| Equipment Requirements |
Applicable FAR |
Operational Category |
Applicability Date |
Comments |
| Altitude Alerting |
91.219 |
All Part 91 |
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All Jet Aircraft |
| Mode A/C or Mode S Transponder |
91.215.b.1~5 |
All Part 91 |
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Mode S required for ECAC countries |
| RVSM |
91.706 |
All Part 91 |
1/20/2005 |
Requires Autopilot |
| ELT |
91.207.f.1 |
All Part 91 Turbine Aircraft |
1/1/2004 |
ELTs with 121.5MHz will only be monitored through 2009. |
| Airspeed Indicator |
91.205.b.1 |
VFR Daylight |
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| Gear Position Indicator |
91.205.b.10 |
VFR Daylight |
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| Altimeter |
91.205.b.2 |
VFR Daylight |
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| Magnetic Direction Indicator |
91.205.b.3 |
VFR Daylight |
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| Tachometer |
91.205.b.4 |
VFR Daylight |
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| Oil Pressure Indicator |
91.205.b.5 |
VFR Daylight |
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| Oil Temperature Indicator |
91.205.b.7 |
VFR Daylight |
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| Fuel Gage for each tank |
91.205.b.9 |
VFR Daylight |
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| All items required for 91.205.b (VFR) |
91.205.d.1 |
IFR |
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| Two-way Communication and Navigation appropriate to ground facilities being used |
91.205d.2 |
IFR |
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Dual Comm/Nav req'd or failure of equipment may curtail flight operations until repairs are accomplished, failure reporting required by 91.187 |
| Rate of Turn or third Attitude Indicator w/battery |
91.205.d.3.I |
IFR |
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Defined by 121.305.j |
| Inclinometer |
91.205.d.4 |
IFR |
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| Altimeter w/baro set |
91.205.d.5 |
IFR |
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| Clock |
91.205.d.6 |
IFR |
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| Attitude Indicator |
91.205.d.8 |
IFR |
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| Directional Gyro |
91.205.d.9 |
IFR |
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| Distance Measuring Equipment |
91.205.e |
IFR |
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Required at or above FL240 - If unit Fails, failure must be reported and item must be repaired befor next flight |
| Dual ILS, Single Marker, Dual ADI, Dual Directional Gyro Indicators, Dual Airspeed, Dual Altimeter, Dual VSI, and Flight Guidance |
91.205.f |
IFR |
|
CAT II, Group I per Appendix A |
| Second Communication Radio |
91.185 |
IFR Comm Failure |
|
Must land ASAP and can not continue IFR Operations until repair is accomplished |
| TCAS-1 (TIS) |
91.221 |
Optional |
|
If Equipped, system must be ON |
| TAWS-B |
91.223 |
Optional |
3/29/2005 |
Will be required in US Mar. 29, '05, but only w/6 or more pax |
| Weather Avoidance |
135 |
Optional |
|
Not a requirement for Part 91 operations |