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§ 125.201

airplane as a part 121 or part 123 cer-
tificate holder, it need not conduct a
demonstration under this paragraph in
that type airplane to achieve certifi-
cation under part 125.

Subpart F—Instrument and

Equipment Requirements

§ 125.201

Inoperable instruments and

equipment.

(a) No person may take off an air-

plane with inoperable instruments or
equipment installed unless the fol-
lowing conditions are met:

(1) An approved Minimum Equipment

List exists for that airplane.

(2) The responsible Flight Standards

office having certification responsi-
bility has issued the certificate holder
operations specifications authorizing
operations in accordance with an ap-
proved Minimum Equipment List. The
flight crew shall have direct access at
all times prior to flight to all of the in-
formation contained in the approved
Minimum Equipment List through
printed or other means approved by the
Administrator in the certificate hold-
ers operations specifications. An ap-
proved Minimum Equipment List, as
authorized by the operations specifica-
tions, constitutes an approved change
to the type design without requiring
recertification.

(3) The approved Minimum Equip-

ment List must:

(i) Be prepared in accordance with

the limitations specified in paragraph
(b) of this section.

(ii) Provide for the operation of the

airplane with certain instruments and
equipment in an inoperable condition.

(4) Records identifying the inoperable

instruments and equipment and the in-
formation required by paragraph
(a)(3)(ii) of this section must be avail-
able to the pilot.

(5) The airplane is operated under all

applicable conditions and limitations
contained in the Minimum Equipment
List and the operations specifications
authorizing use of the Minimum Equip-
ment List.

(b) The following instruments and

equipment may not be included in the
Minimum Equipment List:

(1) Instruments and equipment that

are either specifically or otherwise re-

quired by the airworthiness require-
ments under which the airplane is type
certificated and which are essential for
safe operations under all operating
conditions.

(2) Instruments and equipment re-

quired by an airworthiness directive to
be in operable condition unless the air-
worthiness directive provides other-
wise.

(3) Instruments and equipment re-

quired for specific operations by this
part.

and (b)(3) of this section, an airplane
with inoperable instruments or equip-
ment may be operated under a special
flight permit under §§ 21.197 and 21.199
of this chapter.

[Doc. No. 25780, 56 FR 12310, Mar. 22, 1991, as
amended by Docket FAA–2018–0119, Amdt.
125–68, 83 FR 9174, Mar. 5, 2018]

§ 125.203

Communication and naviga-

tion equipment.

(a)

Communication equipment—general.

No person may operate an airplane un-
less it has two-way radio communica-
tion equipment able, at least in flight,
to transmit to, and receive from, ap-
propriate facilities 22 nautical miles
away.

(b)

Navigation equipment for operations

over the top.

No person may operate an

airplane over the top unless it has
navigation equipment suitable for the
route to be flown.

(c)

Communication and navigation

equipment for IFR or extended over-water
operations—General.

Except as provided

in paragraph (f) of this section, no per-
son may operate an airplane carrying
passengers under IFR or in extended
over-water operations unless—

(1) The en route navigation aids nec-

essary for navigating the airplane
along the route (e.g., ATS routes, ar-
rival and departure routes, and instru-
ment approach procedures, including
missed approach procedures if a missed
approach routing is specified in the
procedure) are available and suitable
for use by the aircraft navigation sys-
tems required by this section;

(2) The airplane used in those oper-

ations is equipped with at least the fol-
lowing equipment—

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