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PREFLIGHT ASK AOPA

BY CRAIG BROWN

POP QUIZ. TRUE OR FALSE? A PILOT MUST

REMEMBERING
REGULATIONS
IS YOUR MEMORY
PLAYING TRICKS?

complete a flight review every 24 months.
An aircraft requires an annual inspection
every 12 months.
The answer to both is, of course, false.
What? Most pilots learned in their primary training that a pilot must complete
a flight review every 24 months, but that
is not what the regulation says. FAR 61.56
says to act as pilot in command, a pilot
must have satisfactorily accomplished
a flight review within the preceding 24
calendar months. If a pilot is inactive or
not flying as PIC, a flight review is not
required. Many pilots were also taught
that annual inspections were required
every 12 months. FAR 91.409 states that
no person may operate an aircraft unless,
within the preceding 12 calendar months,
it has had an annual inspection in accordance with Part 43 of this chapter, and has
been approved for return to service. If an

aircraft is never operated, it never needs
an annual inspection.
Neither regulation mandates a check
at the specified calendar time. Rather,
each requires a check within the calendar
time, prior to something occurring.
Pilots learn and comply with many
regulations to fly safely and legally.
That's probably the least exciting part
about learning to fly. How you choose
to remember them is entirely up to you.
There is no right or wrong way, as long
as you understand them. However, if this
story causes you to turn a slightly more
critical eye to the regulations, then I have
done my job. Fly safe.
Questions? Contact the AOPA Pilot
Information Center at 800-872-2672, or
email pilotassist@aopa.org.
CRAIG BROWN is a senior aviation technical

specialist in the AOPA Pilot Information Center.

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