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§ 125.219

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.

§ 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.

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

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bottles or any other ancillary compo-
nent while any passenger is aboard the
airplane.

(d) Paragraph (a)(1)(i) of this section

does not apply when that equipment is
furnished by a professional or medical
emergency service for use on board an
airplane in a medical emergency when
no other practical means of transpor-
tation (including any other properly
equipped certificate holder) is reason-
ably available and the person carried
under the medical emergency is accom-
panied by a person trained in the use of
medical oxygen.

(e) Each certificate holder who, under

the authority of paragraph (d) of this
section, deviates from paragraph
(a)(1)(i) of this section under a medical
emergency shall, within 10 days, ex-
cluding Saturdays, Sundays, and Fed-
eral holidays, after the deviation, send
to the responsible Flight Standards of-
fice charged with the overall inspec-
tion of the certificate holder a com-
plete report of the operation involved,
including a description of the deviation
and the reasons for it.

(f)

Portable oxygen concentrators

—(1)

Acceptance criteria.

A passenger may

carry or operate a portable oxygen con-
centrator for personal use on board an
aircraft and a certificate holder may
allow a passenger to carry or operate a
portable oxygen concentrator on board
an aircraft operated under this part
during all phases of flight if the port-
able oxygen concentrator satisfies all
of the requirements in this paragraph
(f):

(i) Is legally marketed in the United

States in accordance with Food and
Drug Administration requirements in
title 21 of the CFR;

(ii) Does not radiate radio frequency

emissions that interfere with aircraft
systems;

(iii) Generates a maximum oxygen

pressure of less than 200 kPa gauge
(29.0 psig/43.8 psia) at 20

C (68

F);

(iv) Does not contain any hazardous

materials subject to the Hazardous Ma-
terials Regulations (49 CFR parts 171
through 180) except as provided in 49
CFR 175.10 for batteries used to power
portable electronic devices and that do
not require aircraft operator approval;
and

(v) Bears a label on the exterior of

the device applied in a manner that en-
sures the label will remain affixed for
the life of the device and containing
the following certification statement
in red lettering: ‘‘The manufacturer of
this POC has determined this device
conforms to all applicable FAA accept-
ance criteria for POC carriage and use
on board aircraft.’’ The label require-
ments in this paragraph (f)(1)(v) do not
apply to the following portable oxygen
concentrators approved by the FAA for
use on board aircraft prior to May 24,
2016:

(A) AirSep Focus;
(B) AirSep FreeStyle;
(C) AirSep FreeStyle 5;
(D) AirSep LifeStyle;
(E) Delphi RS–00400;
(F) DeVilbiss Healthcare iGo;
(G) Inogen One;
(H) Inogen One G2;
(I) Inogen One G3;
(J) Inova Labs LifeChoice;
(K) Inova Labs LifeChoice Activox;
(L) International Biophysics

LifeChoice;

(M) Invacare Solo2;
(N) Invacare XPO2;
(O) Oxlife Independence Oxygen Con-

centrator;

(P) Oxus RS–00400;
(Q) Precision Medical EasyPulse;
(R) Respironics EverGo;
(S) Respironics SimplyGo;
(T) SeQual Eclipse;
(U) SeQual eQuinox Oxygen System

(model 4000);

(V) SeQual Oxywell Oxygen System

(model 4000);

(W) SeQual SAROS; and
(X) VBox Trooper Oxygen Concen-

trator.

(2)

Operating requirements.

Portable

oxygen concentrators that satisfy the
acceptance criteria identified in para-
graph (f)(1) of this section may be car-
ried or used by a passenger on an air-
craft provided the aircraft operator en-
sures that all of the conditions in this
paragraph (f)(2) are satisfied:

(i)

Exit seats.

No person operating a

portable oxygen concentrator is per-
mitted to occupy an exit seat.

(ii)

Stowage of device.

During move-

ment on the surface, takeoff and land-
ing, the device must be stowed under

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the seat in front of the user, or in an-
other approved stowage location so
that it does not block the aisle way or
the entryway to the row. If the device
is to be operated by the user, it must
be operated only at a seat location that
does not restrict any passenger’s access
to, or use of, any required emergency
or regular exit, or the aisle(s) in the
passenger compartment.

[Docket No. 19779, 45 FR 67235, Oct. 9, 1980, as
amended by Docket FAA–2014–0554, Amdt.
125–65, 81 FR 33119, May 24, 2016; Docket
FAA–2018–0119, Amdt. 125–68, 83 FR 9173, Mar.
5, 2018]

§ 125.221 Icing conditions: Operating

limitations.

(a) No pilot may take off an airplane

that has frost, ice, or snow adhering to
any propeller, windshield, stabilizing
or control surface; to a powerplant in-
stallation; or to an airspeed, altimeter,
rate of climb, flight attitude instru-
ment system, or wing, except that
takeoffs may be made with frost under
the wing in the area of the fuel tanks
if authorized by the FAA.

(b) No certificate holder may author-

ize an airplane to take off and no pilot
may take off an airplane any time con-
ditions are such that frost, ice, or snow
may reasonably be expected to adhere
to the airplane unless the pilot has
completed the testing required under
§ 125.287(a)(9) and unless one of the fol-
lowing requirements is met:

(1) A pretakeoff contamination

check, that has been established by the
certificate holder and approved by the
Administrator for the specific airplane
type, has been completed within 5 min-
utes prior to beginning takeoff. A pre-
takeoff contamination check is a check
to make sure the wings and control
surfaces are free of frost, ice, or snow.

(2) The certificate holder has an ap-

proved alternative procedure and under
that procedure the airplane is deter-
mined to be free of frost, ice, or snow.

(3) The certificate holder has an ap-

proved deicing/anti-icing program that
complies with § 121.629(c) of this chap-
ter and the takeoff complies with that
program.

known or forecast light or moderate
icing conditions, or under VFR into

known light or moderate icing condi-
tions, unless—

(1) The aircraft has functioning deic-

ing or anti-icing equipment protecting
each propeller, windshield, wing, stabi-
lizing or control surface, and each air-
speed, altimeter, rate of climb, or
flight attitude instrument system;

(2) The airplane has ice protection

provisions that meet appendix C of this
part; or

(3) The airplane meets transport cat-

egory airplane type certification provi-
sions, including the requirements for
certification for flight in icing condi-
tions.

(d) Except for an airplane that has

ice protection provisions that meet ap-
pendix C of this part or those for trans-
port category airplane type certifi-
cation, no pilot may fly an airplane
into known or forecast severe icing
conditions.

(e) If current weather reports and

briefing information relied upon by the
pilot in command indicate that the
forecast icing condition that would
otherwise prohibit the flight will not
be encountered during the flight be-
cause of changed weather conditions
since the forecast, the restrictions in
paragraphs (b) and (c) of this section
based on forecast conditions do not
apply.

[45 FR 67235, Oct. 9, 1980, as amended by
Amdt. 125–18, 58 FR 69629, Dec. 30, 1993; Amdt.
125–58, 74 FR 62696, Dec. 1, 2009]

§ 125.223 Airborne weather radar

equipment requirements.

(a) No person may operate an air-

plane governed by this part in pas-
senger-carrying operations unless ap-
proved airborne weather radar equip-
ment is installed in the airplane.

(b) No person may begin a flight

under IFR or night VFR conditions
when current weather reports indicate
that thunderstorms, or other poten-
tially hazardous weather conditions
that can be detected with airborne
weather radar equipment, may reason-
ably be expected along the route to be
flown, unless the airborne weather
radar equipment required by paragraph
(a) of this section is in satisfactory op-
erating condition.

equipment becomes inoperative en