hjmemon
3rd Oct 2008, 04:04
Hi every one.
After almost of year sitting home and out of touch with flying, finally decided to get current with studies. I have been reading through my old notes and came up eith few questions.
I seem to forget about what are the regs regarding exterior lighting, ie Position Lights (Nav and tail white light), Anti Collision lights (Beacon and Strobe lights). When are they supposed to be on?
Other question will follow up once I go through the rest of the notes.
Thanks,
HJM
selfin
3rd Oct 2008, 09:06
(Formatting added to aid readability - note underlined condition varies from the UK Rules of the Air with UK definition of night falling under Article 150(1) of the ANO as 'the time from half an hour after sunset until half an hour before sunrise (both times inclusive), sunset and sunrise being determined at surface level')
§ 91.209 (http://ecfr.gpoaccess.gov/cgi/t/text/text-idx?c=ecfr&sid=043859eb116ce5908ee2c2a7ebf600bf&rgn=div8&view=text&node=14:2.0.1.3.10.3.7.5&idno=14) Aircraft lights.
No person may:
(a) During the period from sunset to sunrise (or, in Alaska, during the period a prominent unlighted object cannot be seen from a distance of 3 statute miles or the sun is more than 6 degrees below the horizon)—
(1) Operate an aircraft unless it has lighted position lights;
(2) Park or move an aircraft in, or in dangerous proximity to, a night flight operations area of an airport unless the aircraft—
(i) Is clearly illuminated;
(ii) Has lighted position lights; or
(iii) is in an area that is marked by obstruction lights;
(3) Anchor an aircraft unless the aircraft—
(i) Has lighted anchor lights; or
(ii) Is in an area where anchor lights are not required on vessels; or
(b) Operate an aircraft that is equipped with an anticollision light system, unless it has lighted anticollision lights. However, the anticollision lights need not be lighted when the pilot-in-command determines that, because of operating conditions, it would be in the interest of safety to turn the lights off.
[Doc. No. 27806, 61 FR 5171, Feb. 9, 1996]
See also Applicability of Part 91. (http://ecfr.gpoaccess.gov/cgi/t/text/text-idx?c=ecfr&sid=043859eb116ce5908ee2c2a7ebf600bf&rgn=div8&view=text&node=14:2.0.1.3.10.1.4.1&idno=14)
Compare with UK Rules of the Air Regulations 2007 (2007 No. 734 (http://www.statutelaw.gov.uk/legResults.aspx?LegType=All+Legislation&title=rules+of+the+air&searchEnacted=0&extentMatchOnly=0&confersPower=0&blanketAmendment=0&TYPE=QS&NavFrom=0&activeTextDocId=3234864&PageNumber=1&SortAlpha=0))
Rule 47 (http://www.statutelaw.gov.uk/content.aspx?LegType=All+Legislation&title=rules+of+the+air&searchEnacted=0&extentMatchOnly=0&confersPower=0&blanketAmendment=0&sortAlpha=0&TYPE=QS&PageNumber=1&NavFrom=0&parentActiveTextDocId=3234864&activetextdocid=3234928) - Display of lights by aircraft
Rule 48 (http://www.statutelaw.gov.uk/content.aspx?LegType=All+Legislation&title=rules+of+the+air&searchEnacted=0&extentMatchOnly=0&confersPower=0&blanketAmendment=0&sortAlpha=0&TYPE=QS&PageNumber=1&NavFrom=0&parentActiveTextDocId=3234864&activetextdocid=3234929) - Failure of navigation and anti-collision lights
Rule 49 (http://www.statutelaw.gov.uk/content.aspx?LegType=All+Legislation&title=rules+of+the+air&searchEnacted=0&extentMatchOnly=0&confersPower=0&blanketAmendment=0&sortAlpha=0&TYPE=QS&PageNumber=1&NavFrom=0&parentActiveTextDocId=3234864&activetextdocid=3234930) - Flying machines at night