IACRA Help System

 

Certificate Sought Data

The Certificate Sought Data screen allows you to select the type of certificate for which you are applying.  Make selections from the drop-down lists.  The selections in remaining drop-down lists can change or become active/inactive based on each selection made.

Select the type of Certificate you are applying for

Select from the following choices:

·         Student Pilot

·         Sport Pilot

·         Recreational Pilot

·         Private Pilot

·         Commercial Pilot

·         Airline Transport Pilot

·         Flight Instructor

·         Ground Instructor

·         Authorized Instructor

·         Flight Instructor Sport Pilot

·         Aircraft Dispatcher

·         Flight Engineer

Based on the selection type you make, IACRA indicates the rest of the selections that you need to make from the remaining drop-down lists by adding "* Required Field" in red or IACRA fills in the required drop-down lists automatically. 

For example, selecting Private Pilot makes the Select Restricted or Standard drop-down list active because this choice is necessary when seeking a private pilot certification.  However, if you selected Recreational Pilot as the certification type, the Standard option is filled in automatically with 'Standard' in the Select Restricted or Standard drop-down list because it is the only option for a Recreational Pilot.

Select Restricted or Standard

This drop-down list becomes active if you are required to select whether the certification you are seeking is restricted or Standard.  The restricted certification can have different designations depending on the type of certificate chosen.  For example, a private pilot can have a Restricted (Foreign-Based - CFR 61.75) rating or Restricted rating where then the U.S. Test Passed Rating is required.

  • Standard

Select the Certificate Basis

The Certificate Basis drop-down list becomes active when IACRA indicates that you need to select the basis by which the certificate was obtained.  This list, like the other drop-down lists, changes based on previous selections.  For example, while a Recreational Pilot with an Standard certificate can select CFR 61 - Completion of Required Test or a CFR 141 - Graduate of Approved Course, an Air Transport Pilot with an Standard certificate can select from any of several school/training designations.

·         CFR 61 - Completion of Required Test

·         CFR 141 - Graduate of Approved Course

·         CFR 142 - Graduate of Approved Course

·         Air Carrier Training Program

·         Military Competency

·         Using Ultralight Hours

·         Experience

·         Graduate Certificate

·         Practical Experience

·         Graduate Specialized Training

·         University or School Degree

·         Commercial Pilot Certificate

·         Flight Time As PIC

·         Flight Time as Flight Engineer

·         Flight Engineer Training Course

Select the Type of Issuance

The Type of Issuance drop-down list is where you indicate whether the certificate is an original issuance or is an additional issuance/type rating to an existing certificate.

Based on the selections made in previous drop-down lists, the options here can be any of the following:

  • Original Issuance
  • Added Category/Class Rating
  • Added Type Rating
  • Second in Command
  • Renewal
  • Reinstatement

Links

Based on selections made in the drop-down lists, different links appear that require you to click them in order to input additional information regarding a specific option.  You must fill in information for each link that appears in order for your application to be considered complete.

  • Air Operator Name - This dropdown box displays the names of 121/135 Air Operators that offer Advanced Qualification Programs.  Choose the Air Operator that you are using to complete the Advanced Qualification Program.
  • Training Center Name - This dropdown box displays the names of 142 Training Centers.  Choose the Training Center that you are using to obtain or add to your Pilot Certificate.
  • Click here to enter the Sport Pilot Information  - This link activates the Sport Pilot Aircraft Information  screen where you enter the type of aircraft you are adding a rating for, the number of hours of total time spent in the aircraft.  Select OK to continue. 
  • Click here to enter the Completion of Required Test Information - This link activates the Completion of Required Test screen where you enter the type of aircraft you are adding a rating for, the number of hours of total time spent in the aircraft, the number of hours in a simulator, and/or the number of hours spent in a training device.  Designate the training device type as well and select OK to continue. 
  • Click here to enter the Military Service Information - Access this link to make the Military Competency screen appear.  Enter the required information and click OK to continue.
  • Click here to Select Category/Class Ratings - Access this link to make the Rating Type screen appear.  Select the item you want and click the ADD > button to add it to the field at the right.  When you have entered all of the type ratings or aircraft you need, click OK to continue.
  • Click here to Select the Type Ratings - This link activates the Aircraft Type Ratings screen where you select the type rating you are seeking to add.  Type ratings are aircraft you add to a certificate. ex. CE-500 is a Cessna Citation type rating added to your Private, Commercial, or ATP certificate.  To use this screen, enter a letter, for example, g, into the search field and select Search.  The list of Type Ratings will appear.  Select the item you want and click the ADD > button to add it to the field at the right.  When you have entered all of the type ratings that apply, click OK to continue.

Note!! "Select the Type Ratings" is optional unless Type of Issuance is "Added Type Rating".  Only choose this option if you have trained and are applying for a specific Aircraft Type to be added to your Pilot Certificate. 

·         Refer to Part 61.5(b)(7)
(7) Aircraft type ratings—
(i) Large aircraft other than lighter-than-air.
(ii) Turbojet-powered airplanes.
(iii) Other aircraft type ratings specified by the Administrator through the aircraft type certification procedures.
(iv) Second-in-command pilot type rating for aircraft that is certificated for operations with a minimum crew of at least two pilots. 

·         Refer to Part 61.63(d)
(d) Additional type rating. Except as specified in paragraph (d)(7) of this section, a person who applies for an additional aircraft type rating to be added on a pilot certificate, or the addition of an aircraft type rating that is accomplished concurrently with an additional aircraft category or class rating:
(1) Must hold or concurrently obtain an instrument rating that is appropriate to the aircraft category, class, or type rating sought;
(2) Must have an endorsement in his or her logbook or training record from an authorized instructor, and that endorsement must attest that the applicant has been found competent in the aeronautical knowledge areas appropriate to the pilot certificate for the aircraft category, class, or type rating sought;
(3) Must have an endorsement in his or her logbook, or training record from an authorized instructor, and that endorsement must attest that the applicant has been found proficient in the areas of operation required for the issuance of an airline transport pilot certificate for the aircraft category, class, and type rating sought;
(4) Must pass the required practical test appropriate to the airline transport pilot certificate for the aircraft category, class, and type rating sought;
(5) Must perform the practical test in actual or simulated instrument conditions, unless the aircraft's type certificate makes the aircraft incapable of operating under instrument flight rules. If the practical test cannot be accomplished for this reason, the person may obtain a type rating limited to “VFR only.” The “VFR only” limitation may be removed for that aircraft type when the person passes the practical test in actual or simulated instrument conditions. When an instrument rating is issued to a person who holds one or more type ratings, the type ratings on the amended pilot certificate shall bear the “VFR only” limitation for each aircraft type rating for which the person has not demonstrated instrument competency;
(6) Need not take an additional knowledge test, provided the applicant holds an airplane, rotorcraft, powered-lift, or airship rating on their pilot certificate; and
(7) In the case of a pilot employee of a certificate holder operating under part 121 or 135 of this chapter or of a fractional ownership program manager under subpart K of part 91 of this chapter, must have—
(i) Met the appropriate requirements of paragraphs (d)(1), (d)(4), and (d)(5) of this section for the aircraft type rating sought; and
(ii) Received an endorsement in his or her flight training record from the certificate holder or program manager attesting that the applicant has completed the certificate holder's or program manager's approved ground and flight training program appropriate to the aircraft type rating sought.