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Federal Aviation Administration, DOT
§ 129.105
all-cargo airplane that has a door in-
stalled between the pilot compartment
and any other occupied compartment
on or after June 21, 2002, within the
United States, except for overflights,
unless the carrier has procedures in
place that are acceptable to the civil
aviation authority responsible for over-
sight of the foreign air carriers oper-
ating under this part to prevent access
to the flightdeck except as authorized
as follows:
(1) No person other than a person who
is assigned to perform duty on the
flight deck may have a key to the
flight deck door that will provide ac-
cess to the flightdeck.
(2) Except when it is necessary to
permit access and egress by persons au-
thorized in accordance with paragraph
(d)(3) of this section, a pilot in com-
mand of an airplane that has a lock-
able flight deck door in accordance
with § 129.28(a) and that is carrying pas-
sengers shall ensure that the door sepa-
rating the flight crew compartment
from the passenger compartment is
closed and locked at all times when the
airplane is being operated.
(3) No person may admit any person
to the flight deck of an airplane unless
the person being admitted is—
(i) A crewmember,
(ii) An inspector of the civil aviation
authority responsible for oversight of
the part 129 operator, or
(iii) Any other person authorized by
the civil aviation authority responsible
for oversight of the part 129 operator.
(e) The requirements of paragraph (a)
through (d) except (d)(3), do not apply
to transport category passenger car-
rying airplanes originally type certifi-
cated with a maximum passenger seat-
ing configuration of 19 seats or less, or
to all-cargo airplanes with a payload
capacity of 7,500 pounds or less.
[Doc. No. FAA–2002–12504, 67 FR 79824, Dec.
30, 2002, as amended by Amdt. 129–38, 68 FR
42882, July 18, 2003]
§ 129.29 Smoking prohibitions.
(a) No person may smoke and no op-
erator may permit smoking in any air-
craft lavatory.
(b) Unless otherwise authorized by
the Secretary of Transportation, no
person may smoke and no operator
may permit smoking anywhere on the
aircraft (including the passenger cabin
and the flight deck) during scheduled
passenger foreign air transportation or
during any scheduled passenger inter-
state or intrastate air transportation.
[Doc. No. FAA–2000–7467, 65 FR 36780, June 9,
2000]
Subpart B—Continued Airworthi-
ness and Safety Improve-
ments
§ 129.101 Purpose and definition.
(a) This subpart requires a foreign
person or foreign air carrier operating
a U.S. registered airplane in common
carriage to support the continued air-
worthiness of each airplane. These re-
quirements may include, but are not
limited to, revising the maintenance
program, incorporating design changes,
and incorporating revisions to Instruc-
tions for Continued Airworthiness.
(b) [Reserved]
[Amdt. 129–43, 72 FR 63413, Nov. 8, 2007, as
amended by Docket FAA–2018–0119, Amdt.
129–53, 83 FR 9174, Mar. 5, 2018]
§ 129.103 [Reserved]
§ 129.105 Aging airplane inspections
and records reviews for U.S.-reg-
istered multiengine aircraft.
(a)
Operation after inspection and
records review.
After the dates specified
in this paragraph, a foreign air carrier
or foreign person may not operate a
U.S.-registered multiengine airplane
under this part unless the Adminis-
trator has notified the foreign air car-
rier or foreign person that the Admin-
istrator has completed the aging air-
plane inspection and records review re-
quired by this section. During the in-
spection and records review, the for-
eign air carrier or foreign person must
demonstrate to the Administrator that
the maintenance of age sensitive parts
and components of the airplane has
been adequate and timely enough to
ensure the highest degree of safety.
(1)
Airplanes exceeding 24 years in serv-
ice on
December 8, 2003;
initial and re-
petitive inspections and records reviews.
For an airplane that has exceeded 24
years in service on December 8, 2003, no
later than December 5, 2007, and there-
after at intervals not to exceed 7 years.