X-C Flight Planning - D: Federal Aviation Regulations Part 91 Flashcards
If an inflight emergency requires immediate action by the pilot, what authority and responsibilities does he/she have?
The PIC is directly responsible for, and is the final authority as to, the operation of that aircraft.
In an inflight emergency requiring immediate action, the PIC may deviate from any rule in Part 91 to the extent required to meet that emergency.
Each PIC who deviates from a Part 91 rule shall, upon request from the Administrator, send a written report of that deviation to the Administrator.
(14 CFR 91.3)
What restrictions apply to pilots concerning the use of drugs and alcohol?
No person may act or attempt to act as a crewmember of a civil aircraft:
a. within 8 hours after the consumption of any alcoholic beverage;
b. while under the influence of alcohol;
c. while using any drug that affects the person’s faculties in any way contrary to safety; or
d. while having an alcohol concentration of .04 percent or more in a blood or breath specimen.
(14 CFR 91.17)
Is it permissible for a pilot to allow a person who is obviously under the influence of intoxicating liquors or drugs to be carried aboard an aircraft?
No. Except in an emergency.
14 CFR 91.17
May portable electronic devices be operated onboard an aircraft?
Aircraft operated by a holder of an air carrier operating certificate or an aircraft operating under IFR may not allow operation of electronic devices onboard their aircraft.
(14 CFR 91.21)
Under what conditions may objects be dropped from an aircraft?
No pilot-in-command of a civil aircraft may allow any object to be dropped from that aircraft in flight that creates a hazard to persons or property.
(14 CFR 91.15)
Concerning a flight in the local area, is any preflight action required, and if so, what must it consist of?
Yes, pilots must familiarize themselves with all available information concerning that flight, including runway lengths at airports of intended use, and takeoff and landing distance data under existing conditions.
(14 CFR 91.103)
Preflight action as required by regulation for all flights away from the vicinity of the departure airport shall include a review of what specific information?
For a flight under IFR or a flight not in the vicinity of an airport—
NOTAMs
Weather reports and forecasts
Known ATC traffic delays
Runway lengths at airports of intended use
Alternatives available if the planned flight cannot be completed
Fuel requirements
Takeoff and landing distance data
(14 CFR 91.103)
Which persons on board an aircraft are required to use seat belts and when?
Each person on board a U.S.-registered civil aircraft must occupy an approved seat or berth with a safety belt, and if installed, shoulder harness, properly secured about him or her during movement on the
surface, takeoff and landing. However a person who has not reached his or her second birthday and does not occupy or use any restraining device may be held by an adult who is occupying a seat or berth, and a person on board for the purpose of engaging in sport parachuting may use the floor of the aircraft as a seat.
(14 CFR 91.107)
What responsibility does the pilot-in-command have
concerning passengers and their use of seatbelts?
No pilot may take off a U.S. registered civil aircraft unless the pilot-in-command of that aircraft ensures that each person on board is briefed on how to fasten and unfasten that person’s safety belt and shoulder harness, if installed.
(14 CFR 91.107)
When are flight crew members required to keep their seat belts and shoulder harnesses fastened?
During takeoff and landing, and while en route, each required flight crew member shall keep his/her seat belt fastened while at his/her station.
(14 CFR 91.105)
If operating an aircraft in close proximity to another, such as formation flight, what regulations apply?
a. No person may operate an aircraft so close to another aircraft as to create a collision hazard.
b. No person may operate an aircraft in formation flight except by arrangement with the pilot-in-command of each aircraft in the formation.
c. No person may operate an aircraft, carrying passengers for hire, in formation flight.
(14 CFR 91.111)
What is the order of right-of-way as applied to the different categories of aircraft?
Balloons Gliders Airships Airplanes Rotorcraft Aircraft towing or refueling other aircraft have the right-of-way over all other engine-driven aircraft.
When would an aircraft have the right-of-way over all other air traffic?
An aircraft in distress has the right-of-way over all other air traffic.
