Syllabus

The student will become familiar with NTSB 830, Private Pilot privileges, limitations and maintenance.

The student should display an understanding of NTSB 830, Private Pilot privileges, limitations and maintenance.

• Flight control system malfunction or failure
• Inability of any required flight crewmember to perform normal flight duties as a result of injury or illness
• Failure of any internal turbine engine component that results in the escape of debris other than out the exhaust path
• In-flight fire
• Aircraft collision in flight
• Damage to property, other than the aircraft, estimated to exceed $25,000 for repair (including materials and labor) or fair market value in the event of total loss, whichever is less.
• Release of all or a portion of a propeller blade from an aircraft, excluding release caused solely by ground contact
• A complete loss of information, excluding flickering, from more than 50 percent of an aircraft's cockpit displays (glass cockpit/G1000)
• An aircraft is overdue and is believed to have been involved in an accident.

• Call the NTSB
• Notify the FAA, who would then notify the NTSB
• Operator must file a report within 10 days to the NTSB, if requested to do so, with the local NTSB field office

• No person who holds a private pilot certificate may act as pilot in command of an aircraft that is carrying passengers or property for compensation or hire except:
  • The flight is only incidental to that business or employment; and The aircraft does not carry passengers or property for compensation or hire.
• A private pilot may not pay less than the pro rata share of the operating expenses of a flight with passengers, provided the expenses involve only fuel, oil, airport expenditures, or rental fees.
• A private pilot may act as pilot in command of a charitable, nonprofit, or community event flight described in §91.146, if the sponsor and pilot comply with the requirements of §91.146.
• A private pilot may be reimbursed for aircraft operating expenses that are directly related to search and location operations, provided the expenses involve only fuel, oil, airport expenditures, or rental fees, and the operation is sanctioned and under the direction and control of:
  • A local, State, or Federal agency; or
  • An organization that conducts search and location operations.
• A private pilot who is an aircraft salesman and who has at least 200 hours of logged flight time may demonstrate an aircraft in flight to a prospective buyer.
• A private pilot who meets the requirements of §61.69 may act as a pilot in command of an aircraft towing a glider or unpowered ultralight vehicle.
• Basic Med

• Using the deferral provision of 14 CFR, part 91, section 91.213(d), the pilot determines whether the inoperative equipment is required by type design, 14 CFR, or ADs. If the inoperative item is not required, and the aircraft can be safely operated without it, the deferral may be made. The inoperative item shall be deactivated or removed and an INOPERATIVE placard placed near the appropriate switch, control, or indicator. If deactivation or removal involves maintenance (removal always will), it must be accomplished by certificated maintenance personnel and recorded in accordance with 14 CFR part 43. (PHAK Ch 9)
• This deferral is not an option if a MEL is in place
• Required equipment found in aircraft POH

FAR Part 43

Except for holders of a sport pilot certificate, the holder of a pilot certificate issued under part 61 may perform preventive maintenance on any aircraft owned or operated by that pilot which is not used under part 121, 129, or 135 of this chapter. The holder of a sport pilot certificate may perform preventive maintenance on an aircraft owned or operated by that pilot and issued a special airworthiness certificate in the light-sport category.

Updates of databases in installed avionics meeting the conditions of this paragraph are not considered maintenance and may be performed by pilots provided:

1. The database upload is:
   1. Initiated from the flight deck;
   2. Performed without disassembling the avionics unit; and
   3. Performed without the use of tools and/or special equipment.
2. The pilot must comply with the certificate holder's procedures or the manufacturer's instructions.
3. The holder of operating certificates must make available written procedures consistent with manufacturer's instructions to the pilot that describe how to:
   1. Perform the database update; and
   2. Determine the status of the data upload.

• PHAK Ch.8
• FAR Part 43 (43.3, 43.7, 43.9, Appendix A), 61.1-61.19, 61.23-61.31, 61.51, 61.53, 61.56, 61.57, 61.59, 61.60, 61.63, 61.102, 61.103, 61.113, 61.117, 91.213, and 91.401-91.419
• NTSB 830
• AC 91-67