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What kind of landings must a tailwheel pilot make to meet the 90-day currency to carry passengers?

Full-stop landings in a tailwheel airplane.

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  1. Full-stop landings in a tailwheel airplane ✔
  2. Touch-and-go landings in any airplane
  3. Three-point landings only

Why: The 90-day rule calls for three takeoffs and three landings as sole manipulator in the same category, class and type. If the airplane has a tailwheel, those landings must be to a full stop in an airplane with a tailwheel.

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Answer: Full-stop landings in a tailwheel airplane. The 90-day rule calls for three takeoffs and three landings as sole manipulator in the same category, class and type. If the airplane has a tailwheel, those landings must be to a full stop in an airplane with a tailwheel.

  1. 14 CFR 61.57 Recent flight experience: Pilot in command (Cornell LII eCFR mirror) www.law.cornell.edu/cfr/text/14/61.57
    the takeoffs and landings must have been made to a full stop in an airplane with a tailwheel
    Checked 2026-10-10.

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