Safety information for turboprop and piston pilots
Articles for owners and pilots who already fly turboprops and complex piston aircraft. Every regulation is cited to 14 CFR or an FAA document, and every figure has a source and a year.
- What does insurance approved training mean?It is not an FAA status. Who decides, what a pilot warranty can require, and how to get the answer in writing.
- King Air training cost: tuition by model, and what the airplane addsTuition by King Air model, what it includes, and how to add flight hours at your own operating cost.
- Mentor pilot turboprop insurance: why underwriters ask, and what to checkWhy an underwriter may ask for mentor hours, the ranges brokers state, and how a mentor differs from dual and an SIC.
- Transition from Piston to Turboprop: How to Be Insurable Before You CloseThe order of calls, hours and training that gets a private or instrument pilot insurable before closing on a turboprop.
- Cessna 421 insurance requirements: what is rule and what is policyWhich items are FAA rules for a 340, 414 or 421, which are policy, and what to ask an underwriter.
- Engine Out Training in the Airplane: What Belongs There and What Does NotWhat belongs in the airplane, what belongs in a simulator, and why our SOP has a 500-foot floor.
- Do you need a high altitude endorsement? The 25,000-foot test, aircraft by aircraftThe 61.31(g) test, the PC-12 answer, a table by aircraft, and the FAA's time of useful consciousness figures.
- Does a King Air require a type rating? The 12,500 lb line, model by modelThe 12,500 lb line, a table by model, the 300LW, modified 200s, instructors, and what it means for an owner.
- Can a CFI do an IPC? Who may give it, what it covers, and time in typeWho may give an IPC, the FAA-S-ACS-8C tasks, twin rules, flight reviews, devices and instructor time in type.
- How often is pilot recurrent training required? The FAA answer and the policy answerThe FAA's flight review, currency and 61.58 clocks, against the annual recurrent most policies ask for.
Access Flight Training ServicesRevised 2026-11-04
