Section 125.201

14 CFR Ch. I (1-1-19 Edition)

airplane as a part 121 or part 123 certificate holder, it need not conduct a
demonstration under this paragraph in
that type airplane to achieve certification under part 125.

Subpart F - Instrument and
Equipment Requirements
Section 125.201 Inoperable instruments and
equipment.
(a) No person may take off an airplane with inoperable instruments or
equipment installed unless the following conditions are met:
(1) An approved Minimum Equipment
List exists for that airplane.
(2) The responsible Flight Standards
office having certification responsibility has issued the certificate holder
operations specifications authorizing
operations in accordance with an approved Minimum Equipment List. The
flight crew shall have direct access at
all times prior to flight to all of the information contained in the approved
Minimum Equipment List through
printed or other means approved by the
Administrator in the certificate holders operations specifications. An approved Minimum Equipment List, as
authorized by the operations specifications, constitutes an approved change
to the type design without requiring
recertification.
(3) The approved Minimum Equipment 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 information
required
by
paragraph
(a)(3)(ii) of this section must be available 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 Equipment 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 requirements under which the airplane is type
certificated and which are essential for
safe operations under all operating
conditions.
(2) Instruments and equipment required by an airworthiness directive to
be in operable condition unless the airworthiness directive provides otherwise.
(3) Instruments and equipment required for specific operations by this
part.
(c) Notwithstanding paragraphs (b)(1)
and (b)(3) of this section, an airplane
with inoperable instruments or equipment may be operated under a special
flight permit under SectionSection 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]

Section 125.203 Communication and navigation equipment.
(a) Communication equipment - general.
No person may operate an airplane unless it has two-way radio communication equipment able, at least in flight,
to transmit to, and receive from, appropriate 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 person may operate an airplane carrying
passengers under IFR or in extended
over-water operations unless - 
(1) The en route navigation aids necessary for navigating the airplane
along the route (e.g., ATS routes, arrival and departure routes, and instrument 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 systems required by this section;
(2) The airplane used in those operations is equipped with at least the following equipment - 

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