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§ 125.189 

means for proper notification of the 
passenger is provided. 

(c) All cargo may be carried forward 

of the foremost seated passengers and 
carry-on baggage may be carried along-
side the foremost seated passengers if 
the cargo (including carry-on baggage) 
is carried either in approved bins as 
specified in paragraph (b) of this sec-
tion or in accordance with the fol-
lowing: 

(1) It is properly secured by a safety 

belt or other tie down 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. 

(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. 

§ 125.185 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-held 
fire extinguisher. 

§ 125.187 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; 
(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. 19779, 45 FR 67235, Oct. 9, 1980, as 
amended by Amdt. 125–16, 56 FR 63762, Dec. 5, 
1991] 

§ 125.189 Demonstration of emergency 

evacuation procedures. 

(a) Each certificate holder must 

show, by actual demonstration con-
ducted in accordance with paragraph 
(a) of appendix B of this part, that the 
emergency evacuation procedures for 
each type and model of airplane with a 
seating of more than 44 passengers, 
that is used in its passenger-carrying 
operations, allow the evacuation of the 
full seating capacity, including crew-
members, in 90 seconds or less, in each 
of the following circumstances: 

(1) A demonstration must be con-

ducted by the certificate holder upon 
the initial introduction of a type and 
model of airplane into passenger-car-
rying operations. However, the dem-
onstration need not be repeated for any 
airplane type or model that has the 
same number and type of exits, the 
same cabin configuration, and the 
same emergency equipment as any 
other airplane used by the certificate 
holder in successfully demonstrating 
emergency evacuation in compliance 
with this paragraph. 

(2) A demonstration must be con-

ducted— 

(i) Upon increasing by more than 5 

percent the passenger seating capacity 

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§ 125.201 

for which successful demonstration has 
been conducted; or 

(ii) Upon a major change in the pas-

senger cabin interior configuration 
that will affect the emergency evacu-
ation of passengers. 

(b) If a certificate holder has con-

ducted a successful demonstration re-
quired by § 121.291(a) in the same type 
airplane as a part 121 or part 123 cer-
tificate holder, it need not conduct a 
demonstration under this paragraph in 
that type airplane to achieve certifi-
cation under part 125. 

(c) 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 § 125.209, must 
show, by a simulated ditching con-
ducted in accordance with paragraph 
(b) of appendix B of this part, that it 
has the ability to efficiently carry out 
its ditching procedures. 

(d) If a certificate holder has con-

ducted a successful demonstration re-
quired by § 121.291(b) in the same type 
airplane as a part 121 or part 123 cer-
tificate holder, it need not conduct a 
demonstration under this paragraph in 
that type airplane to achieve certifi-
cation under part 125. 

Subpart F—Instrument and 

Equipment Requirements 

§ 125.201 Inoperable instruments and 

equipment. 

(a) No person may take off an air-

plane with inoperable instruments or 
equipment installed unless the fol-
lowing conditions are met: 

(1) An approved Minimum Equipment 

List exists for that airplane. 

(2) The responsible Flight Standards 

office having certification responsi-
bility has issued the certificate holder 
operations specifications authorizing 
operations in accordance with an ap-
proved Minimum Equipment List. The 
flight crew shall have direct access at 
all times prior to flight to all of the in-
formation contained in the approved 
Minimum Equipment List through 
printed or other means approved by the 
Administrator in the certificate hold-
ers operations specifications. An ap-
proved Minimum Equipment List, as 
authorized by the operations specifica-

tions, constitutes an approved change 
to the type design without requiring 
recertification. 

(3) The approved Minimum Equip-

ment List must: 

(i) Be prepared in accordance with 

the limitations specified in paragraph 
(b) of this section. 

(ii) Provide for the operation of the 

airplane with certain instruments and 
equipment in an inoperable condition. 

(4) Records identifying the inoperable 

instruments and equipment and the in-
formation required by paragraph 
(a)(3)(ii) of this section must be avail-
able to the pilot. 

(5) The airplane is operated under all 

applicable conditions and limitations 
contained in the Minimum Equipment 
List and the operations specifications 
authorizing use of the Minimum Equip-
ment List. 

(b) The following instruments and 

equipment may not be included in the 
Minimum Equipment List: 

(1) Instruments and equipment that 

are either specifically or otherwise re-
quired by the airworthiness require-
ments under which the airplane is type 
certificated and which are essential for 
safe operations under all operating 
conditions. 

(2) Instruments and equipment re-

quired by an airworthiness directive to 
be in operable condition unless the air-
worthiness directive provides other-
wise. 

(3) Instruments and equipment re-

quired for specific operations by this 
part. 

(c) Notwithstanding paragraphs (b)(1) 

and (b)(3) of this section, an airplane 
with inoperable instruments or equip-
ment may be operated under a special 
flight permit under §§ 21.197 and 21.199 
of this chapter. 

[Doc. No. 25780, 56 FR 12310, Mar. 22, 1991, as 
amended by Docket FAA–2018–0119, Amdt. 
125–68, 83 FR 9174, Mar. 5, 2018] 

§ 125.203 Communication and naviga-

tion equipment. 

(a) 

Communication equipment—general. 

No person may operate an airplane un-
less it has two-way radio communica-
tion equipment able, at least in flight, 
to transmit to, and receive from, ap-
propriate facilities 22 nautical miles 
away.