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U.S. Code of Federal Regula...
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Title 14—Aeronautics and Space
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CHAPTER I—FEDERAL AVIATION ...
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PART 91—GENERAL OPERATING AND FLIGHT RULES
PART 91—GENERAL OPERATING AND FLIGHT RULES
§ 91.1 - Applicability.
§ 91.3 - Responsibility and authority of the pilot in command.
§ 91.5 - Pilot in command of aircraft requiring more than one required pilot.
§ 91.7 - Civil aircraft airworthiness.
§ 91.9 - Civil aircraft flight manual, marking, and placard requirements.
§ 91.11 - Prohibition on interference with crewmembers.
§ 91.13 - Careless or reckless operation.
§ 91.15 - Dropping objects.
§ 91.17 - Alcohol or drugs.
§ 91.19 - Carriage of narcotic drugs, marihuana, and depressant or stimulant drugs or substances.
§ 91.21 - Portable electronic devices.
§ 91.23 - Truth-in-leasing clause requirement in leases and conditional sales contracts.
§ 91.25 - Aviation Safety Reporting Program: Prohibition against use of reports for enforcement purposes.
§§ 91.27-91.99 - Applicability.
§ 91.101 - Applicability.
§ 91.103 - Preflight action.
§ 91.105 - Flight crewmembers at stations.
§ 91.107 - Use of safety belts, shoulder harnesses, and child restraint systems.
§ 91.109 - Flight instruction; Simulated instrument flight and certain flight tests.
§ 91.111 - Operating near other aircraft.
§ 91.113 - Right-of-way rules: Except water operations.
§ 91.115 - Right-of-way rules: Water operations.
§ 91.117 - Aircraft speed.
§ 91.119 - Minimum safe altitudes: General.
§ 91.121 - Altimeter settings.
§ 91.123 - Compliance with ATC clearances and instructions.
§ 91.125 - ATC light signals.
§ 91.126 - Operating on or in the vicinity of an airport in Class G airspace.
§ 91.127 - Operating on or in the vicinity of an airport in Class E airspace.
§ 91.129 - Operations in Class D airspace.
§ 91.130 - Operations in Class C airspace.
§ 91.131 - Operations in Class B airspace.
§ 91.133 - Restricted and prohibited areas.
§ 91.135 - Operations in Class A airspace.
§ 91.137 - Temporary flight restrictions in the vicinity of disaster/hazard areas.
§ 91.138 - Temporary flight restrictions in national disaster areas in the State of Hawaii.
§ 91.139 - Emergency air traffic rules.
§ 91.141 - Flight restrictions in the proximity of the Presidential and other parties.
§ 91.143 - Flight limitation in the proximity of space flight operations.
§ 91.144 - Temporary restriction on flight operations during abnormally high barometric pressure conditions.
§ 91.145 - Management of aircraft operations in the vicinity of aerial demonstrations and major sporting events.
§ 91.146 - Passenger-carrying flights for the benefit of a charitable, nonprofit, or community event.
§ 91.147 - Passenger carrying flights for compensation or hire.
§§ 91.148-91.149 - Fuel requirements for flight in VFR conditions.
§ 91.151 - Fuel requirements for flight in VFR conditions.
§ 91.153 - VFR flight plan: Information required.
§ 91.155 - Basic VFR weather minimums.
§ 91.157 - Special VFR weather minimums.
§ 91.159 - VFR cruising altitude or flight level.
§ 91.161 - Special awareness training required for pilots flying under visual flight rules within a 60-nautical mile radius of the Washington, DC VOR/DME.
§§ 91.162-91.165 - Fuel requirements for flight in IFR conditions.
§ 91.167 - Fuel requirements for flight in IFR conditions.
§ 91.169 - IFR flight plan: Information required.
§ 91.171 - VOR equipment check for IFR operations.
§ 91.173 - ATC clearance and flight plan required.
§ 91.175 - Takeoff and landing under IFR.
§ 91.176 - Straight-in landing operations below DA/DH or MDA using an enhanced flight vision system (EFVS) under IFR.
§ 91.177 - Minimum altitudes for IFR operations.
§ 91.179 - IFR cruising altitude or flight level.
§ 91.180 - Operations within airspace designated as Reduced Vertical Separation Minimum airspace.
§ 91.181 - Course to be flown.
§ 91.183 - IFR communications.
§ 91.185 - IFR operations: Two-way radio communications failure.
§ 91.187 - Operation under IFR in controlled airspace: Malfunction reports.
§ 91.189 - Category II and III operations: General operating rules.
§ 91.191 - Category II and Category III manual.
§ 91.193 - Certificate of authorization for certain Category II operations.
§§ 91.195-91.199 - Civil aircraft: Certifications required.
§ 91.201 - Civil aircraft: Certifications required.
§ 91.203 - Civil aircraft: Certifications required.
§ 91.205 - Powered civil aircraft with standard category U.S. airworthiness certificates: Instrument and equipment requirements.
§ 91.207 - Emergency locator transmitters.
§ 91.209 - Aircraft lights.
§ 91.211 - Supplemental oxygen.
§ 91.213 - Inoperative instruments and equipment.
§ 91.215 - ATC transponder and altitude reporting equipment and use.
§ 91.217 - Data correspondence between automatically reported pressure altitude data and the pilot's altitude reference.
§ 91.219 - Altitude alerting system or device: Turbojet-powered civil airplanes.
§ 91.221 - Traffic alert and collision avoidance system equipment and use.
§ 91.223 - Terrain awareness and warning system.
§ 91.225 - Automatic Dependent Surveillance-Broadcast (ADS-B) Out equipment and use.
§ 91.227 - Automatic Dependent Surveillance-Broadcast (ADS-B) Out equipment performance requirements.
§§ 91.228-91.299 - Aerobatic flight.
§ 91.301 - Aerobatic flight.
§ 91.303 - Aerobatic flight.
§ 91.305 - Flight test areas.
§ 91.307 - Parachutes and parachuting.
§ 91.309 - Towing: Gliders and unpowered ultralight vehicles.
§ 91.311 - Towing: Other than under § 91.309.
§ 91.313 - Restricted category civil aircraft: Operating limitations.
§ 91.315 - Limited category civil aircraft: Operating limitations.
§ 91.317 - Provisionally certificated civil aircraft: Operating limitations.
§ 91.319 - Aircraft having experimental certificates: Operating limitations.
§ 91.321 - Carriage of candidates in elections.
§ 91.323 - Increased maximum certificated weights for certain airplanes operated in Alaska.
§ 91.325 - Primary category aircraft: Operating limitations.
§ 91.327 - Aircraft having a special airworthiness certificate in the light-sport category: Operating limitations.
§§ 91.328-91.399 - Applicability.
§ 91.401 - Applicability.
§ 91.403 - General.
§ 91.405 - Maintenance required.
§ 91.407 - Operation after maintenance, preventive maintenance, rebuilding, or alteration.
§ 91.409 - Inspections.
§ 91.410 - Altimeter system and altitude reporting equipment tests and inspections.
§ 91.411 - Altimeter system and altitude reporting equipment tests and inspections.
§ 91.413 - ATC transponder tests and inspections.
§ 91.415 - Changes to aircraft inspection programs.
§ 91.417 - Maintenance records.
§ 91.419 - Transfer of maintenance records.
§ 91.421 - Rebuilt engine maintenance records.
§§ 91.423-91.499 - Applicability.
§ 91.501 - Applicability.
§ 91.503 - Flying equipment and operating information.
§ 91.505 - Familiarity with operating limitations and emergency equipment.
§ 91.507 - Equipment requirements: Over-the-top or night VFR operations.
§ 91.509 - Survival equipment for overwater operations.
§ 91.511 - Communication and navigation equipment for overwater operations.
§ 91.513 - Emergency equipment.
§ 91.515 - Flight altitude rules.
§ 91.517 - Passenger information.
§ 91.519 - Passenger briefing.
§ 91.521 - Shoulder harness.
§ 91.523 - Carry-on baggage.
§ 91.525 - Carriage of cargo.
§ 91.527 - Operating in icing conditions.
§ 91.529 - Flight engineer requirements.
§ 91.531 - Second in command requirements.
§ 91.533 - Flight attendant requirements.
§ 91.535 - Stowage of food, beverage, and passenger service equipment during aircraft movement on the surface, takeoff, and landing.
§§ 91.536-91.599 - Applicability.
§ 91.601 - Applicability.
§ 91.603 - Aural speed warning device.
§ 91.605 - Transport category civil airplane weight limitations.
§ 91.607 - Emergency exits for airplanes carrying passengers for hire.
§ 91.609 - Flight data recorders and cockpit voice recorders.
§ 91.611 - Authorization for ferry flight with one engine inoperative.
§ 91.613 - Materials for compartment interiors.
§§ 91.615-91.699 - Applicability.
§ 91.701 - Applicability.
§ 91.702 - Persons on board.
§ 91.703 - Operations of civil aircraft of U.S. registry outside of the United States.
§ 91.705 - Operations within airspace designed as Reduced Vertical Separation Minimum Airspace.
§ 91.706 - Operations within airspace designed as Reduced Vertical Separation Minimum Airspace.
§ 91.707 - Flights between Mexico or Canada and the United States.
§ 91.709 - Operations to Cuba.
§ 91.711 - Special rules for foreign civil aircraft.
§ 91.713 - Operation of civil aircraft of Cuban registry.
§ 91.715 - Special flight authorizations for foreign civil aircraft.
§§ 91.717-91.799 - Applicability: Relation to part 36.
§ 91.801 - Applicability: Relation to part 36.
§ 91.803 - Part 125 operators: Designation of applicable regulations.
§ 91.805 - Final compliance: Subsonic airplanes.
§§ 91.807-91.813 - Agricultural and fire fighting airplanes: Noise operating limitations.
§ 91.815 - Agricultural and fire fighting airplanes: Noise operating limitations.
§ 91.817 - Civil aircraft sonic boom.
§ 91.819 - Civil supersonic airplanes that do not comply with part 36.
§ 91.821 - Civil supersonic airplanes: Noise limits.
§§ 91.823-91.849 - Definitions.
§ 91.851 - Definitions.
§ 91.853 - Final compliance: Civil subsonic airplanes.
§ 91.855 - Entry and nonaddition rule.
§ 91.857 - Stage 2 operations outside of the 48 contiguous United States.
§ 91.858 - Special flight authorizations for non-revenue Stage 2 operations.
§ 91.859 - Modification to meet Stage 3, Stage 4, or Stage 5 noise levels.
§ 91.861 - Base level.
§ 91.863 - Transfers of Stage 2 airplanes with base level.
§ 91.865 - Phased compliance for operators with base level.
§ 91.867 - Phased compliance for new entrants.
§ 91.869 - Carry-forward compliance.
§ 91.871 - Waivers from interim compliance requirements.
§ 91.873 - Waivers from final compliance.
§ 91.875 - Annual progress reports.
§ 91.877 - Annual reporting of Hawaiian operations.
§§ 91.879-91.880 - Final compliance: Civil subsonic jet airplanes weighing 75,000 pounds or less.
§ 91.881 - Final compliance: Civil subsonic jet airplanes weighing 75,000 pounds or less.
§ 91.883 - Special flight authorizations for jet airplanes weighing 75,000 pounds or less.
§§ 91.884-91.899 - Policy and procedures.
§ 91.901 - Policy and procedures.
§ 91.903 - Policy and procedures.
§ 91.905 - List of rules subject to waivers.
§§ 91.907-91.999 - Applicability.
§ 91.1001 - Applicability.
§ 91.1002 - Compliance date.
§ 91.1003 - Management contract between owner and program manager.
§ 91.1005 - Prohibitions and limitations.
§ 91.1007 - Flights conducted under part 121 or part 135 of this chapter.
§ 91.1009 - Clarification of operational control.
§ 91.1011 - Operational control responsibilities and delegation.
§ 91.1013 - Operational control briefing and acknowledgment.
§ 91.1014 - Issuing or denying management specifications.
§ 91.1015 - Management specifications.
§ 91.1017 - Amending program manager's management specifications.
§ 91.1019 - Conducting tests and inspections.
§ 91.1021 - Internal safety reporting and incident/accident response.
§ 91.1023 - Program operating manual requirements.
§ 91.1025 - Program operating manual contents.
§ 91.1027 - Recordkeeping.
§ 91.1029 - Flight scheduling and locating requirements.
§ 91.1031 - Pilot in command or second in command: Designation required.
§ 91.1033 - Operating information required.
§ 91.1035 - Passenger awareness.
§ 91.1037 - Large transport category airplanes: Turbine engine powered; Limitations; Destination and alternate airports.
§ 91.1039 - IFR takeoff, approach and landing minimums.
§ 91.1041 - Aircraft proving and validation tests.
§ 91.1043 - Additional equipment requirements.
§ 91.1045 - Additional equipment requirements.
§ 91.1047 - Drug and alcohol misuse education program.
§ 91.1049 - Personnel.
§ 91.1050 - Employment of former FAA employees.
§ 91.1051 - Pilot safety background check.
§ 91.1053 - Crewmember experience.
§ 91.1055 - Pilot operating limitations and pairing requirement.
§ 91.1057 - Flight, duty and rest time requirements: All crewmembers.
§ 91.1059 - Flight time limitations and rest requirements: One or two pilot crews.
§ 91.1061 - Augmented flight crews.
§ 91.1062 - Duty periods and rest requirements: Flight attendants.
§ 91.1063 - Testing and training: Applicability and terms used.
§ 91.1065 - Initial and recurrent pilot testing requirements.
§ 91.1067 - Initial and recurrent flight attendant crewmember testing requirements.
§ 91.1069 - Flight crew: Instrument proficiency check requirements.
§ 91.1071 - Crewmember: Tests and checks, grace provisions, training to accepted standards.
§ 91.1073 - Training program: General.
§ 91.1075 - Training program: Special rules.
§ 91.1077 - Training program and revision: Initial and final approval.
§ 91.1079 - Training program: Curriculum.
§ 91.1081 - Crewmember training requirements.
§ 91.1083 - Crewmember emergency training.
§ 91.1085 - Hazardous materials recognition training.
§ 91.1087 - Approval of aircraft simulators and other training devices.
§ 91.1089 - Qualifications: Check pilots (aircraft) and check pilots (simulator).
§ 91.1091 - Qualifications: Flight instructors (aircraft) and flight instructors (simulator).
§ 91.1093 - Initial and transition training and checking: Check pilots (aircraft), check pilots (simulator).
§ 91.1095 - Initial and transition training and checking: Flight instructors (aircraft), flight instructors (simulator).
§ 91.1097 - Pilot and flight attendant crewmember training programs.
§ 91.1099 - Crewmember initial and recurrent training requirements.
§ 91.1101 - Pilots: Initial, transition, and upgrade ground training.
§ 91.1103 - Pilots: Initial, transition, upgrade, requalification, and differences flight training.
§ 91.1105 - Flight attendants: Initial and transition ground training.
§ 91.1107 - Recurrent training.
§ 91.1109 - Aircraft maintenance: Inspection program.
§ 91.1111 - Maintenance training.
§ 91.1113 - Maintenance recordkeeping.
§ 91.1115 - Inoperable instruments and equipment.
§ 91.1411 - Continuous airworthiness maintenance program use by fractional ownership program manager.
§ 91.1413 - CAMP: Responsibility for airworthiness.
§ 91.1415 - CAMP: Mechanical reliability reports.
§ 91.1417 - CAMP: Mechanical interruption summary report.
§ 91.1423 - CAMP: Maintenance organization.
§ 91.1425 - CAMP: Maintenance, preventive maintenance, and alteration programs.
§ 91.1427 - CAMP: Manual requirements.
§ 91.1429 - CAMP: Required inspection personnel.
§ 91.1431 - CAMP: Continuing analysis and surveillance.
§ 91.1433 - CAMP: Maintenance and preventive maintenance training program.
§ 91.1435 - CAMP: Certificate requirements.
§ 91.1437 - CAMP: Authority to perform and approve maintenance.
§ 91.1439 - CAMP: Maintenance recording requirements.
§ 91.1441 - CAMP: Transfer of maintenance records.
§ 91.1443 - CAMP: Airworthiness release or aircraft maintenance log entry.
§ 91.1501 - Purpose and definition.
§ 91.1503 - Repairs assessment for pressurized fuselages.
§ 91.1505 - Repairs assessment for pressurized fuselages.
§ 91.1507 - Fuel tank system inspection program.
§ 91.1603 - Special Federal Aviation Regulation No. 112—Prohibition Against Certain Flights in the Tripoli (HLLL) Flight Information Region (FIR).
§ 91.1605 - Special Federal Aviation Regulation No. 77—Prohibition Against Certain Flights in the Baghdad Flight Information Region (FIR) (ORBB).
§ 91.1607 - Special Federal Aviation Regulation No. 113—Prohibition Against Certain Flights in the Simferopol Flight Information Region (FIR) (UKFV) and the Dnipropetrovsk Flight Information Region (FIR) (UKDV).
§ 91.1609 - Special Federal Aviation Regulation No. 114—Prohibition Against Certain Flights in the Damascus Flight Information Region (FIR) (OSTT).
§ 91.1611 - Special Federal Aviation Regulation No. 115—Prohibition Against Certain Flights in Specified Areas of the Sanaa (OYSC) Flight Information Region (FIR).
§ 91.1613 - Special Federal Aviation Regulation No. 107—Prohibition Against Certain Flights in the Territory and Airspace of Somalia.
§ 91.1615 - Special Federal Aviation Regulation No. 79—Prohibition Against Certain Flights in the Pyongyang Flight Information Region (FIR) (ZKKP).
§ 91.1701 - Applicability.
§ 91.1703 - Compliance and eligibility.
§ 91.1705 - Required pilot training.
§ 91.1707 - Training program hours.
§ 91.1709 - Training program approval.
§ 91.1711 - Aeronautical experience.
§ 91.1713 - Instruction, checking, and evaluation.
§ 91.1715 - Currency requirements and flight review.
§ 91.1717 - Operating requirements.
§ 91.1719 - Credit for prior training.
§ 91.1721 - Incorporation by reference.