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  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
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§91.207 Emergency locator transmitters

Mateo Espin January 14, 2021

§91.207 Emergency locator transmitters

(a) Except as provided in paragraphs (e) and (f) of this section, no person may operate a U.S.-registered civil airplane unless –

(1) There is attached to the airplane an approved automatic type emergency locator transmitter that is in operable condition

(b) Each emergency locator transmitter required by paragraph (a) of this section must be attached to the airplane in such a manner that the probability of damage to the transmitter in the event of crash impact is minimized. Fixed and deployable automatic type transmitters must be attached to the airplane as far aft as practicable.

(c) Batteries used in the emergency locator transmitters required by paragraphs (a) and (b) of this section must be replaced (or recharged, if the batteries are rechargeable) –

(1) When the transmitter has been in use for more than 1 cumulative hour; or

(2) When 50 percent of their useful life (or, for rechargeable batteries, 50 percent of their useful life of charge) has expired, as established by the transmitter manufacturer under its approval.

The new expiration date for replacing (or recharging) the battery must be legibly marked on the outside of the transmitter and entered in the aircraft maintenance record. 

(d) Each emergency locator transmitter required by paragraph (a) of this section must be inspected within 12 calendar months after the last inspection

(3) Aircraft, while engaged in training operations, conducted entirely within a 50-nautical mile radius of the airport from which such local flight operations began;


For more information refer to §91.207