Get Faa Form 8500 8 Question 19

The application for an airman medical certificate (FAA Form 8500-8) is used by the FAA's Office of Aerospace Medicine and their Designated Aviation Medical Examiners (AMEs) to record historical information provided by the pilot or controller applicant and also to record the results of the examination by the AME.

These medical conditions include a personality disorder manifested by overt acts, a psychosis, alcoholism, drug dependence, epilepsy, an unexplained disturbance of consciousness, myocardial infarction, angina pectoris, and diabetes requiring medication for its control.

For a third class medical certificate, you need to have 20/40 vision or better, with or without glasses. You'll need to be able to hear normally at a conversational level. In general, you'll need to be in good health, mentally and physically.

Once the applicant successfully completes Items 1-20 of FAA Form 8500-8 through the FAA MedXPress system, he/she will receive a confirmation number and instructions to print a summary sheet. This data entered through the MedXPress system will remain valid for 60 days.

It is not possible for applicants who have aneurysms or high blood pressure to fly because they are prone to sudden death from them while in the air. It is also possible for applicants with diabetes, epilepsy, brain tumors, and epilepsy to not be able to get a 3rd class medical certificate.

You can be fined up to $250,000 and jailed for five years for lying to the federal government. All FAA medical certificate applicants are required to acknowledge that warning before submitting their application in MedXPress.

Applicants under 40 usually have to undergo the most basic, third-class medical exam. This entails checking your eyesight, including your peripheral vision, nearsightedness, farsightedness, and color vision. The examiner will also perform a hearing test to determine if you're able to hear at the most basic level.