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Initial training in your aircraft, for owners new to the type

Initial training is the first course a pilot takes in a specific aircraft, and an underwriter often makes it a condition of coverage. Access delivers it in your own airplane at your airport, typically in 3 to 5 days with about 10 flight hours if required. It covers systems, limitations, emergencies, the FARs, real-world operations and servicing, and ends with an aircraft-specific test and a completion certificate.

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Who takes initial training?

Pilots who already fly and are new to this aircraft: a buyer stepping up from a piston, an owner moving to a different model, or a professional pilot joining an owner. If you are learning to fly from zero, start here instead.

What to do before you close on the airplane

Call a broker before the sale closes and ask what they would require for your experience in this aircraft: hours, initial training, a mentor, and whether a simulator is required. Then ask in writing whether in-aircraft training qualifies. This is the order we suggest. If your underwriter wants more dual than the syllabus provides, individual days can be added, with about 5 flight hours per day as the optimum.

What about the high altitude endorsement?

If your aircraft requires it and you have never had one, you receive the ground and flight training for it during the course. 14 CFR 61.31(g) applies to pressurized aircraft whose service ceiling or maximum operating altitude, whichever is lower, is above 25,000 feet. See which aircraft it covers.

Initial tuition, by aircraft

  1. Beechcraft King Air 90$3,750
  2. Beechcraft King Air 100 and 200$3,750
  3. Beechcraft King Air 300 and 350$3,950
  4. Pilatus PC-12$3,750
  5. Daher TBM$3,750
  6. Piper Meridian and JetPROP$3,750
  7. Cessna Caravan$3,300
  8. Cessna Conquest I and II$3,750
  9. Piper Cheyenne$3,750
  10. Rockwell Turbo Commander$3,750
  11. Beechcraft Baron$3,050
  12. Beechcraft Duke$3,050
  13. Cessna 210 Centurion$3,050
  14. Cessna 310, 337, 401 and 402$3,050
  15. Cessna 340$3,050
  16. Cessna 414 Chancellor$3,050
  17. Cessna 421 Golden Eagle$3,050
  18. Piper Navajo, Chieftain and Mojave$3,050
  19. Piper Malibu, Mirage and Matrix$3,050
  20. Piper Aerostar$3,050

Frequently asked questions

My broker says no policy until I finish initial training. Can I do that in my own airplane?

It depends on your underwriter. Ask your broker whether in-aircraft initial training qualifies for you, this aircraft and your limits, and get the answer in writing. We can send the aircraft-specific syllabus and CFII credentials to help them decide.

How do I find out whether I am insurable before I close on the airplane?

Call an aviation insurance broker before the sale closes and ask for an indication with your logbook totals. Ask what training, mentor time and total hours they would require.

How long does initial training take?

Typically 3 to 5 days, with about 10 flight hours in the aircraft if required and instruction from 8:00 AM to 5:00 PM with a break for lunch. Your underwriter may ask for more, and individual days can be added.

Do you train zero-time students?

No. Access trains pilots who already fly, or who have access to an aircraft that requires initial and recurrent training.

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Tell us the aircraft, the airport and the date.

Paul Liberatore answers training requests himself. If you would rather talk it through first, call and ask about your airplane.

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