Federal Aviation Administration, DOT

Section 91.205

(b) No person may operate a civil aircraft unless the airworthiness certificate required by paragraph (a) of this
section or a special flight authorization issued under Section 91.715 is displayed at
the cabin or cockpit entrance so that it
is legible to passengers or crew.
(c) No person may operate an aircraft
with a fuel tank installed within the
passenger compartment or a baggage
compartment unless the installation
was accomplished pursuant to part 43
of this chapter, and a copy of FAA
Form 337 authorizing that installation
is on board the aircraft.
(d) No person may operate a civil airplane (domestic or foreign) into or out
of an airport in the United States unless it complies with the fuel venting
and exhaust emissions requirements of
part 34 of this chapter.

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[Doc. No. 18334, 54 FR 34292, Aug. 18, 1989, as
amended by Amdt. 91-218, 55 FR 32861, Aug.
10, 1990; Amdt. 91-318, 75 FR 41983, July 20,
2010; Amdt. 91-338, 80 FR 78648, Dec. 16, 2015;
Docket FAA-2018-0119, Amdt. 91-350, 83 FR
9171, Mar. 5, 2018]

Section 91.205 Powered civil aircraft with
standard category U.S. airworthiness certificates: Instrument and
equipment requirements.
(a) General. Except as provided in
paragraphs (c)(3) and (e) of this section,
no person may operate a powered civil
aircraft with a standard category U.S.
airworthiness certificate in any operation described in paragraphs (b)
through (f) of this section unless that
aircraft contains the instruments and
equipment specified in those paragraphs (or FAA-approved equivalents)
for that type of operation, and those
instruments and items of equipment
are in operable condition.
(b) Visual-flight rules (day). For VFR
flight during the day, the following instruments and equipment are required:
(1) Airspeed indicator.
(2) Altimeter.
(3) Magnetic direction indicator.
(4) Tachometer for each engine.
(5) Oil pressure gauge for each engine
using pressure system.
(6) Temperature gauge for each liquid-cooled engine.
(7) Oil temperature gauge for each
air-cooled engine.
(8) Manifold pressure gauge for each
altitude engine.

(9) Fuel gauge indicating the quantity of fuel in each tank.
(10) Landing gear position indicator,
if the aircraft has a retractable landing
gear.
(11) For small civil airplanes certificated after March 11, 1996, in accordance with part 23 of this chapter, an
approved aviation red or aviation white
anticollision light system. In the event
of failure of any light of the anticollision light system, operation of the
aircraft may continue to a location
where repairs or replacement can be
made.
(12) If the aircraft is operated for hire
over water and beyond power-off gliding distance from shore, approved flotation gear readily available to each
occupant and, unless the aircraft is operating under part 121 of this subchapter, at least one pyrotechnic signaling device. As used in this section,
 - shore -  means that area of the land
adjacent to the water which is above
the high water mark and excludes land
areas which are intermittently under
water.
(13) An approved safety belt with an
approved metal-to-metal latching device, or other approved restraint system for each occupant 2 years of age or
older.
(14) For small civil airplanes manufactured after July 18, 1978, an approved shoulder harness or restraint
system for each front seat. For small
civil airplanes manufactured after December 12, 1986, an approved shoulder
harness or restraint system for all
seats. Shoulder harnesses installed at
flightcrew stations must permit the
flightcrew member, when seated and
with the safety belt and shoulder harness fastened, to perform all functions
necessary for flight operations. For
purposes of this paragraph - 
(i) The date of manufacture of an airplane is the date the inspection acceptance records reflect that the airplane is
complete and meets the FAA-approved
type design data; and
(ii) A front seat is a seat located at a
flightcrew member station or any seat
located alongside such a seat.
(15) An emergency locator transmitter, if required by Section 91.207.
(16) [Reserved]

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