Airworthiness of an Aircraft
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Documents for Airworthiness 91.9, 91.203

ARROW

Airworthiness certificate

Registration (temporary is pink)

Radio license (international flights)

Operation handbook

Weight & balance

 

Inspections for Airworthiness 91.409, 91.207, 91.411, 91.413. 91.417

AVIATES

Annual (12 months)

VOR Check (30 Days)

100 Hour or Progressive inspection
(required if aircraft is used for hire or flight instruction for hire—91.409(b))

Altimeter (24months 91.411) and

Airworthiness Directives

Transponder (24 months 91.413)

ELT (12 months)

Static inspection (24 months)

 

Equipment for Airworthiness

Required for VFR flight 91.205(b)

ATOMS 2 FLEA

Airspeed indicator

Altimeter

Tachometer (for each engine)

Temperature (each liquid cooled engine)

Oil pressure gauge (each engine using pressure system)

Oil temperature gauge (each air cooled engine)

Magnetic direction indicator (compass)

Manifold pressure gauge (for each altitude engine/turbo/supercharged)

Safety belt

Signaling device and flotation gear (when for hire beyond power-off gliding distance of the shore)

(2 is for all the previous letters twice)

Fuel gauge (quantity for each tank)

Landing gear position indicator (for retractable landing gear)

Emergency locator transmitter

Anti-collision light system

(any additional equipment required by the Pilots Operating Handbook)

 

Additionally required for VFR night 91.205(c)

 

FLAPS (additional equipment required for night flight)

Fuses (3 spare for each type)

Landing light (if for hire)

Anti-collision lights

Position lights

Source of electrical power (adequate for all installed electrical and radio equipment)

Risk Elements

(Pilot in command, aircraft, environment, operation)

PAVE your way over the risks

Pilot

Aircraft

enVironment

External pressures

Decide Model

Elements of the DECIDE model for decision making

Detect a change needing attention

Estimate the need to counter or react to change

Choose the most desirable outcome for the flight

Identify actions to successfully control the change

Do something to adapt to the change

Evaluate the effect of the action countering the change

Visibility/Cloud Clearance Requirements

Special VFR requires

1. ATC clearance
2. Clear of Clouds
3. 1sm visibility (at least)
4. Daytime (sunrise to sunset)

Special Use Airspace

(United States)

PRWAMCN

Public Relations over a [crash]WAM CNn covers it

Prohibited

Restricted

Warning areas

Alert areas

Military Operations Areas

Controlled Firing Areas

National Security Areas

LOST 5 C’s

Confess

Climb

Conserve

Communicate

Comply

VFR Cross Country

East is Least, West is Best

VFR Cruising Altitudes  91.159

Based upon Magnetic Course (MC=True Course subtract Variation)
0° to 179° = Odd thousand +500 feet

180° to 359° = Even thousand +500 feet

Also for computing groundspeed winds

Winds from the left you subtract to heading

Winds from the right you add to heading

Night

Logging: FAR 1.1: civil twilight sunrise/sunset (generally when artificial illumination is required to read outside…on the ground)

Recency (to carry passengers at night) 61.57(b): 1 hour after sunset, 1 hour before sunrise (for both carrying passengers and accomplishing night recency requirements)

Position lights required: 91.209 Sunset to Sunrise

Hazardous Attitudes

Five hazardous attitudes and antidotes

I’M AIR (like I’m err or I’m erring)

 

Invulnerability    It could happen to me

Macho Taking chances is foolish

Antiauthority Follow the rules, they are usually right

Impulsivity Think first—not so fast

Resignation   I can make a difference, I am not helpless

I’M SAFE

Illness – Is the pilot suffering from any illness or symptom of an illness which might affect them in flight,
Medication – Is the pilot currently taking any drugs (prescription or over-the-counter),
Stress – Psychological or emotional factors which might affect the pilot’s performance,
Alcohol – Although legal limits vary by jurisdiction (0.04 or greater in the USA) one quarter that for driving), the pilot might want to consider their alcohol consumption within the last 8 to 24 hours,
Fatigue – Has the pilot had sufficient sleep and rest in the recent past, and
Eating – Is the pilot sufficiently nourished?