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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.