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14 CFR Ch. I (1–1–24 Edition) 

§ 125.213 

carried in accordance with procedures 
in the certificate holder’s manual if 
the seat back does not obstruct any 
passenger’s access to the aisle or to 
any emergency exit. 

(f) Each occupant of a seat equipped 

with a shoulder harness must fasten 
the shoulder harness during takeoff 
and landing, except that, in the case of 
crewmembers, the shoulder harness 
need not be fastened if the crew-
member cannot perform his required 
duties with the shoulder harness fas-
tened. 

[Doc. No. 19799, 45 FR 67235, Oct. 9, 1980, as 
amended by Amdt. 125–17, 57 FR 42674, Sept. 
15, 1992; Amdt. 125–26, 61 FR 28422, June 4, 
1996; Amdt. 125–48, 70 FR 50907, Aug. 26, 2005; 
Amdt. 125–51, 71 FR 40009, July 14, 2006; 71 FR 
59373, Oct. 10, 2006; Amdt. 125–64, 79 FR 28812, 
May 20, 2014] 

§ 125.213 Miscellaneous equipment. 

No person may conduct any oper-

ation unless the following equipment is 
installed in the airplane: 

(a) If protective fuses are installed on 

an airplane, the number of spare fuses 
approved for the airplane and appro-
priately described in the certificate 
holder’s manual. 

(b) A windshield wiper or equivalent 

for each pilot station. 

(c) A power supply and distribution 

system that meets the requirements of 
§§ 25.1309, 25.1331, 25.1351 (a) and (b) (1) 
through (4), 25.1353, 25.1355, and 
25.1431(b) or that is able to produce and 
distribute the load for the required in-
struments and equipment, with use of 
an external power supply if any one 
power source or component of the 
power distribution system fails. The 
use of common elements in the system 
may be approved if the Administrator 
finds that they are designed to be rea-
sonably protected against malfunc-
tioning. Engine-driven sources of en-
ergy, when used, must be on separate 
engines. 

(d) A means for indicating the ade-

quacy of the power being supplied to 
required flight instruments. 

(e) Two independent static pressure 

systems, vented to the outside atmos-
pheric pressure so that they will be 
least affected by air flow variation or 
moisture or other foreign matter, and 
installed so as to be airtight except for 

the vent. When a means is provided for 
transferring an instrument from its 
primary operating system to an alter-
native system, the means must include 
a positive positioning control and must 
be marked to indicate clearly which 
system is being used. 

(f) A placard on each door that is the 

means of access to a required passenger 
emergency exit to indicate that it 
must be open during takeoff and land-
ing. 

(g) A means for the crew, in an emer-

gency, to unlock each door that leads 
to a compartment that is normally ac-
cessible to passengers and that can be 
locked by passengers. 

§ 125.215 Operating information re-

quired. 

(a) The operator of an airplane must 

provide the following materials, in cur-
rent and appropriate form, accessible 
to the pilot at the pilot station, and 
the pilot shall use them: 

(1) A cockpit checklist. 
(2) An emergency cockpit checklist 

containing the procedures required by 
paragraph (c) of this section, as appro-
priate. 

(3) Pertinent aeronautical charts. 
(4) For IFR operations, each perti-

nent navigational en route, terminal 
area, and approach and letdown chart; 

(5) One-engine-inoperative climb per-

formance data and, if the airplane is 
approved for use in IFR or over-the-top 
operations, that data must be suffi-
cient to enable the pilot to determine 
that the airplane is capable of carrying 
passengers over-the-top or in IFR con-
ditions at a weight that will allow it to 
climb, with the critical engine inoper-
ative, at least 50 feet a minute when 
operating at the MEA’s of the route to 
be flown or 5,000 feet MSL, whichever is 
higher. 

(b) Each cockpit checklist required 

by paragraph (a)(1) of this section must 
contain the following procedures: 

(1) Before starting engines; 
(2) Before take-off; 
(3) Cruise; 
(4) Before landing; 
(5) After landing; 
(6) Stopping engines. 

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Federal Aviation Administration, DOT 

§ 125.219 

(c) Each emergency cockpit checklist 

required by paragraph (a)(2) of this sec-
tion must contain the following proce-
dures, as appropriate: 

(1) Emergency operation of fuel, hy-

draulic, electrical, and mechanical sys-
tems. 

(2) Emergency operation of instru-

ments and controls. 

(3) Engine inoperative procedures. 
(4) Any other emergency procedures 

necessary for safety. 

§ 125.217 Passenger information. 

(a) Except as provided in paragraph 

(b) of this section, no person may oper-
ate an airplane carrying passengers un-
less it is equipped with signs that meet 
the requirements of § 25.791 of this 
chapter and that are visible to pas-
sengers and flight attendants to notify 
them when smoking is prohibited and 
when safety belts must be fastened. 
The signs must be so constructed that 
the crew can turn them on and off. 
They must be turned on during air-
plane movement on the surface, for 
each takeoff, for each landing, and 
when otherwise considered to be nec-
essary by the pilot in command. 

(b) No passenger or crewmember may 

smoke while any ‘‘No Smoking’’ sign is 
lighted nor may any passenger or crew-
member smoke in any lavatory. 

(c) Each passenger required by 

§ 125.211(b) to occupy a seat or berth 
shall fasten his or her safety belt about 
him or her and keep it fastened while 
any ‘‘Fasten Seat Belt’’ sign is lighted. 

(d) Each passenger shall comply with 

instructions given him or her by crew-
members regarding compliance with 
paragraphs (b) and (c) of this section. 

[Doc. No. 26142, 57 FR 42675, Sept. 15, 1992] 

§ 125.219 Oxygen and portable oxygen 

concentrators for medical use by 

passengers. 

(a) Except as provided in paragraphs 

(d) and (f) of this section, no certificate 
holder may allow the carriage or oper-
ation of equipment for the storage, 
generation or dispensing of medical ox-
ygen unless the conditions in para-
graphs (a) through (c) of this section 
are satisfied. Beginning August 22, 2016, 
a certificate holder may allow a pas-
senger to carry and operate a portable 
oxygen concentrator when the condi-

tions in paragraphs (b) and (f) of this 
section are satisfied. 

(1) The equipment must be— 
(i) Of an approved type or in con-

formity with the manufacturing, pack-
aging, marking, labeling, and mainte-
nance requirements of title 49 CFR 
parts 171, 172, and 173, except 
§ 173.24(a)(1); 

(ii) When owned by the certificate 

holder, maintained under the certifi-
cate holder’s approved maintenance 
program; 

(iii) Free of flammable contaminants 

on all exterior surfaces; 

(iv) Constructed so that all valves, 

fittings, and gauges are protected from 
damage during that carriage or oper-
ation; and 

(v) Appropriately secured. 
(2) When the oxygen is stored in the 

form of a liquid, the equipment must 
have been under the certificate holder’s 
approved maintenance program since 
its purchase new or since the storage 
container was last purged. 

(3) When the oxygen is stored in the 

form of a compressed gas as defined in 
title 49 CFR 173.115(b)— 

(i) When owned by the certificate 

holder, it must be maintained under its 
approved maintenance program; and 

(ii) The pressure in any oxygen cyl-

inder must not exceed the rated cyl-
inder pressure. 

(4) The pilot in command must be ad-

vised when the equipment is on board 
and when it is intended to be used. 

(5) The equipment must be stowed, 

and each person using the equipment 
must be seated so as not to restrict ac-
cess to or use of any required emer-
gency or regular exit or of the aisle in 
the passenger compartment. 

(b) No person may smoke or create 

an open flame and no certificate holder 
may allow any person to smoke or cre-
ate an open flame within 10 feet of oxy-
gen storage and dispensing equipment 
carried under paragraph (a) of this sec-
tion or a portable oxygen concentrator 
carried and operated under paragraph 
(f) of this section. 

(c) No certificate holder may allow 

any person other than a person trained 
in the use of medical oxygen equip-
ment to connect or disconnect oxygen