FAR 91.1715 — MU-2B Currency Requirements
FAR 91.1715 sets currency and flight review rules for the Mitsubishi MU-2B: takeoffs, landings, instrument experience, and required MU-2B-specific reviews.
In Plain English
FAR 91.1715 lays out special currency and flight review rules unique to the Mitsubishi MU-2B series airplane. Because the MU-2B has distinctive handling characteristics, the FAA requires that key currency events happen in the airplane itself (or an approved simulator), not in just any multiengine aircraft.
Key points:
- Takeoff and landing currency under § 61.57 must be performed in an MU-2B. Takeoffs and landings in other multiengine airplanes do not count. However, short-body and long-body MU-2B models count for each other.
- Instrument currency under § 61.57 is more flexible — instrument experience in any other category/class of aircraft may be used to stay current for the MU-2B.
- A flight review under § 61.56 only counts for MU-2B operations if it is conducted in the airplane or an approved MU-2B simulator under an approved Part 142 course, and it must follow the approved MU-2B Training Program.
- Successfully completing Initial/Transition, Requalification, or Recurrent training under § 91.1705 also satisfies the § 61.56 flight review, provided at least 1 hour was flown in the MU-2B or approved simulator.
Why it matters: flying the MU-2B legally requires aircraft-specific currency — generic multiengine experience won't keep you legal as PIC.
Regulation Text
14 CFR § 91.1715§ 91.1715 Currency requirements and flight review.
(a) The takeoff and landing currency requirements of § 61.57 of this chapter must be maintained in the Mitsubishi MU-2B series airplane. Takeoff and landings in other multiengine airplanes do not meet the takeoff and landing currency requirements for the Mitsubishi MU-2B series plane. Takeoff and landings in either the short-body or long-body Mitsubishi MU-2B model airplane may be credited toward takeoff and landing currency for both Mitsubishi MU-2B model groups.
(b) Instrument experience obtained in other category and class of aircraft may be used to satisfy the instrument currency requirements of § 61.57 of this chapter for the Mitsubishi MU-2B series airplane.
(c) Satisfactory completion of a flight review to satisfy the requirements of § 61.56 of this chapter is valid for operation of a Mitsubishi MU-2B series airplane only if that flight review is conducted in a Mitsubishi MU-2B series airplane or an MU-2B Simulator approved for landings with an approved course conducted under part 142 of this chapter. The flight review for Mitsubishi MU-2B series airplanes must include theand all items listed in thein accordance with an approved MU-2B Training Program.
(d) A person who successfully completes the Initial/transition, Requalification, or Recurrent training requirements under § 91.1705 of this chapter also meet the requirements of § 61.56 of this chapter and need not accomplish a separate flight review provided that at least 1 hour of the flight training was conducted in the Mitsubishi MU-2B series airplane or an MU-2B Simulator approved for landings with an approved course conducted under part 142 of this chapter.
[Docket FAA-2006-24981, Amdt. 91-344, 81 FR 61591, Sept. 7, 2016; Amdt. 91-344A, 82 FR 21472, May 9, 2017]
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Q1Can you log takeoffs and landings in another multiengine airplane to stay current in the MU-2B?
No. Per FAR 91.1715(a), takeoff and landing currency for the MU-2B must be obtained in an MU-2B; other multiengine airplanes do not count, though short-body and long-body MU-2B models count for each other.
Q2Where must an MU-2B flight review be conducted to be valid?
Under FAR 91.1715(c), the § 61.56 flight review is only valid for MU-2B operations if conducted in an MU-2B or an approved MU-2B simulator under a Part 142 course following the approved MU-2B Training Program.
Q3Does completing MU-2B recurrent training also satisfy your flight review requirement?
Yes. FAR 91.1715(d) states that successful completion of Initial/Transition, Requalification, or Recurrent training under § 91.1705 satisfies § 61.56, provided at least 1 hour of flight training was in the MU-2B or an approved simulator.
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