Part 91 (General Operating and Flight Rules) Manual of Standards 2020
Part 27EXPERIMENTAL AND LIGHT SPORT AIRCRAFT PLACARDS
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CHAPTER 27 EXPERIMENTAL AND LIGHT SPORT AIRCRAFT PLACARDS
27.01 Experimental aircraft — placards
(1) For subparagraph 91.875 (2) (i) (iii), this section prescribes the requirements for a placard that must be displayed inside an experimental aircraft carrying one or more passengers.
(2) The placard must:
(a) be displayed in full view of the passengers; and
(b) contain the text set out in subsection (3).
(3) For subsection (2), the text is:
WARNING
PERSONS FLY IN THIS AIRCRAFT AT THEIR OWN RISK.
THIS AIRCRAFT IS NOT OPERATED TO THE SAME SAFETY STANDARDS
AS A NORMAL COMMERCIAL PASSENGER FLIGHT.
CASA DOES NOT SET AIRWORTHINESS STANDARDS FOR EXPERIMENTAL AIRCRAFT.
(4) The requirement in paragraph (2) (b) is taken to be complied with if the placard contains the text set out in subsection (5), but only if a placard containing such text was displayed in full view of all passengers on the aircraft for flights immediately before 1 December 1999.
(5) For subsection (4), the text is:
WARNING
THIS AIRCRAFT IS NOT REQUIRED TO COMPLY WITH THE SAFETY REGULATIONS FOR STANDARD AIRCRAFT.
YOU FLY IN THIS AIRCRAFT AT YOUR OWN RISK.
27.02 Light sport aircraft — placards
(1) For paragraph 91.900 (2) (c), this section prescribes the requirements for a placard that must be displayed inside a light sport aircraft.
(2) The placard must:
(a) be displayed in full view of all passengers; and
(b) contain the text set out in subsection (3).
(3) For subsection (2), the text is:
THIS AIRCRAFT WAS MANUFACTURED IN ACCORDANCE WITH LIGHT SPORT AIRCRAFT AIRWORTHINESS STANDARDS AND DOES NOT CONFORM TO STANDARD CATEGORY AIRWORTHINESS REQUIREMENTS.