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14 CFR Ch. I (1–1–24 Edition) 

§ 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.