One-Year Ban for Knowledge Test Cheating

Verified from official sources
14 CFR § 107.69Version 3Effective -Verified 22 August 2026

In plain language

If you cheat on a knowledge test, you will be banned from applying for any FAA certificate, rating, or authorization, and from taking any FAA tests, for 1 year from the date of the infraction.

Requirement as structured

An applicant whom the FAA Administrator finds has committed an act prohibited by § 107.69(a) is prohibited, for 1 year after the date of committing that act, from applying for any certificate, rating or authorization issued under 14 CFR chapter I, and from applying for and taking any test under that chapter.

Original regulatory text

(b) An applicant who the Administrator finds has committed an act prohibited by paragraph (a) of this section is prohibited, for 1 year after the date of committing that act, from: (1) Applying for any certificate, rating, or authorization issued under this chapter; and (2) Applying for and taking any test under this chapter.

Applies when

country
United States
authority
FAA
regulatory category
General