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Sport Pilot Practical Test Standards Alignment

FR Abstract

FAA revises certain regulations governing airman certification and incorporates three updated sport pilot practical test standards (PTS) by reference. The rule aligns the airman testing standards with newly adopted regulatory requirements in the Modernization of Special Airworthiness Certification (MOSAIC) final rule related to the certification of sport pilots and operation of light-sport category aircraft and updates the PTS to improve airman certification standard materials.

Incorporation

FR Document Number

2026-18776

Federal Register Volume

Federal Register Year

2026-09-14

Federal Register Start Page

58014

Federal Register End Page

58022

Federal Agency

Transportation Department

Federal Register Link

https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2026-09-14/pdf/2026-18776.pdf

CFR Citation

14 CFR 61

FR Citation

91 FR 58014

CFR title

CFR Part

Document Number

FAA–S–8081–31B

Document Edition

2026

Standard Title

Sport Pilot and Flight Instructors with a Sport Pilot Rating Practical Test Standards for Powered Parachute Category and Weight-Shift-Control Aircraft Category

SDO

Federal Aviation Administration, U.S. Department of Transportation

Standard Number Link

https://www.faa.gov/training_testing/testing/test_standards

Excerpts

thereby is deemed published in the Federal Register when incorporated by reference therein with the approval of the Director of the Federal Register.” 5 5 U.S.C. 552(a) requires that matter incorporated by reference be “reasonably available” as a condition of its eligibility. Further, 1 CFR 51.5(b)(2) requires that agencies seeking to incorporate material by reference discuss in the preamble of the proposed rule the ways that the material it proposes to incorporate by reference is reasonably available to interested parties and how interested

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