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PL.I.B.K3d

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Equipment requirements for day and night VFR flight, including:

Required discrepancy records or placards

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14 CFR Part 91 — General Operating and Flight Rules Open
14 CFR § 91.9 Civil aircraft flight manual, marking, and placard requirements.
Civil aircraft flight manual, marking, and placard requirements. (a) Except as provided in paragraph (d) of this section, no person may operate a civil aircraft without complying with the operating limitations specified in the approved Airplane or Rotorcraft Flight Manual ... markings, and placards, or as otherwise prescribed by the certificating authority of the country of registry. (b) No person may operate a U.S.-registered civil aircraft— (1) For which an Airplane or Rotorcraft Flight Manual is required…
Pilot's Handbook of Aeronautical Knowledge p. 9-9
Chapter 9: Flight Manuals and Other Documents › Minimum Equipment Lists (MEL) and Operations With Inoperative Equipment
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 ... certificated and appropriately rated maintenance person to perform the deactivation. In all cases, the item or equipment must be placarded INOPERATIVE…
Pilot's Handbook of Aeronautical Knowledge p. 9-4
Chapter 9: Flight Manuals and Other Documents › Placards › Handling, Service, and Maintenance (Section 8)
Weight and Balance/Equipment List (Section 6) The Weight and Balance/Equipment List section…
14 CFR Part 91 — General Operating and Flight Rules Open
14 CFR § 91.213 Inoperative instruments and equipment.
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 § 43.9 of this chapter; or (ii) Deactivated and placarded “Inoperative.” If deactivation…
Pilot's Handbook of Aeronautical Knowledge p. 9-4
Chapter 9: Flight Manuals and Other Documents › Placards › Performance (Section 5)
Normal Procedures (Section 4) This section begins with a list of the…
Pilot's Handbook of Aeronautical Knowledge p. 9-3
Chapter 9: Flight Manuals and Other Documents › Weight and Loading Distribution
prohibited, such as spins or acrobatic flight, as well as operational limitations such as flight into known icing conditions. Placards Most aircraft display one or more placards that contain information having a direct bearing on the safe operation ... aircraft. These placards are located in conspicuous places and are reproduced in the Limitations section or as directed by an Airworthiness Directive (AD). [Figure 9-5] Airworthiness Directives are explained in detail later in this chapter…