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# UAM.IDE.VCA.105 Minimum equipment required for a flight

ANNEX IX (Part-IAM) · Regulation (EU) No 965/2012 · EAR revision 27 Mar 2026

IR Implementing rule

## UAM.IDE.VCA.105 Minimum equipment required for a flight

A flight shall not commence when any of the [aircraft](https://avioverse.aero/glossary/easa/aircraft) instruments, items of equipment or functions required for the intended flight are inoperative or missing, unless:

(a) the aircraft is operated in accordance with the operator’s minimum equipment list (MEL); or

(b) the operator is approved by the competent authority to operate the aircraft within the constraints of the master minimum equipment list (MMEL) in accordance with point ORO.MLR.105(j) of Annex III.

IR · UAM.IDE.VCA.105 — Regulation (EU) No 965/2012 · Regulation (EU) 2024/1111 · Air OPS Easy Access Rules · EAR revision 27 Mar 2026

AMC Acceptable means of compliance

## AMC1 UAM.IDE.VCA.105 Minimum equipment for a flight

MANAGEMENT OF THE STATUS OF CERTAIN INSTRUMENTS, EQUIPMENT OR FUNCTIONS

(a) The IAM operator should control and retain the status of the instruments, equipment or functions that are required for the intended operation and that are not controlled for the purpose of continuing airworthiness management.

(b) The IAM operator should define responsibilities and procedures to retain and control the status of the instruments, equipment or functions that are required for the intended operation and that are not controlled for the purpose of continuing airworthiness management.

AMC · AMC1 UAM.IDE.VCA.105 — Regulation (EU) No 965/2012 · ED Decision 2025/010/R · Air OPS Easy Access Rules · EAR revision 27 Mar 2026

GM Guidance material

## GM1 UAM.IDE.VCA.105 Minimum equipment for a flight

MANAGEMENT OF THE STATUS OF CERTAIN INSTRUMENTS, EQUIPMENT OR FUNCTIONS

Instruments, equipment or functions that are required for the intended operation and that are not controlled for the purpose of continuing airworthiness management, may be but are not limited to equipment related to navigation approvals as FM immunity or certain software versions.

GM · GM1 UAM.IDE.VCA.105 — Regulation (EU) No 965/2012 · ED Decision 2025/010/R · Air OPS Easy Access Rules · EAR revision 27 Mar 2026

[All rules in SUBPART D — INSTRUMENTS, DATA AND EQUIPMENT](https://avioverse.aero/regulations/easa/air-ops/part-iam/subpart-d)

Consolidated from the EASA Easy Access Rules (revision 27 Mar 2026, extracted 13 Oct 2026) for convenience. Not the official publication — verify against the Official Journal of the European Union and the EASA publications before operational use.