§ 91.531 - Second in command requirements.

§ 91.531 Second in command requirements.

Cross Reference

Link to an amendment published at 83 FR 30282, June 27, 2018.

(a) Except as provided in paragraph (b) and (d) of this section, no person may operate the following airplanes without a pilot who is designated as second in command of that airplane:

(1) A large airplane or normal category level 4 airplane, except that a person may operate an airplane certificated under SFAR 41 without a pilot who is designated as second in command if that airplane is certificated for operation with one Any airplane that is type certificated for more than one required pilot.

(2) A turbojet-powered multiengine airplane for which two pilots are required under the type certification requirements for that airplane Any large airplane.

(3) A Any commuter category airplane or normal category level 3 airplane, except that a .

(b) A person may operate

those airplanes notwithstanding paragraph (a)(1) of this section, that have a passenger seating configuration, excluding pilot seats, of nine or less

the following airplanes without a pilot

who is

designated as second in command

if that airplane is type

:

(1) Any airplane certificated for

operations

operation with one pilot.

(

b) The Administrator may issue a letter of authorization for the operation of an airplane without compliance with the requirements of paragraph (a) of this section if that airplane is designed for and type certificated with only one pilot station. The authorization contains any conditions that the Administrator finds necessary for safe operation

2) A large airplane or turbojet-powered multiengine airplane that holds a special airworthiness certificate, if:

(i) The airplane was originally designed with only one pilot station; or

(ii) The airplane was originally designed with more than one pilot station, but single pilot operations were permitted by the airplane flight manual or were otherwise permitted by a branch of the United States Armed Forces or the armed forces of a foreign contracting State to the Convention on International Civil Aviation.

(c) No person may designate a pilot to serve as second in command, nor may any pilot serve as second in command, of an airplane required under this section to have two pilots unless that pilot meets the qualifications for second in command prescribed in § 61.55 of this chapter.

(d) No person may operate an aircraft under subpart K of this part without a pilot who is designated as second in command of that aircraft in accordance with § 91.1049(d). The second in command must meet the experience requirements of § 91.1053.

[Doc. No. 18334, 54 FR 34314, Aug. 18, 1989, as amended by Amdt. 91-280, 68 FR 54561, Sept. 17, 2003; Docket FAA-20152016-16216142, Amdt. 91-346351, 81 83 FR 96701, Dec. 30, 201630282, June 27, 2018]