"gross_arrow" wrote in message om...
"Ron Natalie" wrote in message om...
"Marty Ross" wrote in message ...
Where are these regs (required documents onboard) anyways?

As I said, I couldn't (quickly) find them in the FAR/AIM.

Airworthiness certificate: 91.203(a)(1)
Registration: 91.203(a)(2)
Operating Limitations: 91.9
Weight and Balance: Not specifically mentioned by the FAR. It is usually either
specifically required by the type certificate or it's part of the flight manual (operating
limitations).


i'd like to advance the argument that the weight & balance are
operating limitations, and hence covered under 91.9. though there
is not a specific requirement for the documents, it would be difficult
to demonstrate that you were operating within the limitations without
those documents.

I believe that is what I said. Thats why ARROW is a sucky acronym (even before
the second R became moot). There's no specific, seperate callout for the W&B.
If you have an AFM, it most likely has to be up to date with all kinds of things including
the W&B and that won't be a seperate thing. For my plane, the type certificate
specifically says I gotta have two things in the plane:

1. A book called Operating Limitations.
2. An equipment list.

I've also got some flight manual supplements to a non-existant flight manual that
came with some STC's.