FAR/AIM Quick Reference

Pilot

Experience:

• Flight Review (Ref: 14 CFR 61.56)
• Recent Flight Experience (Ref: 14 CFR 61.57)

Certificates and Documents:

• Required Personal Documents (Ref: 14 CFR 61.3)
• Duration of Pilot and Instructor Certificates and Privileges (Ref: 14 CFR 61.19)
• Medical Certificates: Requirement and Duration (Ref: 14 CFR 61.23)
• Medical Certificates: Replacement (Ref: 14 CFR 61.29)
• Prohibition on Operations During Medical Deficiency (Ref: 14 CFR 61.53)
• Pilot Logbooks (Ref: 14 CFR 61.51)

Responsibility:

• Responsibility and Authority of the PIC (Ref: 14 CFR 91.3)
• Preflight Action (Ref: 14 CFR 91.103)
• Use of Safety Belts and Passenger Briefings (Ref: 14 CFR 91.105, 14 CFR 91.107)
• Compliance with ATC Clearances and Instructions (Ref: 14 CFR 91.123)

Cautions:

• Careless or Reckless Operation (Ref: 14 CFR 91.13)
• Dropping Objects (Ref: 14 CFR 91.15)
• Alcohol or Drugs (Ref: 14 CFR 91.17)
• Supplemental Oxygen (Ref: 14 CFR 91.211)
• Fitness for Flight (Ref: AIM 8-1)

Aircraft

Airworthiness:

• Civil Aircraft Airworthiness (Ref: 14 CFR 91.7)
• Aircraft Flight Manual, Markings, and Placards (Ref: 14 CFR 91.9)
• Fuel Requirements for Flight in VFR Conditions (Ref: 14 CFR 91.151)
• Fuel Requirements for Flight in IFR Conditions (Ref: 14 CFR 91.167)
• Required Aircraft Documents (Ref: 14 CFR 91.203)
• Instrument and Equipment Requirements (Ref: 14 CFR 91.205)
• Emergency Locator Transmitter Requirements (Ref: 14 CFR 91.207)
• Aircraft Lights (Ref: 14 CFR 91.209)
• Inoperative Instruments and Equipment (Ref: 14 CFR 91.213, AC 91-67)
• ATC Transponder and Altitude Reporting Equipment and Use (Ref: 14 CFR 91.215)
• ADS-B Out (Ref: 14 CFR 91.225, AC 90-114)

Maintenance:

• Aircraft Owner/Operator Responsibilities (Ref: 14 CFR 91.403, 14 CFR 91.405)
• Operation After Maintenance (Ref: 14 CFR 91.407)
• Maintenance Records (Ref: 14 CFR 91.417, AC 43-9)
• Preventive Maintenance (Ref: 14 CFR Part 43 Appendix A, AC 43-12)

Inspections:

• Annual and 100-Hour (Ref: 14 CFR 91.409)
• Altimeter and Pitot-Static System (Ref: 14 CFR 91.411)
• ATC Transponder Inspections (Ref: 14 CFR 91.413)
• ELT Batteries and Inspections (Ref: 14 CFR 91.207)
• IFR Operations: VOR Equipment Check (Ref: 14 CFR 91.171)

Environment

Aircraft:

• Operating Near Other Aircraft (Ref: 14 CFR 91.111)
• “See and Avoid” Concept (Ref: 14 CFR 91.113, AIM 5-5-8, AC 90-48)
• Right-of-Way Rules (Ref: 14 CFR 91.113)
• Aircraft Wake Turbulence (Ref: AC 90-23)

Airports:

• Airport Marking Aids and Signs (Ref: AIM 2-3)
• Airport Operations (Ref: AIM 4-3)
• ATC Light Signals (Ref: 14 CFR 91.125)
• Traffic Patterns (Ref: 14 CFR 91.126, AC 90-66)
• Nontowered Airports (Ref: 14 CFR 91.126, 14 CFR 91.127, AC 90-66)
• Airports in Class D Airspace (Ref: 14 CFR 91.129)
• Airports in Class C Airspace (Ref: 14 CFR 91.130)
• Airports in Class B Airspace (Ref: 14 CFR 91.131)

Airspace and Navigation:

• Navigation Aids (Ref: AIM 1-1)
• Types of Airspace (Ref: AIM 3-1)
• Controlled Airspace (Ref: 14 CFR 91.127, 14 CFR 91.129, 14 CFR 91.131, AIM 3-2)
• Class G Airspace (Ref: 14 CFR 91.126, AIM 3-3)
• Special Use Airspace (Ref: 14 CFR 91.133, AIM 3-4)
• Other Airspace Areas (Ref: AIM 3-5)
• Maximum Authorized Speeds (Ref: 14 CFR 91.117, 14 CFR 91.817)
• Minimum Safe Altitudes (Ref: 14 CFR 91.119)
• Flight Restrictions (Ref: 14 CFR 91.137, 14 CFR 91.141, 14 CFR 91.143, 14 CFR 91.145, AC 91-63)
• Emergency Air Traffic Rules (Ref: 14 CFR 91.139, AIM 5-6, AC 91-63)
• Air Defense Identification Zones (Ref: 14 CFR Part 99, AIM 5-6-4, AIM 5-6-16)
• Altimeter Settings (Ref: 14 CFR 91.121, AIM 7-2, AIM 7-3)
• VFR and SVFR Weather Minimums (Ref: 14 CFR 91.155, 14 CFR 91.157)
• VFR Cruising Altitude (Ref: 14 CFR 91.159, AIM 3-1-5)
• IFR Clearance and Flight Plan Required (Ref: 14 CFR 91.173)
• IFR Minimum Altitudes (Ref: 14 CFR 91.177)
• IFR Cruising Altitude (Ref: 14 CFR 91.179)

ATC Services and Procedures:

• Services Available to Pilots (Ref: AIM 4-1)
• Radio Communications (Ref: AIM 4-2, Pilot/Controller Glossary)
• ATC Light Gun Signals (Ref: AIM 4-3-13)
• Preflight Preparation (Ref: AIM 5-1)
• IFR Operations: Takeoffs and Landings (Ref: 14 CFR 91.175)
• IFR Operations: Course to be Flown (Ref: 14 CFR 91.181)
• IFR Operations: Communications (Ref: 14 CFR 91.183, Pilot/Controller Glossary)
• IFR Operations: Two-Way Radio Communications Failure (Ref: 14 CFR 91.185)
• IFR Operations: Malfunction Reports (Ref: 14 CFR 91.187)
• IFR Operations: ATC Clearances and Aircraft Separation (Ref: AIM 4-4)
• IFR Operations: Departure Procedures (Ref: AIM 5-2)
• IFR Operations: En Route Procedures (Ref: AIM 5-3)
• IFR Operations: Arrival Procedures (Ref: AIM 5-4)
• Pilot/Controller Roles and Responsibilities (Ref: AIM 5-5)
• National Security and Interception Procedures (Ref: AIM 5-6)

External Pressures

• Risk Management (The PAVE Checklist and The 3P Model)
• Operational Pitfalls (Ref: AC 60-22)
• Hazardous Attitudes (Ref: AC 60-22)