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IFR Additional Equipment
Required for IFR flight under 14 CFR § 91.205(d), in addition to the day and night VFR lists:
- Generator or alternator of adequate capacity
- Radios — two-way communication and navigation equipment suitable for the route
- Attitude indicator (gyroscopic pitch and bank)
- Ball — slip-skid indicator
- Clock — hours, minutes and seconds, sweep-second or digital
- Altimeter, sensitive and adjustable for barometric pressure
- Rate-of-turn indicator (gyroscopic)
- Directional gyro (gyroscopic direction indicator)
Source 14 CFR 91.205(d) · checked 26 Aug 2026