---
kind: "section"
citation: "14 C.F.R. § 135.101"
title: "14"
number: "135.101"
heading: "Second in command required under IFR."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/14/135.101"
---

# §135.101. Second in command required under IFR.


Except as provided in [§ 135.105](/cfr/14/135.105.md), no person may operate an aircraft carrying passengers under IFR unless there is a second in command in the aircraft.


## Notes

### Amendments

[Docket 28743, 62 FR 42374, Aug. 6, 1997]

### Authority

Authority: 49 U.S.C. 106(f), 40113, 41706, 44701-44702, 44705, 44709, 44711-44713, 44715-44717, 44722, 44730, 45101-45105; Pub. L. 112-95, 126 Stat. 58 (49 U.S.C. 44730).

### Source

Source: Docket 16097, 43 FR 46783, Oct. 10, 1978, unless otherwise noted.

### Amendments

[Docket 28743, 62 FR 42374, Aug. 6, 1997]