Class 3 Validity under CACI only 1 Year?

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Nik

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I am a Private Pilot and had undergone a Class 3 Medical in May 2024. I exceeded the blood pressure limits and my AME had to put my application on deferral for hypertension. This was newly discovered and I have no other medical history. Subsequently I received a letter from the FAA requesting a statement from my health provider, that my hypertension was being treated and stable. This was sent to them, and a few weeks later I received my printed Class 3 Medical Certificate along with a letter stating my application has been approved under the CACI program criteria for hypertension.

My new certificate does not list any limitations (except for corrective vision), and it appears to be a standard class 3 Medical Certificate, which one would normally assume is valid for 24-months (I am over 40.)

The accompanying letter, however, seems to imply that the validity of my new certificate is only 12 months. It doesn't explicitly state it as a truncated validity period, but says that "prior to your May 2025 FAA medical examination and every 12 months thereafter" I should submit a medical summary to my AME before my examination, as per the CACI worksheet.

My question is whether this implied restriction of 12 months is possibly just a mistake (perhaps assuming this was a Class 2 medical ?) Or can we indeed be issued a limited 12-month certificate for a Class 3 under CACI ?

Appreciate your thoughts.

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Many special issuances require 12 month recert for the first few years.
 
flyingron said:
Many special issuances require 12 month recert for the first few years.
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It sounds like this isn't an SI, it was a determination by FAA that he meets the criteria for a Class 3. If the certificate isn't limited then it sounds like a form error.
 
Then yours is NOT a special issuance. Then it's good as a third class through May 31, 2026 (and if you were under 40 at the teim of exam, that date woudl be May 31, 2029)...
 
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