# 14 CFR § 91.9: Civil aircraft flight manual, marking, and placard requirements

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URL: https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/ecfr-14-91.9

## Section

- **Citation:** 14 CFR § 91.9
- **Heading:** Civil aircraft flight manual, marking, and placard requirements
- **Jurisdiction:** Federal
- **Kind:** Regulations
- **Status:** In force
- **Text as of:** September 22, 2026
- **Source:** Publisher's official text
- **Location:** Title 14—Aeronautics and Space > CHAPTER I—FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINISTRATION, DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION > SUBCHAPTER F—AIR TRAFFIC AND GENERAL OPERATING RULES > PART 91—GENERAL OPERATING AND FLIGHT RULES > Subpart A—General

## Text

(a) Except as provided in paragraph (d) of this section, no person may operate a civil aircraft without complying with the operating limitations specified in the approved Airplane or Rotorcraft Flight Manual, markings, and placards, or as otherwise prescribed by the certificating authority of the country of registry.
(b) No person may operate a U.S.-registered civil aircraft—
(1) For which an Airplane or Rotorcraft Flight Manual is required by § 21.5 of this chapter unless there is available in the aircraft a current, approved Airplane or Rotorcraft Flight Manual or the manual provided for in § 121.141(b); and
(2) For which an Airplane or Rotorcraft Flight Manual is not required by § 21.5 of this chapter, unless there is available in the aircraft a current approved Airplane or Rotorcraft Flight Manual, approved manual material, markings, and placards, or any combination thereof.
(c) No person may operate a U.S.-registered civil aircraft unless that aircraft is identified in accordance with part 45 or 48of this chapter.
(d) Any person taking off or landing a helicopter certificated under part 29 of this chapter at a heliport constructed over water may make such momentary flight as is necessary for takeoff or landing through the prohibited range of the limiting height-speed envelope established for the helicopter if that flight through the prohibited range takes place over water on which a safe ditching can be accomplished and if the helicopter is amphibious or is equipped with floats or other emergency flotation gear adequate to accomplish a safe emergency ditching on open water.
[Docket 18334, 54 FR 34292, Aug. 18, 1989, as amended by ; Docket FAA-2022-1355, Amdt. 91-366, 87 FR 75846, Dec. 9, 2022]

## Nearby sections

- [14 CFR § 91.1 § 91.1 Applicability.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/ecfr-14-91.1.md)
- [14 CFR § 91.3 § 91.3 Responsibility and authority of the pilot in command.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/ecfr-14-91.3.md)
- [14 CFR § 91.5 § 91.5 Pilot in command of aircraft requiring more than one required pilot.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/ecfr-14-91.5.md)
- [14 CFR § 91.7 § 91.7 Civil aircraft airworthiness.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/ecfr-14-91.7.md)
- [14 CFR § 91.9 § 91.9 Civil aircraft flight manual, marking, and placard requirements.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/ecfr-14-91.9.md)
- [14 CFR § 91.11 § 91.11 Prohibition on interference with crewmembers.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/ecfr-14-91.11.md)
- [14 CFR § 91.13 § 91.13 Careless or reckless operation.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/ecfr-14-91.13.md)
- [14 CFR § 91.15 § 91.15 Dropping objects.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/ecfr-14-91.15.md)
- [14 CFR § 91.17 § 91.17 Alcohol or drugs.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/ecfr-14-91.17.md)
- [14 CFR § 91.19 § 91.19 Carriage of narcotic drugs, marihuana, and depressant or stimulant drugs or substances.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/ecfr-14-91.19.md)
- [14 CFR § 91.21 § 91.21 Portable electronic devices.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/ecfr-14-91.21.md)
- [14 CFR § 91.23 § 91.23 Truth-in-leasing clause requirement in leases and conditional sales contracts.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/ecfr-14-91.23.md)
- [14 CFR § 91.25 § 91.25 Aviation Safety Reporting Program: Prohibition against use of reports for enforcement purposes.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/ecfr-14-91.25.md)
- [14 CFR § 91.203 § 91.203 Civil aircraft: Certifications required.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/ecfr-14-91.203.md)

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