Solo on 16th B'day?

[Smoothstu]

Stop the Guessing... From the AME Handbook

If the applicant is not yet 16 years old and wishes to solo on or after his or her 16th birthday, the Examiner should issue a white FAA Form 8500-9 (if the applicant is fully qualified medically). On or after his or her 16th birthday, the applicant may obtain a student pilot certificate for the flight from a FAA Flight Standards District Office (FSDO) or designated Flight Examiner upon presentation of the FAA Form 8500-9 (white medical certificate).

An alternative procedure for this situation is for the Examiner to issue the Airman Medical and Student Pilot Certificate, FAA Form 8420-2 (yellow), with the following statement in the limitations block of the student pilot certificate:

NOT VALID UNTIL (MONTH, DAY, AND YEAR OF 16TH BIRTHDAY)

This procedure should not be used if the applicant's 16th birthday will occur more than 30 days from the date of application.

Although nonmedical regulations allow an airman to solo a glider or balloon at age 14, a medical certificate is not required for glider or balloon operations. These airmen are required to certify to the FAA that they have no known physical defects that make them unable to pilot a glider or balloon. This certification is made at the FAA FSDO’s.

 

[Iceman07]

My daughter was issued a Yellow Student Certificate this past November by a local FAA Operations Inspector, with no, repeat no limitations.

Of course, it is absolutly worthless until she turns 16, which, by the way is 5 and 1/2 years from now!

 

[Launchpad]

I soloed my my 16th bday and it was a saturday, I wonder if all my certs are null and void now.

Actually, I could give a rats azz what the FAA thinks... then, or now-

Good luck.

 

[247reserve]

Yeah, I had several students who soloed on their 16th birthday. All of them were issued the correct papers in the way smoothstu described.

 

[GuinessGuy]

LaunchPad....AGREED!!!!!! I hate having to fake it when they're sitting in the jumpseat

 

[knewhigher]

This is how I was able to solo on my 16th.

Same here...

 

[pilotyip]

My Fed would not do the "Not valid" endorsement, but he did say he would come out to the airport on Saturday morning and deliver the certifcate on the students 16th B'day.

 

[minarcia]

My Fed would not do the "Not valid" endorsement, but he did say he would come out to the airport on Saturday morning and deliver the certifcate on the students 16th B'day.

The Fed isn't usually the one who puts the restriction on the certificate, it's the AME at the time of the medical. As someone posted above, the verbage for the restriction is not in the DPE manual, it is in the AME manual.

 

[nosehair]

DPE's do not have all the overall authorities and resposibilities as FSDO Inspectors and AME's. They have specific authorizations with specific limitations. "Designated"

 

[pilotyip]

Well my AME says he can not do it. Is there a para I can refer him to?