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14 CFR Ch. I (1–1–19 Edition) 

§ 91.501 

121, 125, 129, 135, and 137 of this chapter. 
(Section 91.409 prescribes an inspection 
program for large and for turbine-pow-
ered (turbojet and turboprop) multien-
gine airplanes and turbine-powered 
rotorcraft of U.S. registry when they 
are operated under this part or part 129 
or 137.) 

(b) Operations that may be conducted 

under the rules in this subpart instead 
of those in parts 121, 129, 135, and 137 of 
this chapter when common carriage is 
not involved, include— 

(1) Ferry or training flights; 
(2) Aerial work operations such as 

aerial photography or survey, or pipe-
line patrol, but not including fire fight-
ing operations; 

(3) Flights for the demonstration of 

an airplane to prospective customers 
when no charge is made except for 
those specified in paragraph (d) of this 
section; 

(4) Flights conducted by the operator 

of an airplane for his personal trans-
portation, or the transportation of his 
guests when no charge, assessment, or 
fee is made for the transportation; 

(5) Carriage of officials, employees, 

guests, and property of a company on 
an airplane operated by that company, 
or the parent or a subsidiary of the 
company or a subsidiary of the parent, 
when the carriage is within the scope 
of, and incidental to, the business of 
the company (other than transpor-
tation by air) and no charge, assess-
ment or fee is made for the carriage in 
excess of the cost of owning, operating, 
and maintaining the airplane, except 
that no charge of any kind may be 
made for the carriage of a guest of a 
company, when the carriage is not 
within the scope of, and incidental to, 
the business of that company; 

(6) The carriage of company officials, 

employees, and guests of the company 
on an airplane operated under a time 
sharing, interchange, or joint owner-
ship agreement as defined in paragraph 
(c) of this section; 

(7) The carriage of property (other 

than mail) on an airplane operated by 
a person in the furtherance of a busi-
ness or employment (other than trans-
portation by air) when the carriage is 
within the scope of, and incidental to, 
that business or employment and no 
charge, assessment, or fee is made for 

the carriage other than those specified 
in paragraph (d) of this section; 

(8) The carriage on an airplane of an 

athletic team, sports group, choral 
group, or similar group having a com-
mon purpose or objective when there is 
no charge, assessment, or fee of any 
kind made by any person for that car-
riage; and 

(9) The carriage of persons on an air-

plane operated by a person in the fur-
therance of a business other than 
transportation by air for the purpose of 
selling them land, goods, or property, 
including franchises or distributor-
ships, when the carriage is within the 
scope of, and incidental to, that busi-
ness and no charge, assessment, or fee 
is made for that carriage. 

(10) Any operation identified in para-

graphs (b)(1) through (b)(9) of this sec-
tion when conducted— 

(i) By a fractional ownership program 

manager, or 

(ii) By a fractional owner in a frac-

tional ownership program aircraft op-
erated under subpart K of this part, ex-
cept that a flight under a joint owner-
ship arrangement under paragraph 
(b)(6) of this section may not be con-
ducted. For a flight under an inter-
change agreement under paragraph 
(b)(6) of this section, the exchange of 
equal time for the operation must be 
properly accounted for as part of the 
total hours associated with the frac-
tional owner’s share of ownership. 

(c) As used in this section— 
(1) A 

time sharing agreement 

means an 

arrangement whereby a person leases 
his airplane with flight crew to another 
person, and no charge is made for the 
flights conducted under that arrange-
ment other than those specified in 
paragraph (d) of this section; 

(2) An 

interchange agreement 

means an 

arrangement whereby a person leases 
his airplane to another person in ex-
change for equal time, when needed, on 
the other person’s airplane, and no 
charge, assessment, or fee is made, ex-
cept that a charge may be made not to 
exceed the difference between the cost 
of owning, operating, and maintaining 
the two airplanes; 

(3) A 

joint ownership agreement 

means 

an arrangement whereby one of the 
registered joint owners of an airplane 
employs and furnishes the flight crew 

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