Don Mack wrote: > > Riddle of the day. > > I took my last 3rd class medical 1 week before my 40th birthday. > Reading the rules, I think that I am ok until the month of my 43rd > birthday. The part that gets me is "before the date of the > examination". I assume that to mean the examination 1 week before my > 40th birthday, not the examination due on the month of my 43rd > birthday. > > Comments? > > Don Mack N2051H > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > www.dmack.net > > > Extracted directly from FAR's: > http://www.faa.gov/avr/AFS/FARS/far-61.txt removed irrelevant parts > (I.E. Class I and II) > > > a) Operations requiring a medical certificate. Except as provided in > paragraph (b) of this section, a person: > 3) Must hold at least a third-class medical certificate-- > (i) When exercising the privileges of a private pilot certificate; > c) Duration of a medical certificate. > > 3) A third-class medical certificate for operations requiring > a private pilot certificate issued-- > > (ii) On or after September 16, 1996, expires at the end of: > (A) The 36th month after the month of the date of the examination > shown on > the certificate if the person has not reached his or her 40th birthday > on or > before the date of examination; or > (B) The 24th month after the month of the date of the examination > shown on > the certificate if the person has reached his or her 40th birthday on > or > before the date of the examination.
Hi Don,
This is all new to me. I've never heard of a 36 month certificate
before.
I've had my PPL since the '60s and it's always been a 24 month
period
except when I was getting a 2nd class and it was only good for 12
months.
I've been beyond my 40th birthday for so long I can't even
remember it,
so of course this new policy as of 1996 doesn't effect me.
I've read your reg through 3 times and I'm quite sure that it
means (in
your case) that since you took the exam before your 40th birthday that
you have 36 months before you are due to take it again.
Sorry I can't help more, but upon reading the reg you attached it
sounds to me like you have a 36 month wait until you get to take your
next one. I dont think they mean to include the next one due. When that
time comes you'll be past your 40th birthday and then you'll be like me,
you get to take it every 24 months. Oh what fun! :-(
Find a couple of CFI's and ask them. If you went to them for some
flight lessons they'd have to know if you were current or not.
Or go to an FAA office and ask them to clarify as to when you have to
take your next one. Then you'll know for sure.
With the Feds getting more involved with their new 'ramp check'
game,
you certainly don't want to get checked somewhere away from home and
have them decide that you don't have a current medical and 'Ground' you
where ever you may be.(Not to mention fines, getting legal again etc)
Post your findings here so we'll all know what you found out.
Good Luck..........
Bob Saville
N3396H 415C
Eugene, OR
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