MC.I.B.K3b
KnowledgeEquipment requirements for day and night flight, to include:
Using an approved Minimum Equipment List (MEL)
From the FAA library
- Chapter 16: Transition to Jet-Powered Airplanes › Jet Airplane Systems and Maintenance › Minimum Equipment List
This authorizes the operation for a limited time before permanent repairs take…
- 14 CFR § 91.213 Inoperative instruments and equipment.
Inoperative instruments and equipment. 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 ... 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…
- 14 CFR § 91.1115 Inoperable instruments and equipment.
Inoperable instruments and equipment. (a) No person may take off an aircraft with inoperable instruments or equipment installed unless the following conditions are met: (1) An approved Minimum Equipment List exists for that aircraft. (2) The program manager has been ... issued management specifications authorizing operations in accordance with an approved Minimum Equipment List. The flight crew must have direct access at all times prior to flight to all of the information contained in the approved Minimum Equipment List through printed…
- 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…
- Chapter 7: Helicopter Instrument Procedures › Pilot Proficiency
Minimum Equipment List (MEL) A helicopter operating under 14 CFR Part 135 with certain installed equipment inoperative is prohibited from taking off unless the operation is authorized in the approved MEL. The MEL provides for some equipment to be inoperative ... single-pilot IFR may depart IFR with certain equipment inoperative provided a crew of two pilots is used. Under 14 CFR Part 91, a pilot may defer certain items without an MEL if those items are not required…
- 28 Aviation Weather Tools › 28.3 FAA Flight Service’s Interactive Map
domestic alternate minimums, is not defined by regulation. To some extent this is because the definition of what constitutes marginal depends on the nature of the weather phenomena, the operation conducted, and the equipment used. If marginal conditions ... Both the primary and the secondary alternates must have a complete METAR and TAF at ETA. D.4.9 Minimum Equipment List (MEL) Restrictions…