![]() ![]() Apparently Jeppeson erred when it updated the software changes to the Class B boundaries to reflect the new runway recently activated at STL. ![]() what about having an out of date database in your GPS? Especially if you are a VFR type pilot and only get updates every year or so? Hmmmm!I can add this interesting tidbit offered by the very same FAA official during the original conversation I mentioned. I believe your only legal obligation is to provide him with your certificates and aircraft documentation for inspection. I further think the inspector has no right to enter your aircraft to look unless you give him permission. The inspector cannot violate you, take your license or ground you or your airplane. I also believe the inspector can only inform you of his opinions or concerns and provide you with documentation of same. This says to me I can memorize a sectional or take along a Rand McNally atlas and as long as the flight is conducted safely and I violate no FARs I cannot be violated.įor VFR I consider my EFIS or handheld GPS adequate and legal for the pertinent information for my planned flight from the standpoint of charts. My take on the regs is you must familiarize yourself with all pertinent data relative to the planned flight. The AIM references NOAA charts but I find no FARS that designate what an appropriate chart is nor what a current chart is. To the best of my knowledge there is no FAR that "requires" current charts nor is there an FAR that prohibits out of date charts. The guide mentions nothing about aeronautical charts as being a legitimate part of the inspection but aeronautical charts is on the check list with a remarks column. If you are interested I have an Inspectors Guide for ramp inspections and an inspectors "aid"(checklist) for ramp inspections in pdf that I will be happy to e mail to you (16pages). I am presuming your discussion was based on Part 61 and Part 91. ![]() Like any other profession some FAA inspectors know their jobs and the regs some do not. If you, as an FAA Safety Inspector, Designated Pilot Examiner, Flight Instructor, or other aviation professional are telling pilots something other than the foregoing then you are incorrect. "If a pilot is involved in an enforcement investigation and there is evidence that the use of an out-of-date chart, no chart, or an out-of-date database contributed to the condition that brought on the enforcement investigation, then that information could be used in any enforcement action that might be taken" "the issue of current chart data bases in handheld GPS receivers is a non-issue because the units are neither approved by the FAA or required for flight." "Nor do panel-mounted VFR-only GPS receivers have to have a current data base because, like handheld GPS receivers, the pilot is responsible for pilotage under VFRĥ. That's because there is no regulation on the issue.Ĥ. As we have said, it is NOT FAA policy to initiate enforcement action against a pilot for having an old chart on board or no chart on board". "since some pilots thought they could be violated for having outdated or no charts on board during a flight, we need to clarify an important issue. ![]() Part 135 operations have similar requirements".ģ. "Other operating sections of the FAR such as Part 121 and "Not all pilots are required to carry a chart" "91.503.requires the pilot in command of large and multiengine airplanes to have charts". "You can carry old charts in your aircraft" "It is not FAA policy to violate anyone for having outdated charts in the aircraft"Ģ. That article was cleared through the FAA's Chief Counsel's office. The subject of current charts was thoroughly covered in an article in the FAA's July/August 1997 issue of FAA Aviation News. The FAA has rendered interpretations that have stated the foregoing. Title 14 CFR section 121.549 (Air Carrier-Big Airplanes) Title 14 CFR section 135.83 (Air Carriers-Little Airplane) Title 14 CFR section 91.503 (Large and Turbojet powered aircraft) The only FAA/FAR requirements that pertain to charts are: ![]()
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