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Is it a regulation to have a Map...such as a sectional map..in the aircraft at all times for flight!!..Thanks Jason

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  1. Wes Beard on Apr 19, 2011

    No.  There is no requirement for a map of any kind in the aircraft.  The only required documents to be on board the aircraft are the “AROW” documents. 
     
    Now if you don’t have a current chart (or are using an obsolete chart) and you violate airspace or hit a tower on a mountain or such.  The FAA may violate you for now knowing everything about the flight.  See FAR 91.103

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  2. Nathan Parker on Apr 19, 2011

    Here’s an FAQ on the subject on an FAA website:
     
    http://www.faa.gov/air_traffic/flight_info/aeronav/faq/#q2f

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  3. Robert Hadow on May 05, 2011

    As to sectional charts and AFDs in general, here is what the FAA has to say:

    “If a pilot is involved in an enforcement investigation and there is evidence that the use of an out-of-date chart, no chart, or an out-of-date database contributed to the condition that brought on the enforcement investigation, then that information could be used in any enforcement action that might be taken.”

    I know of at least one exception.  If you fly the Hudson River Coridor in New York, you must either cary a Terminal Area Chart or Helicopter chart.  That’s a reg.
    Robert

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