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14 CFR Ch. I (1–1–24 Edition) 

§ 91.1111 

(1) An inspection program currently 

recommended by the manufacturer of 
the aircraft, aircraft engines, propel-
lers, appliances, and survival and emer-
gency equipment; 

(2) An inspection program that is 

part of a continuous airworthiness 
maintenance program currently in use 
by a person holding an air carrier or 
operating certificate issued under part 
119 of this chapter and operating that 
make and model aircraft under part 121 
or 135 of this chapter; 

(3) An aircraft inspection program 

approved under § 135.419 of this chapter 
and currently in use under part 135 of 
this chapter by a person holding a cer-
tificate issued under part 119 of this 
chapter; or 

(4) An airplane inspection program 

approved under § 125.247 of this chapter 
and currently in use under part 125 of 
this chapter. 

(5) An inspection program that is 

part of the program manager’s contin-
uous airworthiness maintenance pro-
gram under §§ 91.1411 through 91.1443. 

(c) The Administrator may require 

revision of the inspection program ap-
proved under this section in accordance 
with the provisions of § 91.415. 

[Docket No. FAA–2001–10047, 68 FR 54561, 
Sept. 17, 2003, as amended by Docket FAA– 
2018–0119, Amdt. 91–350, 83 FR 9171, Mar. 5, 
2018] 

§ 91.1111

Maintenance training. 

The program manager must ensure 

that all employees who are responsible 
for maintenance related to program 
aircraft undergo appropriate initial 
and annual recurrent training and are 
competent to perform those duties. 

§ 91.1113

Maintenance recordkeeping. 

Each fractional ownership program 

manager must keep (using the system 
specified in the manual required in 
§ 91.1025) the records specified in 
§ 91.417(a) for the periods specified in 
§ 91.417(b). 

§ 91.1115

Inoperable instruments and 

equipment. 

(a) No person may take off an air-

craft with inoperable instruments or 
equipment installed unless the fol-
lowing conditions are met: 

(1) An approved Minimum Equipment 

List exists for that aircraft. 

(2) The program manager has been 

issued management specifications au-
thorizing operations in accordance 
with an approved Minimum Equipment 
List. The flight crew must have direct 
access at all times prior to flight to all 
of the information contained in the ap-
proved Minimum Equipment List 
through printed or other means ap-
proved by the Administrator in the 
program manager’s management speci-
fications. An approved Minimum 
Equipment List, as authorized by the 
management specifications, con-
stitutes an approved change to the 
type design without requiring recertifi-
cation. 

(3) The approved Minimum Equip-

ment List must: 

(i) Be prepared in accordance with 

the limitations specified in paragraph 
(b) of this section. 

(ii) Provide for the operation of the 

aircraft with certain instruments and 
equipment in an inoperable condition. 

(4) Records identifying the inoperable 

instruments and equipment and the in-
formation required by (a)(3)(ii) of this 
section must be available to the pilot. 

(5) The aircraft is operated under all 

applicable conditions and limitations 
contained in the Minimum Equipment 
List and the management specifica-
tions 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 require-
ments under which the airplane is type 
certificated and that are essential for 
safe operations under all operating 
conditions. 

(2) Instruments and equipment re-

quired by an airworthiness directive to 
be in operable condition unless the air-
worthiness directive provides other-
wise. 

(3) Instruments and equipment re-

quired for specific operations by this 
part. 

(c) Notwithstanding paragraphs (b)(1) 

and (b)(3) of this section, an aircraft 
with inoperable instruments or equip-
ment may be operated under a special 

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