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  • Chapter 8: Ground Procedures and Flight Preparations › Preflight › Minimum Equipment Lists (MELs) and Operations with Inoperative Equipment

    Minimum Equipment Lists (MELs) and Operations with Inoperative Equipment Title 14 of the Code of Federal Regulations (14 CFR) requires that all aircraft instruments and installed equipment be operative prior to each departure. However, when the Federal Aviation Administration ... section 91.213(d) is widely used by most pilot/operators. Its popularity is due to simplicity and minimal paperwork. When inoperative equipment is found during preflight or prior to departure, the decision should be to cancel the flight, obtain maintenance prior…

  • Chapter 9: Flight Manuals and Other Documents › Minimum Equipment Lists (MEL) and Operations With Inoperative Equipment

    section devoted to a systematic method of performing a preflight inspection. Minimum Equipment Lists (MEL) and Operations With Inoperative Equipment Under 14 CFR, all aircraft instruments and installed equipment are required to be operative prior to each departure. When ... minimum equipment list (MEL) concept for 14 CFR part 91 operations, it allowed aircraft to be operated with inoperative equipment determined to be nonessential for safe flight. At the same time, it allowed part 91 operators, without…

  • Chapter 2: Regulations, Maintenance Forms, Records, & Publications › Overview — Title 14 of the Code of Federal Regulations (14 CFR) › Maintenance-Related Regulations

    Relief for U.S. Military and Civilian Personnel who are assigned outside the…

  • Chapter 2: Regulations, Maintenance Forms, Records, & Publications › Overview — Title 14 of the Code of Federal Regulations (14 CFR)

    Chapter 2: Regulations, Maintenance Forms, Records, & Publications Overview — Title 14 of the Code of Federal Regulations (14 CFR) Aviation-related regulations that have occurred from 1926– 1966 are reflected in Figure 2-1. Just as aircraft continue to evolve with ... ever improving technology, so do the regulations, publications, forms, and records required to design, build, and maintain them. The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) regulations that govern today’s aircraft are found in Title 14 of the Code of Federal Regulations…

  • Chapter 2: Regulations, Maintenance Forms, Records, & Publications › Section 43.5—Approval for return to service after maintenance, preventive maintenance,…

    Certificated sport pilot for preventive maintenance on an aircraft owned and or operated by them. Note that although a certificated repairman is authorized to work on a product undergoing maintenance, preventive maintenance, rebuilding, or alterations (refer to 14 CFR part ... section 43.3), they are not authorized to approve that product for RTS. They must make the appropriate maintenance record entry per the requirements of 14 CFR part 43, section 43.9 or 43.11. Section 43.9—Content, form and disposition of maintenance…