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**Peter Clark** · February 22nd 08, 01:55 AM posted to rec.aviation.piloting,rec.aviation.owning

On Thu, 21 Feb 2008 17:43:20 -0800 (PST),
wrote:

On Feb 21, 8:23*pm, Peter Clark
wrote:
An equipment list is different from a MEL. *Cessna 172 S model, for
example, has an equipment list which lists installed equipment from
the factory with it's weight and whether it is Required (by type
certificate), Standard (installed by factory) or Optional (owner
request, wheel pants for example).-

Ok, fair enough. But an equipment list can't override the 91.205b9
requirement, right? Nothing in 91.205 says "unless an equipment list
says it's optional".

The stuff listed as R in 91.205 is also listed as R in the equipment
list That was my original point. It's where you go to quickly answer
questions like "can I take off my copilot door for jumpers? Can I
pull my rear seats?" The Cessna one lists the pilot seat as R, the
co-pilot seat as S. As to the original point, I do not believe he's
been legal flying with a totally inop indication, and having R in the
equipment list would have been an additional way to confirm that. I
think if you wanted to take it to the next level, if the aircraft had
to be flown somewhere for the annual I believe he technically needed a
ferry permit to relocate it to do the work.