Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:F2024C01118:reg:4:p5
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:F2024C01118
Segment Type: reg
Provision Reference: reg 4 (pt 5/5)
Character Range: 129105–131497

Chapter to be fitted to, or carried on, an aircraft for a flight.
       (2) Any equipment that is for a pilot's manual or visual use in, or from, the pilot's control position must be visible to, and usable by, the pilot from the pilot's position in the aircraft.
       (3) Emergency equipment that is required under this Chapter to be fitted to, or carried on, an aircraft for a flight must be easily accessible for immediate use in the event of an emergency.

26.04 Serviceability of equipment
        Any equipment required by this Chapter to be fitted to, or carried on, a Part 131 aircraft for a flight must be operative unless:
(a) another section of this Chapter provides otherwise; or
       Note   An MEL, approved under regulation 91.935, can only permit equipment required to be fitted to, or carried on, an aircraft by this Chapter, to be unserviceable within the limits of the requirements contained in this Chapter. For example, paragraph 26.30 (b) contains an allowable time period of 72 hours related to flights with inoperative surveillance equipment. An MEL would not be approved if it contained a maximum time period for required surveillance equipment to be inoperative that was greater than the time period specified by either a master minimum equipment list (MMEL) or the legislation.
(b) the equipment:
           (i) is inoperative because of a defect that has been approved as a permissible unserviceability for the aircraft for the flight; and
           (ii) is fitted or carried in accordance with the permissible unserviceability.

Division 26.3 Flight instruments

26.05 Part 131 aircraft VFR flight by day
       (1) Subject to subsections (3) and (4), a Part 131 aircraft for a VFR flight by day must be fitted with, or carry, equipment for measuring and displaying the following flight information:
(a) pressure altitude;
(b) for a hot air airship — magnetic heading;
(c) for a Part 131 aircraft other than a hot air airship — the drift direction;
(d) time;
(e) vertical speed;
(f) free air temperature.
       (2) The equipment for measuring and displaying the flight information mentioned in column 1 of an item in Table 26.05 (2) must meet the requirements mentioned in column 2 of the same item.

Table 26.05 (2) – Requirements for equipment – Part 131 aircraft VFR flight by day

      Column 1            Column 2
Item  Flight information  Requirements