[Code of Federal Regulations]

[Title 14, Volume 3]

[Revised as of January 1, 2006]

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

[CITE: 14CFR142.57]



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                     TITLE 14--AERONAUTICS AND SPACE

 

CHAPTER I--FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINISTRATION, DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

                               (CONTINUED)

 

PART 142_TRAINING CENTERS--Table of Contents

 

     Subpart C_Personnel and Flight Training Equipment Requirements

 

Sec. 142.57  Aircraft requirements.



    (a) An applicant for, or holder of, a training center certificate 

must ensure that each aircraft used for flight instruction and solo 

flights meets the following requirements:

    (1) Except for flight instruction and solo flights in a curriculum 

for agricultural aircraft operations, external load operations, and 

similar aerial work operations, the aircraft must have an FAA standard 

airworthiness certificate or a foreign equivalent of an FAA standard 

airworthiness certificate, acceptable to the Administrator.

    (2) The aircraft must be maintained and inspected in accordance 

with--

    (i) The requirements of part 91, subpart E, of this chapter; and

    (ii) An approved program for maintenance and inspection.

    (3) The aircraft must be equipped as provided in the training 

specifications for the approved course for which it is used.

    (b) Except as provided in paragraph (c) of this section, an 

applicant for, or holder of, a training center certificate must ensure 

that each aircraft used for flight instruction is at least a two-place 

aircraft with engine power controls and flight controls that are easily 

reached and that operate in a conventional manner from both pilot 

stations.

    (c) Airplanes with controls such as nose-wheel steering, switches, 

fuel selectors, and engine air flow controls that are not easily reached 

and operated in a conventional manner by both pilots may be used for 

flight instruction if the certificate holder determines that the flight 

instruction can



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be conducted in a safe manner considering the location of controls and 

their nonconventional operation, or both.