14 C.F.R. § 91.167

Fuel requirements for flight in IFR conditions

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(a) No person may operate a civil aircraft in IFR conditions unless it carries enough fuel (considering weather reports and forecasts and weather conditions) to—

(1) Complete the flight to the first airport of intended landing;

(2) Except as provided in paragraph (b) of this section, fly from that airport to the alternate airport; and

(3) Fly after that for 45 minutes at normal cruising speed or, for helicopters, fly after that for 30 minutes at normal cruising speed.

(b) Paragraph (a)(2) of this section does not apply if:

(1) Part 97 of this chapter prescribes a standard instrument approach procedure to, or a special instrument approach procedure has been issued by the Administrator to the operator for, the first airport of intended landing; and

(2) Appropriate weather reports or weather forecasts, or a combination of them, indicate the following:

(i) For aircraft other than helicopters. For at least 1 hour before and for 1 hour after the estimated time of arrival, the ceiling will be at least 2,000 feet above the airport elevation and the visibility will be at least 3 statute miles.

(ii) For helicopters. At the estimated time of arrival and for 1 hour after the estimated time of arrival, the ceiling will be at least 1,000 feet above the airport elevation, or at least 400 feet above the lowest applicable approach minima, whichever is higher, and the visibility will be at least 2 statute miles.

[Docket 98-4390, 65 FR 3546, Jan. 21, 2000]

Notes of Decisions

Cited in 3 cases, 1968–1998 · leading case: Brown v. North Am. Specialty Ins., 508 S.E.2d 741 (Ga. Ct. App. 1998).

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Brown v. North Am. Specialty Ins., 508 S.E.2d 741 (Ga. Ct. App. 1998). “FAA Instrument Flight Rules, 14 CFR § 91.167 et seq. (1994). An instrument rating included on an FAA certificate to operate an aircraft indicates that the pilot has undergone additional training that qualifies the pilot to operate the aircraft in IFR weather conditions by…”

Cook v. State, 528 So. 2d 1311 (Fla. 2d DCA 1988). · cites it 2× “In that respect the state in its brief argues that the state “could have introduced” at trial an FAA regulation cited as 14 CFR section 91.167 (1987). However, that regulation apparently was not referred to at trial and, as it is quoted in the state’s brief, does not refer to…”

Nelson v. Am. Airlines, Inc., 263 Cal. App. 2d 742 (Cal. Ct. App. 1968). “167 [1967]) provide: “[a] No person may carry any person [other than a crew member] in an aircraft that has been repaired or altered in a manner that may have appreciably changed its flight characteristics, or substantially affected its operation in flight until an appropriately…”

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