Also known as: Federal Aviation Regulations · FAR · FARs · FAA regulations · 14 CFR
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A federal regulation governing the safety, maintenance, and piloting of civil aircraft.
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Farid Farahani, employed by Fulton Shipping as a cargo pilot, flew far off the authorized route to visit family during a scheduled delivery. The airline asserted that this conduct fell outside employment because it differed in kind from the assigned flight duties and served no company purpose. The court applied the scope rule to deny vicarious liability while the Federal Aviation Regulation violation remained a separate compliance issue.
Fatima Flores installed a spring-loaded gate on her private airstrip that delivered a non-lethal shock to deter trespassers. A deliberate intruder suffered minor burns and sued. The court found the device reasonable to protect the land under the circumstances and shielded Flores from liability for the bodily harm.
Finn Fletcher sued Flagship Logistics after a delayed charter flight and listed multiple Federal Aviation Regulation violations in a single paragraph. The defendant moved to require separate counts for each distinct occurrence. The court ordered the claims repled in numbered paragraphs limited to single sets of circumstances to promote clarity.
Fabian Flynn and two other subscribers agreed before incorporation to fund an aviation-parts startup. The board later issued a call for payment that varied the due dates among subscribers of the same class. The court required uniformity because the subscription agreements did not specify otherwise.
Fumiko Fujimoto sold her interest in a financed aircraft to Fidelity Trust. The note and mortgage were not kept together after the transfer. The court held that the transferee could enforce the mortgage only while also entitled to enforce the underlying obligation.
Floyd Franklin held a nongeneral power to appoint trust assets among a defined class of aviation-scholarship recipients. When he failed to exercise the power, the assets passed to the permissible appointees living at lapse because the donor had not limited receipt to appointed amounts only.
FAR stands for Federal Aviation Regulation and refers to the body of federal rules that govern civil aircraft safety, maintenance, and piloting.
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They appear in Title 14 of the Code of Federal Regulations, chapter 1.
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