PLT374: Owner and Operator Responsibilities
What code PLT374 covers, why the FAA tests it, and how to study Owner and Operator Responsibilities before your checkride.
Recall regulations - aircraft owner / operator responsibilities
What this means for your checkride
The owner or operator of an aircraft is primarily responsible for maintaining that aircraft in an airworthy condition, including compliance with airworthiness directives. Separately, no person may operate a civil aircraft unless it is in an airworthy condition, and the pilot in command is responsible for determining whether the aircraft is in condition for safe flight.
It fixes accountability for maintenance and airworthiness between the owner or operator and the pilot in command.
Pilots sometimes assume maintenance is solely the mechanic's or owner's job; the pilot in command must still determine airworthiness before each flight.
Where to study it
A code on your test report is an area of deficiency. An authorized instructor must review it with you and endorse that review before you take the practical test, and the examiner may revisit it during the oral. Study it until you can explain it out loud, not just recognize the answer.