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§ 121.289
compartment provided the cargo is re-
strained to the load factors in
§ 25.561(b)(3) and is loaded as follows:
(1) It is properly secured by a safety
belt or other tiedown having enough
strength to eliminate the possibility of
shifting under all normally anticipated
flight and ground conditions.
(2) It is packaged or covered in a
manner to avoid possible injury to pas-
sengers and passenger compartment oc-
cupants.
(3) It does not impose any load on
seats or the floor structure that ex-
ceeds the load limitation for those
components.
(4) Its location does not restrict ac-
cess to or use of any required emer-
gency or regular exit, or of the aisle in
the passenger compartment.
(5) Its location does not obscure any
passenger’s view of the ‘‘seat belt’’
sign, ‘‘no smoking’’ sign, or required
exit sign, unless an auxiliary sign or
other approved means for proper notifi-
cation of the passenger is provided.
(d) Cargo, including carry-on bag-
gage, may be carried anywhere in the
passenger compartment of a non-
transport category airplane type cer-
tificated after December 31, 1964, if it is
carried in an approved cargo rack, bin,
or compartment installed in or on the
airplane, if it is secured by an approved
means, or if it is carried in accordance
with each of the following:
(1) For cargo, it is properly secured
by a safety belt or other tie-down hav-
ing enough strength to eliminate the
possibility of shifting under all nor-
mally anticipated flight and ground
conditions, or for carry-on baggage, it
is restrained so as to prevent its move-
ment during air turbulence.
(2) It is packaged or covered to avoid
possible injury to occupants.
(3) It does not impose any load on
seats or in the floor structure that ex-
ceeds the load limitation for those
components.
(4) It is not located in a position that
obstructs the access to, or use of, any
required emergency or regular exit, or
the use of the aisle between the crew
and the passenger compartment, or is
located in a position that obscures any
passenger’s view of the ‘‘seat belt’’
sign, ‘‘no smoking’’ sign or placard, or
any required exit sign, unless an auxil-
iary sign or other approved means for
proper notification of the passengers is
provided.
(5) It is not carried directly above
seated occupants.
(6) It is stowed in compliance with
this section for takeoff and landing.
(7) For cargo-only operations, para-
graph (d)(4) of this section does not
apply if the cargo is loaded so that at
least one emergency or regular exit is
available to provide all occupants of
the airplane a means of unobstructed
exit from the airplane if an emergency
occurs.
[Doc. No. 6258, 29 FR 19202, Dec. 31, 1964, as
amended by Amdt. 121–179, 47 FR 33390, Aug.
2, 1982; Amdt. 121–251, 60 FR 65928, Dec. 20,
1995]
§ 121.287 Carriage of cargo in cargo
compartments.
When cargo is carried in cargo com-
partments that are designed to require
the physical entry of a crewmember to
extinguish any fire that may occur
during flight, the cargo must be loaded
so as to allow a crewmember to effec-
tively reach all parts of the compart-
ment with the contents of a hand fire
extinguisher.
§ 121.289 Landing gear: Aural warning
device.
(a) Except for airplanes that comply
with the requirements of § 25.729 of this
chapter on or after January 6, 1992,
each airplane must have a landing gear
aural warning device that functions
continuously under the following con-
ditions:
(1) For airplanes with an established
approach wing-flap position, whenever
the wing flaps are extended beyond the
maximum certificated approach climb
configuration position in the Airplane
Flight Manual and the landing gear is
not fully extended and locked.
(2) For airplanes without an estab-
lished approach climb wing-flap posi-
tion, whenever the wing flaps are ex-
tended beyond the position at which
landing gear extension is normally per-
formed and the landing gear is not
fully extended and locked.
(b) The warning system required by
paragraph (a) of this section—
(1) May not have a manual shutoff;