Federal Aviation Administration, DOT

Section 129.17

minimum equipment list, as authorized
by the operations specifications, constitutes an approved change to the
type design without requiring recertification.
(5) The approved minimum equipment list provides for the operation of
the aircraft with certain instruments
and equipment in an inoperable condition.
(6) The aircraft records available to
the pilot must include an entry describing the inoperable instruments
and equipment.
(7) The aircraft is operated under all
applicable conditions and limitations
contained in the minimum equipment
list and the operations specification
authorizing the use of the list.
[Doc. No. 24856, 52 FR 20029, May 28, 1987, as
amended by Amdt. 129-49, 76 FR 7490, Feb. 10,
2011; Docket FAA-2018-0119, Amdt. 129-53, 83
FR 9174, Mar. 5, 2018]

Section 129.15 Flightcrew member certificates.
Each person acting as a flightcrew
member must hold a certificate or license that shows the person-s ability to
perform duties in connection with the
operation of the aircraft. The certificate or license must have been issued
or rendered valid by:
(a) The State in which the aircraft is
registered; or
(b) The State of the Operator, provided that the State of the Operator
and the State of Registry have entered
into an agreement under Article 83bis
of the Convention on International
Civil Aviation that covers the aircraft.
[Doc. No. FAA-2009-0140; 76 FR 7491, Feb. 10,
2011]

Section 129.17 Aircraft communication and
navigation equipment for operations under IFR or over the top.
(a) Aircraft navigation equipment requirements - General. No foreign air carrier may conduct operations under IFR
or over the top unless - 
(1) The en route navigation aids necessary for navigating the aircraft 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 equipment required by this section;
(2) The aircraft used in those operations is equipped with at least the following - 
(i) Except as provided in paragraph
(c) of this section, two approved independent navigation systems suitable
for navigating the aircraft along the
route to be flown within the degree of
accuracy required for ATC;
(ii) One marker beacon receiver providing visual and aural signals; and
(iii) One ILS receiver; and
(3) Any RNAV system used to meet
the navigation equipment requirements of this section is authorized in
the foreign air carrier-s operations
specifications.
(b) Aircraft communication equipment
requirements. No foreign air carrier may
operate an aircraft under IFR or over
the top, unless it is equipped with - 
(1) At least two independent communication systems necessary under normal operating conditions to fulfill the
functions specified in Section 121.347(a) of this
chapter; and
(2) At least one of the communication systems required by paragraph
(b)(1) of this section must have twoway voice communication capability.
(c) Use of a single independent navigation system for operations under IFR or
over the top. Notwithstanding the requirements of paragraph (a)(2)(i) of this
section, the aircraft may be equipped
with a single independent navigation
system suitable for navigating the aircraft along the route to be flown within the degree of accuracy required for
ATC if:
(1) It can be shown that the aircraft
is equipped with at least one other
independent navigation system suitable, in the event of loss of the navigation capability of the single independent navigation system permitted
by this paragraph at any point along
the route, for proceeding safely to a
suitable airport and completing an instrument approach; and
(2) The aircraft has sufficient fuel so
that the flight may proceed safely to a
suitable airport by use of the remaining navigation system, and complete
an instrument approach and land.
(d) VOR navigation equipment. If VOR
navigation equipment is required by

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