What documents must be in the plane to make it legal to fly?


What documents must be in the plane to make it legal to fly? We'll start on familiar ground, with the mnemonic AROW. The letters stand for the documents that must be carried aboard an airplane. They are an airworthiness certificate, registration certificate, operating limitations, and weight and balance information.


Can an aircraft fly without the airworthiness certificate?

(b) No person may operate a civil aircraft unless the airworthiness certificate required by paragraph (a) of this section or a special flight authorization issued under § 91.715 is displayed at the cabin or cockpit entrance so that it is legible to passengers or crew.


What flights must be logged in a logbook?

For the same reason, recreational pilots must carry their logbooks on all solo cross-country flights that exceed 50 nautical miles, in airspace that requires ATC communication, take place at night, and when they are flying an aircraft for which they don't hold the appropriate category or class rating.


What 3 personal documents are you to carry while flying solo?

You have all of the required essentials with you: Logbook with signed endorsement from your instructor, third class medical certificate, student pilot certificate, and one government issued photo ID. You're legal to fly. As a private pilot, you'll be flying farther than the pattern for a few touch and go-s.


Do you need your logbook in your possession when you fly solo?

Recordkeeping. Students just need to keep their endorsements. And unless you're flying a solo cross-country flight you don't legally have to carry your logbook with your endorsements while flying (FAR 61.51 (i)(2)).


Do I need to fly with my logbook?

It may surprise you to learn that there is no requirement to keep a logbook. The FAA has no such rule.


What is the 1500 hour rule?

A pillar of these reforms is the “1,500 Hour Rule” which requires first officers, also known as co-pilots, to have a minimum of 1,500 hours of flight training time. Since this rule was implemented in 2012, our skies have never been safer.


What 4 documents are required to be in aircraft?

We'll start on familiar ground, with the mnemonic AROW. The letters stand for the documents that must be carried aboard an airplane. They are an airworthiness certificate, registration certificate, operating limitations, and weight and balance information.