, however it brings up the question, "what's a passenger?" You can't act as PIC without the landings if you're carrying passengers. Is the dude flying the airplane a passenger? If so, why is he/she flying the airplane? Why is he/she logging it if he/she is a passenger?

Hmm...

 

[minitour]

...it brings up the question, "what's a passenger?" You can't act as PIC without the landings if you're carrying passengers. Is the dude flying the airplane a passenger? If so, why is he/she flying the airplane? Why is he/she logging it if he/she is a passenger?

Hmm...

That's deep man....

-mini