snippercr

larso387

I was surprised not to see it under 91.203 but after doing some research I found your answer.

(21.5) [Not in FAR/AIM]
(b) The Airplane or Rotorcraft Flight Manual required by paragraph (a) of this section must contain the following information:
(1) The operating limitations and information required to be furnished in an Airplane or Rotorcraft Flight Manual or in manual material, markings, and placards, by the applicable regulations under which the airplane or rotorcraft was type certificated.

(91.9)
(b) No person may operate a U.S.-registered civil aircraft--
(1) For which an Airplane or Rotorcraft Flight Manual is required by Sec. 21.5 of this chapter unless there is available in the aircraft a current, approved Airplane or Rotorcraft Flight Manual or the manual provided for in Sec. 121.141(b); and

By the way, here is a good guide made by the Orlando FSDO about airworthiness...
http://www.faa.gov/about/office_org/...dia/docchk.pdf

snippercr

That's a good link. I forgot about 91.9 regarding the manual. Wasn't there a regulation somewhere that says a flight manual is NOT required if the aircraft was certificated before a certain date (I'm thinking like 74 or 75)?

What about weight and balance sheet? Where is the reg regarding that?

Edit: I guess according to that link, 91.9 includes having the weight and balance.

larso387

Sec. 21.5

[Airplane or Rotorcraft Flight Manual.]

[(a) With each airplane or rotorcraft that was not type certificated with an Airplane or Rotorcraft Flight Manual and that has had no flight time prior to March 1, 1979, the holder of a Type Certificate (including a Supplemental Type Certificate) or the licensee of a Type Certificate shall make available to the owner at the time of delivery of the aircraft a current approved Airplane or Rotorcraft Flight Manual.
(b) The Airplane or Rotorcraft Flight Manual required by paragraph (a) of this section must contain the following information:
(1) The operating limitations and information required to be furnished in an Airplane or Rotorcraft Flight Manual or in manual material, markings, and placards, by the applicable regulations under which the airplane or rotorcraft was type certificated.
(2) The maximum ambient atmospheric temperature for which engine cooling was demonstrated must be stated in the performance information section of the Flight Manual, if the applicable regulations under which the aircraft was type certificated do not require ambient temperature or engine cooling operating limitations in the Flight Manual.]

USMCFLYR

Airworthiness Certificate - 91.203(a)(1)
Registration - 91.203
Radio Permit - FCC Form 605
Operating Limitations - 91.9(b) and AFM
Weight and Balance - 91.103, 135.185, and AFM

Ref - EEPP pg 175

USMCFLYR

NoyGonnaDoIt

[NIT-PICK]You mean not in the selections from the FAR that the publisher of the book you bought decided to put in it [/NIT-PICK]

I'm sure a lot of people do know this, but a surprising number think that ASA's or Jepp's or Sporty's or Gleim's FAR/AIM or (I've always liked this one just because it's different) McGraw-Hill's AIM/FAR is some official government publication rather than a re-publication of the AIM and of selections of the FAR that the publisher thought was particularly relevant for certain parts of the aeronautical community that is usually out of date by the time it reaches your desk.

NoyGonnaDoIt

The weight and balance one is the one that usually gets people because there is no specific Part 91 reg that requires it. But remember that acronyms are there to help you quickly remember things and not necessarily to learn anything other than how to spit things out when asked about the acronym. Note that we still use ARROW even though a radio operator permit is only required for international ops (and yes, that's an FCC reg not an FAA reg).

The explanation I use is that the weight and balance requirement is derived from two regs:

1. If you remember your 91.213 airworthiness analysis, sometimes whether a piece of equipment is required or not is based on the airplane's Type Certificate Data Sheet. In some cases, not all, the TCDS contains language like:
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Current weight and balance report including list of equipment included in certificated weight empty, and loading instructions when necessary, must be in each aircraft at the time of original certification and at all time thereafter...
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So, the presence of the weight and balance data is as much an airworthiness requirement as operating fuel gauges.

But not all aircraft have this requirement on the TCDS.

2. 91.9(b) contains the requirement for the presence of systems information on board. (The reference to 21.5 is a reference to the requirement for an approved manual (AFM) after 1979)

23.1581 - 23.1589 talk about what the contents of an approved AFM manual must contain. 23.1589 says:
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Loading information.
The following loading information must be furnished:
(a) The weight and location of each item of equipment that can be easily removed, relocated, or replaced and that is installed when the airplane was weighed under the requirement of § 23.25.
(b) Appropriate loading instructions for each possible loading condition between the maximum and minimum weights established under § 23.25, to facilitate the center of gravity remaining within the limits established under § 23.23.
==============================

Read them together and you get, an airplane must have its manual on board and it's manual must contain weight and balance data.

There my have been a similar requirement in the older CAR certification regs (I don't know) and I think that there are some airplanes that still slip through the cracks but, like a lot of acronymsfor learning things, ARROW covers the general rule. There are always exceptions and situations in which the acronym is just wrong.