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

    equipment must be placarded INOPERATIVE. All small rotorcraft, non-turbine powered airplanes, gliders, or lighter-than-air aircraft operated under 14 CFR part 91 are eligible to use the maintenance deferral provisions of 14 CFR, part 91, section ... However, once an operator requests an MEL, and a Letter of Authorization (LOA) is issued by the FAA, then the use of the MEL becomes mandatory for that aircraft. All maintenance deferrals must be accomplished in accordance with the terms…

  • Chapter 1: Risk Management and Single-Pilot Resource Management › Situational Awareness › Obstacles to Maintaining Situational Awareness

    During flight training, the flight instructor should emphasize that routine flight operations may lead to a sense of complacency, which can threaten flight safety by reducing situational awareness. By asking about positions of other aircraft in the traffic pattern, engine ... aircraft’s location in relation to references on a chart, the flight instructor can determine if the learner is maintaining situational awareness. The flight instructor can also attempt to focus the learner’s attention on an imaginary problem with…

  • Chapter 15: Airspace › Air Traffic Control and the National Airspace System › Operating Rules and Pilot/Equipment Requirements

    radio communications must be established and maintained with the ATC facility providing air traffic services Private—(However, a student or recreational pilot may operate at other than the primary airport if seeking private pilot certification and if regulatory requirements ... Figure 15-9. Requirements for airspace operations. prior to entering the airspace and thereafter maintained while within the airspace. A pilot departing from the primary airport or satellite airport with an operating control tower must establish and maintain…

  • CHAPTER 8. SMALL UNMANNED AIRCRAFT OVER PEOPLE › 8.3.7 Category 4 Operations › 8.3.7.4 Applicability of Maintenance and Record Retention Requirements

    requirements. The provisions of any agreement should address, at a minimum, the requirements of § 107.140(c). Table 8-3. Operations Over People – Over or Within a Closed/Restricted Access Site *Allowed **Allowed Must be on Notice ****Operating Limitations * Remote pilots ... prohibited from operating as a Category 1 operation in sustained flight over open-air assemblies, unless the operation meets the requirements of § 89.110 or § 89.115(a). This prohibition is subject to waiver. ** Remote pilots are prohibited from operating…

  • CHAPTER 5. PART 107 SUBPART B, OPERATING RULES (SMALL UAS) › 5.11 Preflight Familiarization, Inspection, and Actions for Aircraft Operation › 5.11.1 Prior to Flight. The remote PIC must:

    Prior to Flight. The remote PIC must: 1. Conduct an assessment of the operating environment. The assessment must include at least the following: • Local weather conditions; • Local airspace and any flight restrictions; • The location of persons and moving vehicles ... directly participating in the operation, and property on the surface; • If conducting operations over people or moving vehicles, ensure their small unmanned aircraft is eligible for the category or categories of operations (see Chapter 8); • Consider the potential for persons…

  • 14 CFR Part 91, Appendix G to Part 91—Operations in Reduced Vertical Separation Minimum (RVSM) Airspace

    Part 91, Appendix G to Part 91—Operations in Reduced Vertical Separation Minimum (RVSM) Airspace 9 of this appendix, an applicant seeking authorization to operate within RVSM airspace must apply in a form and manner prescribed by the Administrator ... application must include the following: (1) [Reserved] (2) For an applicant who operates under part 121 or 135 of this chapter or under subpart K of this part, initial and recurring pilot training requirements. (3) Policies and procedures: An applicant…