​PART 1

• 1.1 - General Definitions (e.g., what is a pilot in command)

PART 61

• 61.3 - Requirements for certifications

• 61.23 - Medical certificates

• 61.31 - Endorsements, type ratings and Additional Training

• 61.47 - PIC during checkrides

• 61.51 - Logbooks and logging times (including PIC)

• 61.57 - Recent flight experience to act as PIC

• 61.65 - Instrument Rating requirements

• 61.109 - Aeronautical experience requirements for Private pilots

• 91.111 - Formation flights

• 61.113 - Private pilot privileges

• 61.133 - Commercial pilot privileges

• 61.153 - Requirements for ATP (includes good moral character)

PART 91

• 91.3 - Responsibility and authority of pilot in command (PIC)

• 91.13 - Reckless behavior

• 91.103 - Information required prior to flight (IFR but AIM also includes VFR) NWKRAFT

• 91.109 - Required crew members: Logging Flight Instruction and Simulated IFR 

• 91.123(c) - Compliance and Deviations from ATC

• 91.126 - Left traffic patterns in class G airspace

• 91.127 - Left traffic patterns in class E airspace

• 91.146 - Charitable flights not subject to air carriers (PIC can be PPL)

• 91.155 - VFR weather minimums

• 91.159 - VFR cruising altitudes

• 91.175 - Using and landing from instrument approaches

• 91.205 - Required instruments and equipment (ATOMATOFLAMES)

• 91.213 - Inoperative Equipment (MEL, KOEL, 91.205)

• 91.225 - ADSB

• 91.409 - Annual and 100 hour inspections

49 CFR PART 800 (NTSB)

• 800.1 - The purpose of the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB)

49 CFR PART 830 (Accident Reporting)

• 830.1 - Reporting incidents/accidents to the NTSB

• 830.5 - Immediate reporting items

Aeronautical Information Manual (AIM)

• 1-2-3 - Use of Suitable Area Navigation (RNAV) Systems on Conventional Procedures

ADVISORY CIRCULARS

• AC 60-22 - Aeronautical decision making, stress and risk

• AC 60-28B - English language evaluation

• AC 61-65K - Pilot applicants and instructor endorsements

• AC 61-67C - Stall and spin awareness training

• AC 61-91K - WINGS Program (FAA Safety Team)

• AC 61-98E - Flight reviews and instrument proficiency checks

• AC 61-134 - Controlled flight into terrain (CFIT)

• AC 61-142 - Common purpose and pro rata share splitting costs

• AC 61-145 - Flight Instructor Enhanced Qualification Training Program

• AC 61-146 - Sport Pilots, Instructors, and Simplified Flight Controls (SFC) aircraft

• AC 90-23G - Wake Turbulence Awareness

• AC 90-48E - Pilot's duties for collision avoidance (maintain VFR)

• AC 90-66B - Traffic patterns (non-towered airport ops)

• AC 90-108 - Use of Suitable RNAV Systems on Conventional Routes and Procedures

• AC 90-109A - Transition to unfamiliar aircraft

• AC 90-114C - ADSB

• AC 90-119 (Draft) - Performance-Based Navigation Operations (replaces 91-108)

• AC 91-37B - What constitutes an air carrier and truth in leasing

• AC 91-63D - Temporary flight restrictions

• AC 91-67A - Minimum Equipment Req for GA Ops Under 14 CFR Part 91, § 91.213

• AC 91-73B - Single pilot taxi operations (runway incursion awareness)

• AC 91-74B - Flight in icing conditions

• AC 120-12A - Common vs. Private Carriage (holding out, etc.)

• AC 120-111 - Upset Recovery Training (Loss of Control)

FAA POLICY LETTERS

• Murphy (2008) - CFI without medical & Superseding letters (see page 2)

• Levy (2008) - CFI Practical Exam is not a Flight Review (SUPERSEDED)

• Gebhart (2009) - Logging sim IFR and XC with safety pilot

• Herman (2009) - Logging PIC [part 1]

• Speranza (2009) - Logging PIC [part 2]

• Walker (2011) - Logging PIC [part 3]

• Hartzell (2010) - Crediting instrument time from IFR to commercial (see also Rohlfing 2016)

• Grossman (2011) - Turning right to join the pattern is "left traffic" (e.g., circling)

• Baginski (2012) - Pilot cannot override the AWOS

• Krug (2014) - ATC does not have authority in class G airspace (e.g., circling)

• Kroontje (2014) - Clarification of fractional ownership vs. common/private carriage

• Murphy (2015) - Circling must always be to the left unless right traffic patterns

• Ochoa (2015) - Part 141 Instrument Training is Dual, not simulated IFR

• Rohlfing (2016) - Crediting instrument time from private to instrument

• Letts (2017) - Anticollision light requirements (beacon vs. strobes)

• Bernard (2024) - Chief Counsel Policy is binding on the FSDOs

CASE LAW

• Strobel vs. FAA (1995) - The CFI is assumed to be PIC 

• Moeslein vs. FAA (2009) - CFI deviated for breaching the DC SFRA

• Martz vs. FAA (2009) - The importance of seatbelts

• Gorman vs. FAA - Pilot deviated for executing common carriage

OTHER

• Proficiency and the Private Pilot (FAA Safety Team)

• Operation Lights On (FAA Safety Team reference)

• Memorandum for FAR 61.65 "Three different approach types" (FAA Flight Standards)

• Logging Instrument Approaches

• FAR 43.13 Performance rules on Maintenance