Rusty pilot trying to understand basic med.

[Lowe Approach]

I'm sure you guys have answered this over and over again so apologies for bringing it up again if so. I couldn't seem to find the specific answer through a search.

I previously held a class 2 medical certificate. It was issued on 04/05/2005. and since I only need a 3rd class to fly what I do, will that suffice for the requirements of basic med?

Here is the FAQ from the FAA...
Do I have to always “hold or have held a medical certificate” in the past 10 years? A: No. There is no 10-year requirement, or a 10-year “look-back”. You only need to have held a medical certificate at any point after July 14, 2006. If you meet that provision, then you never have to hold a medical certificate again to operate under BasicMed, unless you develop one of the conditions identified in 14 CFR 68.9 that require you to get a special issuance (i.e., psychosis, epilepsy, heart replacement, etc.).

So if I recall correctly my class 2 medical turns into a class 3 medical after 12 months, or was it 36 months (I was under 40 at the time)? Then my now class 3 medical would expire in 12 more months, right? So if a second class medical was issued 04/05/2005 then I did have a class three medical that was valid after July 14, 2006, no?

So I can go the route of basic med.

I used to be so much better at this stuff.
Glad for the assistance from ya'll.

Thanks in advance.

 

[midlifeflyer]

If your last medical certificate was an unrestricted one of any class issued in April 2005, which was never revoked you have met the words of the regulation:

"At any point after July 14, 2006, have held a medical certificate issued under part 67 of this chapter;"

 

[bflynn]

Basicmed is looking for the medical to have been valid at that time. Another way of saying it is that it expired after July 14,2006 and wasn’t revoked, withdrawn, etc.