IR.VII.A.S3FAA-S-ACS-8C · Nov 2023Skills
Determine whether to continue to flight plan destination or deviate.
Determine whether to continue to flight plan destination or deviate.
Bottom line
If the failure occurs in VFR conditions, or if VFR conditions are encountered after the failure, each pilot shall continue the flight under VFR and land as soon as practicable. In the absence of an assigned route or a route that ATC has advised may be expected in a further clearance, by the route filed in the flight plan.
FAA references
- 14 CFR 91.185 (IFR operations: Two-way radio communications failure.) — eCFR current as of 2026-03-05
- IFH ch. 11 (p. 11-9) — FAA-H-8083-15B
- IPH ch. 2 (p. 2-47) — FAA-H-8083-16B
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