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• Pilot's Handbook of Aeronautical Knowledgep. 9-9
  Chapter 9: Flight Manuals and Other Documents › Minimum Equipment Lists (MEL) and Operations With Inoperative Equipment

  flight. Using the deferral provision of 14 CFR, part 91, section 91.213(d), the pilot determines whether the inoperative equipment is required by type design, 14 CFR, or ADs. If the inoperative item is not required, and the aircraft ... safely operated without it, the deferral may be made. The inoperative item shall be deactivated or removed and an INOPERATIVE placard placed near the appropriate switch, control, or indicator. If deactivation or removal involves maintenance (removal always will), it must…

• Instrument Flying Handbookp. 10-22
  Chapter 10: IFR Flight › Approach to an Airport With an Operating Tower, With an Approach Control › Landing

  components and visual aids associated with the instrument approach chart being used. Higher minimums are required with inoperative components or visual aids. For example, if the ALSF-1 approach lighting system were inoperative, the visibility minimums for an ILS would ... need to be increased by one-quarter mile. If more than one component is inoperative, each minimum is raised to the highest minimum required by any single component that is inoperative. ILS glideslope inoperative minimums are published on instrument approach…

• Risk Management Handbookp. B-1
  Appendix B: Risk Management Tools › Risk Assessment Tools Identifying, Assessing, & Mitigating Risk › Risk Identification Tools

  marginal weather conditions which could have resulted in an emergency landing. Figure B-1. The PAVE checklist. Risk Identification Tools Pilots may also use the FRAT [Figure B-2], which incorporates the PAVE checklist to aid with hazard identification. Figure ... Figure B-3. Risk Assessment Matrix. The 3P model illustrated in Figure B-4 allows for streamlined hazard identification and mitigation during in-flight operations. However, the “perceive” portion of the 3P model and PAVE checklist share a common purpose…

• 14 CFR Part 65 — Certification: Airmen Other Than Flight CrewmembersOpen
  14 CFR § 65.87 Powerplant rating; additional privileges.

  Powerplant rating; additional privileges. (a) Except as provided in paragraph (b) of this section, a certificated mechanic with a powerplant rating may approve for return to service a powerplant or propeller or any related part or appliance, after that person ... inspected its maintenance or alteration (excluding major repairs and major alterations). In addition, a certificated mechanic with a powerplant rating may perform the 100-hour inspection required by part 91 of this chapter on a powerplant or propeller…

• 14 CFR Part 91 — General Operating and Flight RulesOpen
  14 CFR § 91.213 Inoperative instruments and equipment.

  Inoperative instruments and equipment. (ii) Indicated as required on the aircraft's equipment list, or on the Kinds of Operations Equipment List for the kind of flight operation being conducted; (iii) Required by § 91.205 or any other rule of this ... kind of flight operation being conducted; or (iv) Required to be operational by an airworthiness directive; and (3) The inoperative instruments and equipment are— (i) Removed from the aircraft, the cockpit control placarded, and the maintenance recorded in accordance with…

• Helicopter Flying Handbookp. 8-2
  Chapter 8: Ground Procedures and Flight Preparations › Preflight › Minimum Equipment Lists (MELs) and Operations with Inoperative Equipment

  flight. If able to use the deferral provision of 14 CFR section 91.213(d), the pilot determines whether the inoperative equipment is required by type design or 14 CFR. If the inoperative item is not required, and the helicopter ... safely operated without it, the deferral may be made. The inoperative item shall be deactivated or removed and an INOPERATIVE placard placed near the appropriate switch, control, or indicator. If deactivation or removal involves maintenance (removal always does), it must…