So you go out to your airplane to preflight it for a trip you have planned for the day and discover one of the instruments onboard is not operating. You ask yourself if I can still fly the plane today for the type of flight I plan on flying, but you can’t remember from your flight training days what’s actually required.

Hi, my name is Mark Donovan and I am CFI/CFII, and have been flight instructing for about 5 years now and have successfully trained students from private pilots up through initial CFI candidates.
In this video I’m going to go over the types of instruments and equipment that are required for VFR, Day vs Night flying, and for IFR flying. So without further ado, lets get into it the FAA equipment minimums required for VFR & IFR Flight.