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14 CFR Ch. I (1–1–24 Edition) 

§ 121.563 

§ 121.563 Reporting mechanical irreg-

ularities. 

The pilot in command shall ensure 

that all mechanical irregularities oc-
curring during flight time are entered 
in the maintenance log of the airplane 
at the end of that flight time. Before 
each flight the pilot in command shall 
ascertain the status of each irregu-
larity entered in the log at the end of 
the preceding flight. 

[Doc. No. 17897, 45 FR 41594, June 19, 1980, as 
amended by Amdt. 121–179, 47 FR 33390, Aug. 
2, 1982] 

§ 121.565 Engine inoperative: Landing; 

reporting. 

(a) Except as provided in paragraph 

(b) of this section, whenever an air-
plane engine fails or whenever an en-
gine is shutdown to prevent possible 
damage, the pilot in command must 
land the airplane at the nearest suit-
able airport, in point of time, at which 
a safe landing can be made. 

(b) If not more than one engine of an 

airplane that has three or more engines 
fails or is shut down to prevent pos-
sible damage, the pilot-in-command 
may proceed to an airport that the 
pilot selects if, after considering the 
following, the pilot makes a reasonable 
decision that proceeding to that air-
port is as safe as landing at the nearest 
suitable airport: 

(1) The nature of the malfunction and 

the possible mechanical difficulties 
that may occur if flight is continued. 

(2) The altitude, weight, and useable 

fuel at the time that the engine is 
shutdown. 

(3) The weather conditions en route 

and at possible landing points. 

(4) The air traffic congestion. 
(5) The kind of terrain. 
(6) His familiarity with the airport to 

be used. 

(c) The pilot-in-command must re-

port each engine shutdown in flight to 
the appropriate communication facil-
ity as soon as practicable and must 
keep that facility fully informed of the 
progress of the flight. 

(d) If the pilot in command lands at 

an airport other than the nearest suit-
able airport, in point of time, he or she 
shall (upon completing the trip) send a 
written report, in duplicate, to his or 
her director of operations stating the 

reasons for determining that the selec-
tion of an airport, other than the near-
est airport, was as safe a course of ac-
tion as landing at the nearest suitable 
airport. The director of operations 
shall, within 10 days after the pilot re-
turns to his or her home base, send a 
copy of this report with the director of 
operation’s comments to the respon-
sible Flight Standards office. 

[Doc. No. 6258, 29 FR 19219, Dec. 31, 1964, as 
amended by Amdt. 121–207, 54 FR 39293, Sept. 
25, 1989; Amdt. 121–253, 61 FR 2614, Jan. 26, 
1996; Amdt. 121–329, 72 FR 1881, Jan. 16, 2007; 
Amdt. 121–333, 72 FR 31682, June 7, 2007; 
Docket FAA–2018–0119, Amdt. 121–380, 83 FR 
9172, Mar. 5, 2018] 

§ 121.567 Instrument approach proce-

dures and IFR landing minimums. 

No person may make an instrument 

approach at an airport except in ac-
cordance with IFR weather minimums 
and instrument approach procedures 
set forth in the certificate holder’s op-
erations specifications. 

§ 121.569 Equipment interchange: Do-

mestic and flag operations. 

(a) Before operating under an inter-

change agreement, each certificate 
holder conducting domestic or flag op-
erations shall show that— 

(1) The procedures for the inter-

change operation conform with this 
chapter and with safe operating prac-
tices; 

(2) Required crewmembers and dis-

patchers meet approved training re-
quirements for the airplanes and equip-
ment to be used and are familiar with 
the communications and dispatch pro-
cedures to be used; 

(3) Maintenance personnel meet 

training requirements for the airplanes 
and equipment, and are familiar with 
the maintenance procedures to be used; 

(4) Flight crewmembers and dis-

patchers meet appropriate route and 
airport qualifications; and 

(5) The airplanes to be operated are 

essentially similar to the airplanes of 
the certificate holder with whom the 
interchange is effected with respect to 
the arrangement of flight instruments 
and the arrangement and motion of 
controls that are critical to safety un-
less the Administrator determines that 
the certificate holder has adequate