EcFlight
Back to Course

PVT Regulations

0% Complete
0/0 Steps

  1. Part 61 Regulations

    §61.3 Requeriments for certificates
  2. §61.19 Duration of pilot certificates
  3. §61.23 Medical Certificates: Requirement and Duration
  4. §61.31 Type Rating and additional training requirements
  5. §61.51 Pilot Logbooks
  6. §61.56 Flight Review
  7. §61.57 Recent flight experience: Pilot in command
  8. §61.60 Change of address
  9. §61.103 - Eligibility requirements
  10. §61.113 Private pilot privileges and limitations
  11. Part 91 Regulations
    §91.3 Responsibility and authority of the pilot in command
  12. §91.7 Civil aircraft airworthiness
  13. §91.9 Civil aircraft flight manual, marking, and placard requirements
  14. §91.13 Careless or reckless operation
  15. §91.15 Dropping objects
  16. §91.17 Alcohol or drugs
  17. §91.21 Portable electronic devices
  18. §91.103 Preflight action
  19. §91.105 Flight crewmembers at stations
  20. §91.107 Use of safety belts and shoulder harnesses
  21. §91.109 Flight instruction; Simulated instrument flight
  22. §91.111 Operating near other aircraft
  23. §91.113 Right-of-way rules: Except water operations
  24. §91.117 Aircraft speed
  25. §91.119 Minimum safe altitudes: General
  26. §91.121 Altimeter settings
  27. §91.123 Compliance with ATC clearances and instructions
  28. §91.125 ATC light signals
  29. §91.144 Temporary restriction on flight operations during abnormally high barometric pressure conditions
  30. §91.151 Fuel requirements for flight in VFR conditions
  31. §91.155 Basic VFR weather minimums
  32. § 91.157 Special VFR weather minimums
  33. §91.159 VFR cruising altitude or flight level
  34. §91.203 Civil aircraft: Certifications required
  35. §91.205 Instrument and equipment requirements
  36. §91.207 Emergency locator transmitters
  37. §91.209 Aircraft lights
  38. §91.211 Supplemental oxygen
  39. §91.213 Inoperative instruments and equipment
  40. § 91.215 ATC transponder and altitude reporting equipment and use
  41. §91.409 Inspections
  42. §91.413 ATC transponder tests and inspections
  43. NTSB 830
    §830.1 Applicability
  44. §830.2 Definitions
  45. §830.5 - Immediate notification
  46. §830.6 - Information to be given in notification
  47. Miscellaneous
    Part 43 Appendix A Part C
  48. References

Quizzes

Participants 284

Show more
PVT Regulations §91.213 Inoperative instruments and equipment
Lesson 39 of 48
In Progress

§91.213 Inoperative instruments and equipment

Mateo Espin January 21, 2021

§ 91.213 Inoperative instruments and equipment

(a) Except as provided in paragraph (d) of this section, no person may take off an aircraft with inoperative instruments or equipment installed unless the following conditions are met:

(1) An approved Minimum Equipment List exists for that aircraft.

(2) The aircraft has within it a letter of authorization, issued by the responsible Flight Standards office, authorizing operation of the aircraft under the Minimum Equipment List. The letter of authorization may be obtained by written request of the airworthiness certificate holder. The Minimum Equipment List and the letter of authorization constitute a supplemental type certificate for the aircraft.

(3) The approved Minimum Equipment List must –

(i) Be prepared in accordance with the limitations specified in paragraph (b) of this section; and

(ii) Provide for the operation of the aircraft with the instruments and equipment in an inoperable condition.

(4) The aircraft records available to the pilot must include an entry describing the inoperable instruments and equipment.

(5) The aircraft is operated under all applicable conditions and limitations contained in the Minimum Equipment List and the letter authorizing the use of the list.

(b) The following instruments and equipment may not be included in a Minimum Equipment List:

(1) Instruments and equipment that are either specifically or otherwise required by the airworthiness requirements under which the aircraft is type certificated and which are essential for safe operations under all operating conditions.

(2) Instruments and equipment required by an airworthiness directive to be in operable condition unless the airworthiness directive provides otherwise.

(3) Instruments and equipment required for specific operations by this part.

(c) A person authorized to use an approved Minimum Equipment List issued for a specific aircraft under subpart K of this part, part 121, 125, or 135 of this chapter must use that Minimum Equipment List to comply with the requirements in this section.

(d) Except for operations conducted in accordance with paragraph (a) or (c) of this section, a person may takeoff an aircraft in operations conducted under this part with inoperative instruments and equipment without an approved Minimum Equipment List provided –

(1) The flight operation is conducted in a –

(i) Rotorcraft, non-turbine-powered airplane, glider, lighter-than-air aircraft, powered parachute, or weight-shift-control aircraft, for which a master minimum equipment list has not been developed; or

(ii) Small rotorcraft, nonturbine-powered small airplane, glider, or lighter-than-air aircraft for which a Master Minimum Equipment List has been developed; and

(2) The inoperative instruments and equipment are not –

(i) Part of the VFR-day type certification instruments and equipment prescribed in the applicable airworthiness regulations under which the aircraft was type certificated;

(ii) Indicated as required on the aircraft’s equipment list, or on the Kinds of Operations Equipment List for the kind of flight operation being conducted;

(iii) Required by § 91.205 or any other rule of this part for the specific kind of flight operation being conducted; or

(iv) Required to be operational by an airworthiness directive; and

(3) The inoperative instruments and equipment are –

(i) Removed from the aircraft, the cockpit control placarded, and the maintenance recorded in accordance with § 43.9 of this chapter; or

(ii) Deactivated and placarded “Inoperative.” If deactivation of the inoperative instrument or equipment involves maintenance, it must be accomplished and recorded in accordance with part 43 of this chapter; and

(4) A determination is made by a pilot, who is certificated and appropriately rated under part 61 of this chapter, or by a person, who is certificated and appropriately rated to perform maintenance on the aircraft, that the inoperative instrument or equipment does not constitute a hazard to the aircraft.

An aircraft with inoperative instruments or equipment as provided in paragraph (d) of this section is considered to be in a properly altered condition acceptable to the Administrator.

(e) Notwithstanding any other provision of this section, an aircraft with inoperable instruments or equipment may be operated under a special flight permit issued in accordance with §§ 21.197 and 21.199 of this chapter.