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General airworthiness requirements and compliance for aircraft, including:

Certificate location and expiration dates

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  • Chapter 17: Transition to Light Sport Airplanes (LSA) › Sport Pilot Certificate

    Sport Pilot Certificate In addition to the LSA rules, the FAA created a new sport pilot certificate in 2004 that lowered the minimum training time requirements, in comparison to other pilot certificates, for newly certificated pilots wishing to exercise privileges ... only in LSA aircraft. Pilots who hold recreational, private, commercial, or airline transport pilot certificates may pilot light-sport airplanes provided they possess the appropriate category/class rating and a U.S. driver's license or medical certificate that meets the requirements…

  • Chapter 1: Introduction to Flight Training › Role of the FAA

    Figure 1-4. FAA Form 8100-2, Standard Airworthiness Certificate. While 14 CFR part 91, section 91.205 outlines the minimum equipment required for flight, the Airplane Flight Manual/Pilot’s Operating Handbook (AFM/POH) lists the equipment required for the airplane ... airworthy. The equipment list found in the AFM/POH is developed during the airplane certification process. This list identifies those items that are required for airworthiness, optional equipment installed in addition to the required equipment, and any supplemental items or appliances…

  • 14 CFR § 91.203 Civil aircraft: Certifications required.

    Civil aircraft: Certifications required. (a) Except as provided in § 91.715, no person may operate a civil aircraft unless it has within it the following: (1) An appropriate and current airworthiness certificate. Each U.S. airworthiness certificate used to comply with this ... registration number assigned to the aircraft under part 47 or 48 of this chapter. However, the airworthiness certificate need not have on it an assigned special identification number before 10 days after that number is first affixed to the aircraft…

  • 14 CFR § 91.327 Aircraft issued a special airworthiness certificate in the light-sport category: Operating limitations.

    Aircraft issued a special airworthiness certificate in the light-sport category: Operating limitations. for compensation or hire or conduct flight training for compensation or hire in an aircraft which that person provides unless within the preceding 100 hours of time ... service the aircraft has— (1) Been inspected by a certificated repairman (light-sport) with a maintenance rating, an appropriately rated mechanic, or an appropriately rated repair station in accordance with inspection procedures developed by the aircraft manufacturer or maintenance…

  • 14 CFR § 43.3 Persons authorized to perform maintenance, preventive maintenance, rebuilding, and alterations.

    Persons authorized to perform maintenance, preventive maintenance, rebuilding, and alterations. of an air carrier operating certificate or an operating certificate issued under Part 121 or 135, may perform maintenance, preventive maintenance, and alterations as provided in Part ... Except for holders of a sport pilot certificate, the holder of a pilot certificate issued under part 61 may perform preventive maintenance on any aircraft owned or operated by that pilot which is not used under part…

  • Chapter 1: Introduction to Flight Training › Airman Certification Standards (ACS) and Practical Test Standards (PTS)

    Training centers certificated under 14 CFR part 142, however, specialize in the use of flight simulation (full flight simulators and flight training devices) in their training courses. There are a number of flying schools in the United States that ... certificated by the FAA. These schools operate under the provisions of 14 CFR part 61. Many of these non-certificated flying schools offer excellent training and meet or exceed the standards required of FAA-approved pilot schools. Flight instructors employed…