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14 CFR part 91: the inspections and checks that come due by the calendar
Part 91 sets five recurring items by the calendar: the annual inspection (12 calendar months), the ELT inspection (12), the transponder test (24), the altimeter and static system test for IFR (24), and the VOR check for IFR (30 days). An experimental aircraft's inspection is set by its operating limitations, not by section 91.409.
11 Oct 2026
Upgrade & Maintain
Light-sport repairmen may now do condition inspections on amateur-built aircraft
A light-sport repairman can now do the condition inspection on an amateur-built airplane, and an owner can earn that rating in a 16-hour course. But most airplanes' operating limitations don't allow it yet, and the owner has to ask the FAA to amend them.
11 Oct 2026