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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; 

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(2) Must be in addition to the throt-

tle-actuated device installed under the 
type certification airworthiness re-
quirements; and 

(3) May utilize any part of the throt-

tle-actuated system including the 
aural warning device. 

(c) The flap position sensing unit 

may be installed at any suitable place 
in the airplane. 

[Doc. No. 6258, 29 FR 19202, Dec. 31, 1964, as 
amended by Amdt. 121–3, 30 FR 3638, Mar. 19, 
1965; Amdt. 121–130, 41 FR 47229, Oct. 28, 1976; 
Amdt. 121–227, 56 FR 63762, Dec. 5, 1991; Amdt. 
121–251, 60 FR 65929, Dec. 20, 1995] 

§ 121.291 Demonstration of emergency 

evacuation procedures. 

(a) Except as provided in paragraph 

(a)(1) of this section, each certificate 
holder must conduct an actual dem-
onstration of emergency evacuation 
procedures in accordance with para-
graph (a) of appendix D to this part to 
show that each type and model of air-
plane with a seating capacity of more 
than 44 passengers to be used in its pas-
senger-carrying operations allows the 
evacuation of the full capacity, includ-
ing crewmembers, in 90 seconds or less. 

(1) An actual demonstration need not 

be conducted if that airplane type and 
model has been shown to be in compli-
ance with this paragraph in effect on or 
after October 24, 1967, or, if during type 
certification, with § 25.803 of this chap-
ter in effect on or after December 1, 
1978. 

(2) Any actual demonstration con-

ducted after September 27, 1993, must 
be in accordance with paragraph (a) of 
appendix D to this part in effect on or 
after that date or with § 25.803 in effect 
on or after that date. 

(b) Each certificate holder con-

ducting operations with airplanes with 
a seating capacity of more than 44 pas-
sengers must conduct a partial dem-
onstration of emergency evacuation 
procedures in accordance with para-
graph (c) of this section upon: 

(1) Initial introduction of a type and 

model of airplane into passenger-car-
rying operation; 

(2) Changing the number, location, or 

emergency evacuation duties or proce-
dures of flight attendants who are re-
quired by § 121.391; or 

(3) Changing the number, location, 

type of emergency exits, or type of 
opening mechanism on emergency 
exits available for evacuation. 

(c) In conducting the partial dem-

onstration required by paragraph (b) of 
this section, each certificate holder 
must: 

(1) Demonstrate the effectiveness of 

its crewmember emergency training 
and evacuation procedures by con-
ducting a demonstration, not requiring 
passengers and observed by the Admin-
istrator, in which the flight attendants 
for that type and model of airplane, 
using that operator’s line operating 
procedures, open 50 percent of the re-
quired floor-level emergency exits and 
50 percent of the required non-floor- 
level emergency exits whose opening 
by a flight attendant is defined as an 
emergency evacuation duty under 
§ 121.397, and deploy 50 percent of the 
exit slides. The exits and slides will be 
selected by the administrator and must 
be ready for use within 15 seconds; 

(2) Apply for and obtain approval 

from the responsible Flight Standards 
office before conducting the dem-
onstration; 

(3) Use flight attendants in this dem-

onstration who have been selected at 
random by the Administrator, have 
completed the certificate holder’s 
FAA-approved training program for the 
type and model of airplane, and have 
passed a written or practical examina-
tion on the emergency equipment and 
procedures; and 

(4) Apply for and obtain approval 

from the responsible Flight Standards 
office before commencing operations 
with this type and model airplane. 

(d) Each certificate holder operating 

or proposing to operate one or more 
landplanes in extended overwater oper-
ations, or otherwise required to have 
certain equipment under § 121.339, must 
show, by simulated ditching conducted 
in accordance with paragraph (b) of ap-
pendix D to this part, that it has the 
ability to efficiently carry out its 
ditching procedures. For certificate 
holders subject to § 121.2(a)(1), this 
paragraph applies only when a new 
type or model airplane is introduced 
into the certificate holder’s operations 
after January 19, 1996.