Jose wrote:
I have been told that it is illegal to fly IFR in an aircraft that has
an operating IFR rated GNS 430, whose database is out of date, =even= if
it is placarded INOP, placed in the OFF position, and the airplane, even
without the 430, is otherwise legal for IFR.

True?

Jose


You've been told wrong. You can still fly ILS, LOC and VOR approaches
without regard to the status of the GPS database. You can even use the
out of date database for situational awareness. You just cant file /G,
since you are not capable of legally accepting or executing an IFR GPS
approach, assuming that the out of date box is the sole source of IFR
GPS certification.


Dave