61.3 REQUIREMENTS FOR CERTIFICATES, RATINGS, AND AUTHORIZATIONSWhen acting as a pilot in command or as a required pilot flight crewmember, you must have a valid pilot certificate and a current and appropriate medical certificate in your personal possession or readily accessible in the airplane.You must present your pilot certificate or medical certificate upon the request of the Administrator of the FAA or his or her representative; the NTSB; or any federal, state, or local law enforcement officer.61.15 OFFENSES INVOLVING ALCOHOL OR DRUGSEach person holding a certificate under Part 61 shall provide a written report of each motor vehicle action involving alcohol or drugs to the FAA’s Security and Hazardous Materials Safety Office no later than 60 days after the motor vehicle action.61.23 MEDICAL CERTIFICATES: REQUIREMENT AND DURATIONFor operations requiring a private, recreational, or student pilot certificate, a first-, second-, or third-class medical certificate expiresa. At the end of the 60th month after the date of examination shown on the certificate, if you have not reached your 40th birthday on or before the date of examination orb. At the end of the 24th month after the date of examination shown on the certificate, if you have reached your 40th birthday on or before the date of examination.2. Basic Med allows a pilot to conduct certain operations using a U.S. drivers license instead of a medical certificate as long as the pilot meets the following conditions:3. Has held an FAA medical certificate at any time after July 14, 2006, the most recent of which4. May have been a special issuance medicali. A one-time special issuance medical must be obtained for certain cardiovascular, neurological, and mental heath conditions.ii. May be expireda. Cannot have been suspended, revoked, withdrawn, or deniedb. Completes an approved medical education course in the preceding 24 calendar months in accordance with 14 CFR Part 685. Receives a comprehensive medical examination from a state licensed physician in the previous 48 months in accordance with 14 CFR Part 68a. The exam is not required to be conducted by an Aviation Medical Examiner (AME).61.31 TYPE RATING REQUIREMENTS, ADDITIONAL TRAINING, AND AUTHORIZATION REQUIREMENTS1. To act as pilot in command of a complex airplane, you must receive and log ground and flight training and receive a logbook endorsement.a. A complex airplane is defined as an airplane with retractable landing gear, flaps, and a controllable pitch propeller.2. To act as pilot in command of a high-performance airplane, you must receive and log ground and flight training and receive a logbook endorsement.a.  A high-performance airplane is defined as an airplane with an engine of more than 200 horsepower.3. A person may not act as pilot in command of any of the following aircraft unless (s)he holds a type rating for that aircraft:a. A large aircraft (i.e., over 12,500 lb. gross weight)b. A turbojet-powered airplanec. Other aircraft specified by the FAA through aircraft type certification procedures61.51 PILOT LOGBOOKS1. A recreational pilot must carry his or her logbook with the required authorized instructor endorsements on all solo flightsa. That exceed 50 NM from the airport at which training was received,b. Within airspace that requires communication with air traffic control,c. Conducted between sunset and sunrise, ord. In an aircraft for which the pilot does not hold an appropriate category or class rating.61.56 FLIGHT REVIEW1. A flight review must have been satisfactorily completed within the previous 24 calendar months to act as pilot in command of an aircraft for which that pilot is rated. A flight review consists of a minimum of 1 hour of flight training by an authorized instructor and 1 hour of ground training.2. The expiration of the 24-month period for the flight review falls on the last day of the 24th month after the month of the examination date (i.e., 24 calendar months).61.57 RECENT FLIGHT EXPERIENCE: PILOT IN COMMAND1. To carry passengers, you must have made three landings and three takeoffs within the preceding 90 days.2. All three landings must be made in aircraft of the same category, class, and, if a type rating is required, type as the one in which passengers are to be carried.i. The categories are airplane, rotorcraft, glider, and lighter-than-air.a. The classes are single-engine land, single-engine sea, multi-engine land, and multi-engine sea.b. The landings must be to a full stop if the airplane is tailwheel (conventional) rather than nosewheel.3. To carry passengers at night, you must, within the last 90 days, have made three takeoffs and three landings to a full stop at night in an aircraft of the same category, class, and type, if required.a. Night in this case is defined as the period beginning 1 hr. after sunset and ending 1 hr. before sunrise.61.60 CHANGE OF ADDRESS1. You must notify the FAA Airmen Certification Branch in writing of any change in your permanent mailing address.2. You may not exercise the privileges of your pilot certificate after 30 days from moving unless you make this notification.61.69 GLIDER TOWING: EXPERIENCE AND TRAINING REQUIREMENTS1. Any person may tow a glider if that person hasa. At least a private pilot certificateb. 100 hr. of pilot in command time in the aircraft category, class, and type, if required, that the pilot is using to tow a gliderc. A logbook endorsement from an authorized instructor certifying that the person has received ground and flight training in gliders2. Within the preceding 24 monthsi. a. Made at least three actual or simulated glider tows while accompanied by a qualified pilot orMade at least three flights as pilot in command of a glider towed by an aircraft61.113 PRIVATE PILOT PRIVILEGES AND LIMITATIONS: PILOT IN COMMAND1. Private pilots may not pay less than an equal (pro rata) share of the operating expenses of a flight with the passengers.a. These operating expenses may involve only fuel, oil, airport expenditures, or rental fees.2. Private pilots may operate an aircraft carrying passengers on business only if the flight is incidental to that business or employment and the pilot is not paid as a pilot.a. For example, a CPA who is a private pilot might fly an aircraft carrying CPAs to a client. Such flight is incidental to the CPA’s professional duties or business.3. A pilot may act as a pilot in command of an aircraft used in a passenger-carrying airlift sponsored by a charitable organization for which passengers make donations to the organization ifa. The responsible FAA Flight Standards office is notified at least 7 days before the flight;b. The flight is conducted from an adequate public airport;c. The pilot has logged at least 500 hours;d. No aerobatic or formation flights are performed;e. The aircraft holds a standard airworthiness certificate and is airworthy;f. The flight is day-VFR; andg. The flight is non-stop, begins and ends at the same airport, and is conducted within a 25-NM radius of that airport.4. The pilot in command of an aircraft operating under BasicMed must adhere to the following limitations:5. The aircraft mayi. Not be certificated to carry more than 6 occupantsii. Not have a maximum certificated takeoff weight of more than 6,000 lb.a. NOTE: Certain Piper PA-32 series aircraft (Cherokee 6, Lance, and Saratoga) are certificated to carry a maximum of 5, 6, or 7 occupants. Under BasicMed, you may fly certain PA-32 aircraft that were converted to the 7-seat configuration, but only if the 7th seat conversion kit was removed and that removal has been documented in the aircraft’s maintenance records. Certain PA-32 aircraft are also required to have the removal of the 7th seat documented on FAA Form 337. Alternatively, an STC is available through AOPA to make Piper PA-32s BasicMed compliant. More information can be found by contacting pilotassist@aopa.org. You may not fly a PA-32 aircraft that is certificated or converted to carry 7 occupants if the 7th seat is merely removed.6. No portion of the flight may bei. Carried out above 18,000 ft. MSLii. Conducted outside the United States unless authorized by the country in which the flight is conducteda. Carried out at an indicated airspeed greater than 250 kt.7. The pilot must have available in his or her logbook (in paper or electronic format) thei. Completed medical examination checklista. Medical education course completion certificate