Atlas / Legal Interpretations / 2016-029
FAA Chief Counsel · Legal Interpretation
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What is a Legal Interpretation?
The FAA Office of the Chief Counsel issues Legal Interpretations in response to specific questions about how 14 CFR applies in a given situation. They're authoritative agency reads of the regulation — pilots, CFIs, and operators cite them to resolve ambiguous compliance questions. Not preceedential like court opinions, but binding on the agency.
14 CFR sections this interpretation addresses
Click into any section to see its current text. The interpretation's PDF on drs.faa.gov has the full prose.
- § 61.56 Not in our cache — verify on eCFR
- § 61.57 Not in our cache — verify on eCFR
- § 91.13 Not in our cache — verify on eCFR
- § 91.173 Not in our cache — verify on eCFR
- § 121.435 Not in our cache — verify on eCFR
- § 121.439 Not in our cache — verify on eCFR
- § 135.243 Not in our cache — verify on eCFR
- § 135.247 Not in our cache — verify on eCFR
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