PA.I.B.K3b
KnowledgeEquipment requirements for day and night VFR flight, including:
Using an approved Minimum Equipment List (MEL)
From the FAA library
- Chapter 9: Flight Manuals and Other Documents › Minimum Equipment Lists (MEL) and Operations With Inoperative Equipment
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 an MEL ... provision of 14 CFR, part 91, section 91.213(d) and an FAA-approved MEL. The deferral provision of 14 CFR, part 91, section 91.213(d) is widely used by most pilot/operators. Its popularity is due to simplicity and minimal paperwork…
- Glossary › Domestic Reduced Vertical Separation Minimum
Minimum equipment list (MEL). A list developed for larger aircraft that outlines equipment that can be inoperative for various types of flight including IFR and icing conditions. This list is based on the master minimum equipment list (MMEL) developed ... must be approved by the FAA for use. It is specific to an individual aircraft make and model. Minimum obstruction clearance altitude (MOCA). The lowest published altitude in effect between radio fixes on VOR airways, off-airway routes, or route…
- 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…
- 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…