Each pilot in command shall, before beginning a flight, become familiar with all available information concerning that flight. This information must include—
(a) For a flight under IFR or a flight not in the vicinity of an airport, weather reports and forecasts, fuel requirements, alternatives available if the planned flight cannot be completed, and any known traffic delays of which the pilot in command has been advised by ATC;
(b) For any flight, runway lengths at airports of intended use, and the following takeoff and landing distance information:
(1) For civil aircraft for which an approved Airplane or Rotorcraft Flight Manual containing takeoff and landing distance data is required, the takeoff and landing distance data contained therein; and
(2) For civil aircraft other than those specified in paragraph (b)(1) of this section, other reliable information appropriate to the aircraft, relating to aircraft performance under expected values of airport elevation and runway slope, aircraft gross weight, and wind and temperature.
Notes of Decisions
Crout v. Haverfield Int'l, Inc., 269 F. Supp. 3d 90 (W.D.N.Y. 2017).
“14 C.F.R. § 91.103 . However, despite these requirements, a pilot is not automatically negligent as a matter of law.”
Zinn v. United States, 835 F. Supp. 2d 1280 (S.D. Fla. 2011).
· cites it 2× “14 C.F.R. § 91.103 . That includes the obligation to become knowledgeable of the applicable portions of the AIM.”
Webb v. United States, 840 F. Supp. 1484 (D. Utah 1994).
“2d 186 (1971); 14 C.F.R. § 91.103 ; AIM § 290(b). The law ultimately places the burden on the pilot, not the FSS, to assure that the pilot has the most recent weather information before taking a flight.”
Boeta v. Fed. Aviation Admin., 831 F.3d 636 (5th Cir. 2016).
“103 ("Each pilot in command shall, before beginning a flight, become familiar with all available information concerning that flight [including] weather reports and forecasts, fuel requirements, alternatives available if the planned flight cannot be completed, and any known…”
Abdullah v. Am. Airlines, Inc., 181 F.3d 363 (3rd Cir. 1999).
“For example, before flight the pilot must review available information concerning the flight, 14 C.F.R. § 91.103 (1996), verify the aircraft’s worthiness, 14 C.”
Morrow v. Air Methods, Inc., 897 F. Supp. 418 (D. Minnesota 1995).
“The FARs merely require a pilot to “become familiar with all available information concerning [the] flight,” 14 C.F.R. § 91.103 , and to “determin[e] whether [the] aircraft is in condition for safe flight,” id.”
Scruggs v. United States, 959 F. Supp. 1537 (S.D. Fla. 1997).
“14 C.F.R. § 91.103 . 86. A pilot has a duty to remain vigilant throughout the flight; a pilot has a duty to observe, to recognize, and to avoid dangerous conditions which confront him or her.”
Rivlin v. Zimmer Biomet (E.D. Pa. 2021).
· cites it 2× “) Specifically, Rivlin argues that under 14 C.F.R. § 91.103 , Lintz had a duty to review and consider all available weather information, including the upper air wind charts, before takeoff; that under 14 C.”
Neubert Aero Corp. v. StarStone Nat'l Ins. Co. (M.D. Fla. 2021).
“” The FAA stated that it appeared Neubert had also violated: 14 C.F.R. § 91.103 (a) in that a pilot in command shall, before beginning a flight, become familiar with all available information concerning that flight, including for a flight under IFR, the fuel requirements and…”
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