Propilot said:
Wait, so you are saying that your MEL overrides the part 91 requirement for having a anti-collision light on?
that means you still need a anticollision light.
We used MEL's in our A36's and BE58's, which were strictly part 91 flights used for instruction.
From the MEL we used, I remember if the beacon was inop, the strobes had to be on at all times, but you could go. If the strobes were inop, the beacon had to be on at all times. I really can't remember if night flight was allowed with the a strobe(s) inop, daytime flight was ok, but my memory doesn't go back that far.
The cool thing about those MEL's - it was a "quick reference" handbook for the things on the plane. You would know right away, without looking at any other documents (the aircraft's POH, AD's, etc. etc.) if you could fly and in what conditions (night, IFR, etc.).
If something was broken, you could see right away what process needed to be done to "deactivate it". Yes - pulling the CB sometimes, but other times it was more involved and mx was required to do it. There are (O) -operator (pilots) and (M) -maintanence items on the MEL. O's could be done by us, but (M)'s had to be handled by MX and you couldn't fly until MX fixed it.
~wheelsup