Alien private pilot starting an instrument training course asked his instructor if a new tsa alien f...

Attributes
ACN	1330574
Time
Date	201602
Place
Locale Reference	ZZZ.Airport
State Reference	US
Environment
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Make Model Name	Skyhawk 172/Cutlass 172
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 91
Flight Phase	Parked
Person 1
Function	Pilot Flying Trainee
Qualification	Flight Crew Private
Experience	Flight Crew Last 90 Days 40 Flight Crew Total 137
Events
Anomaly	Deviation - Procedural FAR Deviation - Procedural Published Material / Policy

Narrative:

I was supposed to renew my tsa alien; because I am starting the instrument course in a 141 school. I asked my instructor should I renew it. Instructor said no your old one is still valid (private tsa alien). Instructor said let me ask one of the chiefs just to make sure. The head chief of the airport said no you do not need to; your old one is still valid; so I took their word for it; and did one flight. After a few days another chief said to me you were not allowed to fly; and I will report this to the tsa. I should not have relied on someone else; even if he is the head chief of the airport or my instructor.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: Alien private pilot starting an instrument training course asked his instructor if a new TSA alien form was required and was told no. This proved to be incorrect.

Narrative: I was supposed to renew my TSA Alien; because I am starting the instrument course in a 141 school. I asked my instructor should I renew it. Instructor said no your old one is still valid (Private TSA Alien). Instructor said let me ask one of the chiefs just to make sure. The head chief of the airport said no you do not need to; your old one is still valid; so I took their word for it; and did one flight. After a few days another chief said to me you were not allowed to fly; and I will report this to the TSA. I should not have relied on someone else; even if he is the head chief of the airport or my instructor.

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Alien private pilot starting an instrument training course asked his instructor if a new tsa alien form was required and was told no. This proved to be incorrect.