Questions tagged [faa-regulations]
FAA regulations cover the aviation rules of the United States of America and its territories. This tag should be used for questions regarding requirements or limitations imposed by FAA regulations or other related guidance material. It should **not** be used for questions about contacting the FAA, filling out FAA forms, or other areas of FAA responsibility.
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Is a passenger who is flying the aircraft liable for regulations that they violate?
Bob, a non-pilot, is flying as a passenger with Alice, who is a pilot. Alice is PIC, but she is letting Bob fly the plane. (He's not certificated, but he knows enough to be able to fly under ...
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In part91 operations, If I want to use odp, do I need to follow takeoff minimum?
I know there are no take off requirements for part 91.
But if we decide to use an ODP, legally should our airplane be able to make minimum climb rate of takeoff minimums described in the ODP chart?
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Hood time with an autopilot
I'm trying to build simulated instrument time (under the hood) flying an airplane with an autopilot. Let's say I have a safety pilot, I put a flight plan in the autopilot, I put the hood on, I engage ...
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Is Pitot Heat required for IFR?
CFR 125.205 states that
§ 125.205 Equipment requirements: Airplanes under IFR. No person may
operate an airplane under IFR unless it has— (a) A vertical speed
indicator; (b) A free-air temperature ...
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What FAA legal interpretation clarifies that glider sight-seeing operations do not need a drug testing program?
I came across this once, and despite searching with Bing and Google cannot find it again. As memory serves, the FAA counsel wrote a letter finding that glider sight-seeing operations do not need ...
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Whats the difference between "Type Certificate" and "Type Certificate Data Sheet" and how it fits into airworthiness
From my knowledge, a type certificate is given to the manufacturer which in turn allows them to get an airworthiness certificate for the plane it manufactures without having to go back to the FAA to ...
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If I lose 90 day currency can I fly at night at all?
Specifically 14 CFR 61.57 (a) (2) states:
For the purpose of meeting the requirements of paragraph (a)(1) of this section, a person may act as a pilot in command of an aircraft under day VFR or day ...
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Commercial Pilot privileges - scenario confusion
Assuming the following variations of a scenario.
Your friend wants to pay you to fly them to Martha's Vineyard. You rent the aircraft from a local club.
Same as above, except your friend rents the ...
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FAA - Common Aircraft Categories
I understand that for Small Airplanes, the FAA establishes different categories, one of which is Normal, Utility, and Aerobatic, commonly known for their Limit Load Factors, which are:
Normal: 3.8 G, ...
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Does FAA 8500-7 expire?
Does FAA Form 8500-7, a report from an optometrist on a patient's vision, expire? How long after the visit to an optometrist can the vision portion of an aviation medical examination be skipped?
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Does the pilot in command need physical access to the flight controls?
Is it legal for the pilot in command to not have access to flight controls?
I can think of a few cases in which this might not be considered reckless. For example, if Alice and Bob are both pilots who ...
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What are the restrictions on a private pilot who is not logging time?
A private pilot can avoid the "flight time is sometimes compensation" rule by not logging the flight time.
If Bob, a private pilot, is not logging flight time, what are the limits on ...
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Why are flights not also restricted during abnormally low barometric pressure conditions
FAR 91.144 talks about restricting flight operations during abnormally high barometric pressure conditions. Why would there not be an identical restriction during abnormally low barometric pressure ...
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With the new MOSAIC rule, would it allow for me to operate my Cessna 172 as an LSA and install experimental avionics?
I know it's still early with the FAA’s Modernization of Special Airworthiness Certification (MOSAIC) Notice of Proposed Rulemaking, but as it is currently written (August 2023), could I operate my ...
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Logging flight time as a ppl in IMC
I am a newly certificated private pilot. Am I able to log instrument flight time with another pilot in an airplane that I am not type rated for if we were to enter IMC conditions?
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Logging time as a student
Lets say I am a student with no student certificate but I have a good friend who has flown for years on an airbus and I want him to teach me how to fly. Can I log flight time being that I don't have a ...
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Is the interpretation of "54 knots CAS at the aircraft’s maximum certificated takeoff weight and most critical center of gravity" subjective?
The newly proposed MOSAIC regulations state in § 61.316
(1) A maximum stalling speed or minimum steady flight speed without
the use of lift-enhancing devices (V S1 ) of not more than 45 knots
CAS, ...
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Where is the VFR Day certification List
Where can I find the VfR day certification instruments and equipment for which my aircraft was certificated?
Is this 91.205? I looked through the POH it mentioned Part 91.
Is it saying that the ...
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Where can I find whether or not an aircraft requires two pilots?
I am trying to build custom scenarios for myself and I wanted to know where is an exact place for me to look If an aircraft needs two pilots.
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Low flying helicopters at night (2300) [duplicate]
I am just outside of Waynesboro Virginia United States and earlier I heard a helicopter approaching from the north but it was not visible at that moment. As the helicopter came into sight over the ...
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What is a good sight picture for telling urban vs rural areas (wrt minimum AGL)?
I'm studying for PPL and am struggling to imagine a clear "sight picture" for urban vs rural areas with regards to minimum AGL. I found that urban areas are outlined over at the Federal ...
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Would the Wright Flyer be considered ASEL or AMEL?
The Wright Flyer had two propellers driven from one engine. Aside from airworthiness issues, would an ASEL or AMEL rating be needed to fly it?
What about the opposite design, with two engines powering ...
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Alternatives to gabapentin acceptable to the FAA
I have neuropathy. Blood sugar under control, backbone seems to be okay—my doctors aren’t sure why I have it, but it hurts A LOT, especially at night. It is frequently severe. Am on gabapentin, FAA ...
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Foreign Dual on USA log book?
I am a commercial helicopter FAA pilot with a USA logbook. I specify it's USA because it is in english and as you know with available entries to file that I believe mean something else in Argentina.
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How should a Minimum Equipment List (MEL) be used?
I want to make sure that I understand how an MEL is used.
Does this list have instruments that are needed or not needed to conduct safe operations?
For example, if I have an altimeter that’s ...
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What is the logic behind requiring an instructor endorsement for only certain FAA Knowledge Tests?
Reference: https://www.faa.gov/training_testing/testing/testing_matrix
Some tests, such as for the PPL, require an instructor's endorsement. Others, such as for the CFI, do not. Is there any logic ...
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Safety pilot logging PIC XC time
The FAA Legal Interpretation (Gebhart) makes it clear that if:
Pilot A flies the whole XC flight (> 50 nm), including the enroute portion under the hood, and
Pilot B acts as safety pilot enroute
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Is a pilot who steals an airplane considered PIC?
Bob is a certificated ASEL private pilot. He steals Jane's Cessna 172 and flies it. He buys the fuel for the flight at his own expense, and after the flight, he pays Jane a reasonable rental rate. (In ...
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Can you make money from a flying blog or YouTube channel with a PPL? [duplicate]
Is it legal for a private pilot to blog about flights, or record them and post the videos online, and monetize the content using ads?
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Building Hours in a Foreign Country
I currently hold my Commercial Certificate with Instrument. Currently all FAA. Attended ATP Flight School in Texas. I was born in Nicaragua so I can legally work there. I was offered a job to work for ...
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When should the missed approach procedure be executed?
When flying a straight-in precision or non-precision instrument approach, when should the missed approach procedure be executed?
Note that this is being asked in the context of FAA regulations, but ...
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Adding a CFI-Airplane rating to existing CFI-Helicopter Certificate
Have a student who has CFI-Helicopter, and looking to get CFI-Airplane. Student has his commercial single engine airplane and wants to get CFI Airplane. What endorsements and any other factors will ...
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Vis-a-vis maintenance and spare parts, what are a type certificate holder's "regulatory obligations"
This conversation came up when the owner of an out-of-production airplane from a still-in-business manufacturer lost his gas cap. The manufacturer didn't have a spare part and refused to take an order ...
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Are passengers required to obey pilots' commands?
If the pilot in command of a GA aircraft tells a passenger to do or not do something, is the passenger legally obligated to obey the pilot? For example, if the pilot tells a passenger "Stop ...
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Bordering towered airspaces
I'm looking for guidance on radio communications when taking off from Delta airspace and flying into Charlie that starts where the Delta ends. My aircraft can only monitor one frequency at a time. Can ...
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Lost Pilot logbooks/flight time records
I hold an ATP certificate Multi-engine land, commercial privileges single engine land. It was issued in 1973 just prior to leaving the Army. As I understand it, the facility that held the Army flight ...
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Can I log PIC time without a valid medical?
Here is the scenario. Could you please tell me if
this pilot can log PIC time?
I am a private pilot and my medical is expired.
I want to fly so I am trying to fly with another private pilot friend.
My ...
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What is a Tromboning arrival procedure?
I only know that Tromboning is a RNAV arrival procedure which has the trombone shape, and it's an application of CDO (Continuous Descent Operation) along with Point Merge Procedure. Can you give me ...
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What would define a thunderstorm that you would stay 20 miles away from?
In summer time, we get pop up cumulonimbus clouds that often develop into thunderstorms. So is there a defined point at which it would be considered a thunderstorm to stay 20 miles away from? Is it ...
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When does taxiing become taking off?
When there is a relocated runway threshold, the PHAK says:
When the threshold is relocated, the closed portion of the runway is not available for use by aircraft for takeoff or landing, but it is ...
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Regulations regarding taking off across the runway
Many years ago, I read an article in Air & Space in which a bush pilot demonstrated the short-field capabilities of his airplane by taxiing out and then taking off across the width of the runway. ...
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Can I takeoff as VFR from class G with 2sm vis. even if that's IFR in the categorical outlooks?
Weather minimums for class G during the day (below 1200'AGL) are 1SM vis. and clear of clouds.
The categorical outlook (AIM 7-1-7) for IFR is 1sm to 3sm visibility and a ceiling of 500'AGL to 1000'AGL....
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Amending Operating Limitations for IFR operations
I own an experimental aircraft and have installed all the equipment necessary to fly under IFR. I found that there's a line on the Operating Limitations document that says "Day/Night VFR ...
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Can you try for a second class medical, then get a third class if you fail, for the cost of one exam?
I'm virtually certain that I qualify for a third class medical, and likely for a second class. (I know I could qualify for second, but I'm not sure I have 20/20 vision with my current glasses.) Can I ...
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Does a single-engine-land license plus a multi-engine-sea license allow you to fly multi-engine-land and single-engine-sea?
I have a single-engine land PPL. I'm looking at getting training in a multi-engine seaplane. Does the fact that I already have a land airplane rating allow me to fly a multi-engine land plane?
(I did ...
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How is the VOR-A approach at KVCB meant to be flown?
This is the VOR-A approach into KVCB:
The plate indicates that "Circling NA west of Rwy 2-20." But runway 2 is left traffic and runway 20 is right traffic. How is one meant to avoid the ...
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Do you need to know takeoff and landing distances for all airports or just departure/destination?
I know that calculating takeoff and landing distance data is required by 14 CFR 91.103 but it states "runway lengths at airports of intended use." So of course as part of my preflight action ...
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What's the reason for not allowing private pilots to get paid for their services?
As per a recent answer:
A Private Pilot certificate removes a lot of the restrictions
of the recreational cert. You're no longer restricted in where you can
fly*, the number of passengers you can ...
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At non-controlled fields, what are the regulations concerning "line up and wait"?
Motivation
I am working on best practices for a plane with a very slow constant speed prop. In my experience, it operationally takes 20 seconds or more to go from idle to full throttle (pushing the ...
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Can a student pilot certificate be used for transportation with an endorsement?
If I live in Anytown and need to make a trip over to Bigcity for non-flight-training-related purposes, I have a student pilot certificate, it's just me going, and I have a solo endorsement from my ...
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