[Code of Federal Regulations]

[Title 14, Volume 2]

[Revised as of January 1, 2006]

From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access

[CITE: 14CFR135.105]



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                     TITLE 14--AERONAUTICS AND SPACE

 

CHAPTER I--FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINISTRATION, DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

                               (CONTINUED)

 

PART 135_OPERATING REQUIREMENTS: COMMUTER AND ON DEMAND OPERATIONS 

AND RULES GOVERNING PERSONS ON BOARD SUCH AIRCRAFT--Table of Contents

 

                       Subpart B_Flight Operations

 

Sec. 135.105  Exception to second in command requirement: Approval for 

use of autopilot system.



    (a) Except as provided in Sec. Sec. 135.99 and 135.111, unless two 

pilots are required by this chapter for operations under VFR, a person 

may operate an aircraft without a second in command, if it is equipped 

with an operative approved autopilot system and the use of that system 

is authorized by appropriate operations specifications. No certificate 

holder may use any person, nor may any person serve, as a pilot in 

command under this section of an aircraft operated in a commuter 

operation, as defined in part 119 of this chapter unless that person has 

at least 100 hours pilot in command flight time in the make and model of 

aircraft to be flown and has met all other applicable requirements of 

this part.

    (b) The certificate holder may apply for an amendment of its 

operations specifications to authorize the use of an autopilot system in 

place of a second in command.

    (c) The Administrator issues an amendment to the operations 

specifications authorizing the use of an autopilot system, in place of a 

second in command, if--

    (1) The autopilot is capable of operating the aircraft controls to 

maintain flight and maneuver it about the three axes; and

    (2) The certificate holder shows, to the satisfaction of the 

Administrator, that operations using the autopilot system can be 

conducted safely and in compliance with this part.

    The amendment contains any conditions or limitations on the use of 

the autopilot system that the Administrator determines are needed in the 

interest of safety.



[Doc. No. 16097, 43 FR 46783, Oct. 10, 1978, as amended by Amdt. 135-3, 

45 FR 7542, Feb. 4, 1980; Amdt. 135-58, 60 FR 65939, Dec. 20, 1995]