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Without parachutes, passengers can be carried only if you do not intentionally exceed what bank angle?

60 degrees of bank (or 30 degrees pitch).

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  1. 60 degrees of bank ✔
  2. 45 degrees of bank
  3. 90 degrees of bank

Why: Unless each occupant wears an approved parachute, a pilot carrying anyone other than a crewmember may not execute an intentional maneuver that exceeds 60 degrees of bank or 30 degrees nose-up or nose-down. Flight tests and CFI-given spins are excepted.

Huh, didn't know that: An emergency parachute made of synthetic material must have been packed by a certificated rigger within the preceding 180 days.

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Why did the passenger like the parachute rule? He believed in a smooth landing, whatever the angle.
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Answer: 60 degrees of bank. Unless each occupant wears an approved parachute, a pilot carrying anyone other than a crewmember may not execute an intentional maneuver that exceeds 60 degrees of bank or 30 degrees nose-up or nose-down. Flight tests and CFI-given spins are excepted.

  1. 14 CFR 91.307 Parachutes and parachuting (Cornell LII eCFR mirror) www.law.cornell.edu/cfr/text/14/91.307
    A bank of 60 degrees relative to the horizon
    Checked 2026-10-10.

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