Part of speech: n.
Quotation: The FAA was alerted, and looked things over, even though the incident did not meet the definition of an accident under Part 830 of the NTSB regs. The FAA inspector assigned required that the pilot take what is called a 709 ride. That’s a procedure under the regulations by which a pilot has to demonstrate his or her competence in an area of flight operations.
Author:
Rick Durden
Article, document, publication, web site:
AVWeb Date of publication:
July 16, 2006
This catchword has yet to be researched.
Comments:
The "checkride" is a provision of CFR 44709 ("709 ride" for short, and previously a Part 609 checkride or "609 ride" until the regulation was renumbered a few years ago).
http://uscode.house.gov/download/pls/49C447.txt
Typically, it refers to a pilot recertification after an incident that calls his competence into question, like a crash.
by PR 19 Nov 06, 1259 GMT