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14 CFR Ch. I (1–1–24 Edition) 

§ 91.503 

(3) Hangar and tie-down costs away 

from the aircraft’s base of operation. 

(4) Insurance obtained for the specific 

flight. 

(5) Landing fees, airport taxes, and 

similar assessments. 

(6) Customs, foreign permit, and 

similar fees directly related to the 
flight. 

(7) In flight food and beverages. 
(8) Passenger ground transportation. 
(9) Flight planning and weather con-

tract services. 

(10) An additional charge equal to 100 

percent of the expenses listed in para-
graph (d)(1) of this section. 

[Doc. No. 18334, 54 FR 34314, Aug. 18, 1989, as 
amended by Amdt. 91–280, 68 FR 54560, Sept. 
17, 2003] 

§ 91.503

Flying equipment and oper-

ating information. 

(a) The pilot in command of an air-

plane shall ensure that the following 
flying equipment and aeronautical 
charts and data, in current and appro-
priate form, are accessible for each 
flight at the pilot station of the air-
plane: 

(1) A flashlight having at least two 

size ‘‘D’’ cells, or the equivalent, that 
is in good working order. 

(2) A cockpit checklist containing 

the procedures required by paragraph 
(b) of this section. 

(3) Pertinent aeronautical charts. 
(4) For IFR, VFR over-the-top, or 

night operations, each pertinent navi-
gational en route, terminal area, and 
approach and letdown chart. 

(5) In the case of multiengine air-

planes, one-engine inoperative climb 
performance data. 

(b) Each cockpit checklist must con-

tain the following procedures and shall 
be used by the flight crewmembers 
when operating the airplane: 

(1) Before starting engines. 
(2) Before takeoff. 
(3) Cruise. 
(4) Before landing. 
(5) After landing. 
(6) Stopping engines. 
(7) Emergencies. 
(c) Each emergency cockpit checklist 

procedure required by paragraph (b)(7) 
of this section must contain the fol-
lowing procedures, as appropriate: 

(1) Emergency operation of fuel, hy-

draulic, electrical, and mechanical sys-
tems. 

(2) Emergency operation of instru-

ments and controls. 

(3) Engine inoperative procedures. 
(4) Any other procedures necessary 

for safety. 

(d) The equipment, charts, and data 

prescribed in this section shall be used 
by the pilot in command and other 
members of the flight crew, when perti-
nent. 

§ 91.505

Familiarity with operating 

limitations and emergency equip-
ment. 

(a) Each pilot in command of an air-

plane shall, before beginning a flight, 
become familiar with the Airplane 
Flight Manual for that airplane, if one 
is required, and with any placards, list-
ings, instrument markings, or any 
combination thereof, containing each 
operating limitation prescribed for 
that airplane by the Administrator, in-
cluding those specified in § 91.9(b). 

(b) Each required member of the crew 

shall, before beginning a flight, become 
familiar with the emergency equip-
ment installed on the airplane to which 
that crewmember is assigned and with 
the procedures to be followed for the 
use of that equipment in an emergency 
situation. 

§ 91.507

Equipment requirements: 

Over-the-top or night VFR oper-
ations. 

No person may operate an airplane 

over-the-top or at night under VFR un-
less that airplane is equipped with the 
instruments and equipment required 
for IFR operations under § 91.205(d) and 
one electric landing light for night op-
erations. Each required instrument and 
item of equipment must be in operable 
condition. 

§ 91.509

Survival equipment for 

overwater operations. 

(a) No person may take off an air-

plane for a flight over water more than 
50 nautical miles from the nearest 
shore unless that airplane is equipped 
with a life preserver or an approved flo-
tation means for each occupant of the 
airplane. 

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