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Before you can take an instrument rating check ride, you must meet certain requirements and have logged certain training. One of the first questions that may come up on your instrument rating check ride may be about flight training requirements. The examiner will want to know that you met the requirements and that you understand them. IFR rating requirements can be found in 14 CFR § 61.65
To summarize, to apply for an instrument rating, you must:
(1) Already have a private pilot certificate or be concurrently applying for a private pilot certificate with your instrument rating.
(2) Be able to read, speak, write, and understand the English language.
(3) Complete and log ground training with an authorized instructor – Instrument Ground Instructor (IGI) or Certified Flight Instructor – Instrument (CFII) – or accomplish a ground school home study course.
(4) Have a logbook endorsement from an authorized instructor (IGI or CFII) certifying that you are prepared to take the knowledge test
(5) Receive and log required training in an aircraft, full flight simulator, or flight training device, including: 50 hours of cross-country flight time as pilot in command Forty hours of actual or simulated instrument time, including 15 hours must have been received from an authorized instructor Three hours of instrument flight training within two calendar months before the check ride A cross country flight of 250 nautical miles, that includes an instrument approach at each airport, and three different kinds of approaches (for example, VOR, ILS, GPS)
(6) Receive a logbook endorsement from an authorized instructor certifying that you are prepared to take the required practical test.
(7) Pass the knowledge test (unless you already have an instrument rating in another category (helicopter or powered-lift)
(8) Pass the required practical test.
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