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Airplane model
Default LOV [flight cycles (FC)
or flight hours (FH)]
Airbus:
Caravelle ...........................................................................................................................
15,000 FC/24,000 FH
Avions Marcel Dassault:
Breguet Aviation Mercure 100C .......................................................................................
20,000 FC/16,000 FH
Boeing:
Boeing 707 (–100 Series and –200 Series) .....................................................................
20,000 FC
Boeing 707 (–300 Series and –400 Series) .....................................................................
20,000 FC
Boeing 720 ........................................................................................................................
30,000 FC
Bombardier:
CL–44D4 and CL–44J ......................................................................................................
20,000 FC
BD–700 .............................................................................................................................
15,000 FC
Bristol Aeroplane Company:
Britannia 305 .....................................................................................................................
10,000 FC
British Aerospace Airbus, Ltd.:
BAC 1–11 (all models) ......................................................................................................
85,000 FC
British Aerospace (Commercial Aircraft) Ltd.:
Armstrong Whitworth Argosy A.W. 650 Series 101 .........................................................
20,000 FC
BAE Systems (Operations) Ltd.:
BAe 146–100A (all models) ..............................................................................................
50,000 FC
BAe 146–200–07 ..............................................................................................................
50,000 FC
BAe 146–200–07 Dev .......................................................................................................
50,000 FC
BAe 146–200–11 ..............................................................................................................
50,000 FC
BAe 146–200–07A ............................................................................................................
47,000 FC
BAe 146–200–11 Dev .......................................................................................................
43,000 FC
BAe 146–300 (all models) ................................................................................................
40,000 FC
Avro 146–RJ70A (all models) ...........................................................................................
40,000 FC
Avro 146–RJ85A and 146–RJ100A (all models) ..............................................................
50,000 FC
D & R Nevada, LLC:
Convair Model 22 ..............................................................................................................
1,000 FC/1,000 FH
Convair Model 23M ...........................................................................................................
1,000 FC/1,000 FH
deHavilland Aircraft Company, Ltd.:
D.H. 106 Comet 4C ..........................................................................................................
8,000 FH
Gulfstream:
GV .....................................................................................................................................
40,000 FH
GV–SP ..............................................................................................................................
40,000 FH
Ilyushin Aviation Complex:
IL–96T ...............................................................................................................................
10,000 FC/30,000 FH
Lockheed:
300–50A01 (USAF C 141A) .............................................................................................
20,000 FC
[Doc. No. FAA–2006–24281, 75 FR 69787, Nov. 15, 2010, as amended by Amdt. 129–51, 77 FR 30878,
May 24, 2012; Amdt. 129–51A, 77 FR 55107, Sept. 7, 2012; Docket FAA–2018–0119, Amdt. 129–53,
83 FR 9174, Mar. 5, 2018; Doc. No. FAA–2022–1355; Amdt. Nos. 129–54, 87 FR 75847, Dec. 9, 2022.]
§ 129.117 Flammability reduction
means.
(a)
Applicability.
Except as provided
in paragraph (o) of this section, this
section applies to U.S.-registered
transport category, turbine-powered
airplanes with a type certificate issued
after January 1, 1958, that as a result of
original type certification or later in-
crease in capacity have:
(1) A maximum type-certificated pas-
senger capacity of 30 or more, or
(2) A maximum payload capacity of
7,500 pounds or more.
(b)
New Production Airplanes.
Except
in accordance with § 129.14, no foreign
air carrier or foreign person may oper-
ate an airplane identified in Table 1 of
this section (including all-cargo air-
planes) for which application is made
for original certificate of airworthiness
or export airworthiness approval after
December 27, 2010 unless an Ignition
Mitigation Means (IMM) or Flamma-
bility Reduction Means (FRM) meeting
the requirements of § 26.33 of this chap-
ter is operational.
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Model—Airbus
747 Series
A318, A319, A320, A321 Series
737 Series
A330, A340 Series
777 Series
767 Series
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§ 129.117
(c)
Auxiliary Fuel Tanks.
After the ap-
plicable date stated in paragraph (e) of
this section, no foreign air carrier or
foreign person may operate any air-
plane subject § 26.33 of this chapter that
has an Auxiliary Fuel Tank installed
pursuant to a field approval, unless the
following requirements are met:
(1) The foreign air carrier or foreign
person complies with 14 CFR 26.35 by
the applicable date stated in that sec-
tion.
(2) The foreign air carrier or foreign
person installs Flammability Impact
Mitigation Means (FIMM), if applica-
ble, that are approved by the respon-
sible Aircraft Certification Service of-
fice.
(3) Except in accordance with § 129.14,
the FIMM, if applicable, are oper-
ational.
(d)
Retrofit.
After the dates specified
in paragraph (e) of this section, no for-
eign air carrier or foreign person may
operate an airplane to which this sec-
tion applies unless the requirements of
paragraphs (d)(1) and (d)(2) of this sec-
tion are met.
(1) IMM, FRM or FIMM, if required
by §§ 26.33, 26.35, or 26.37 of this chapter,
that are approved by the responsible
Aircraft Certification Service office,
are installed within the compliance
times specified in paragraph (e) of this
section.
(2) Except in accordance with § 129.14,
the IMM, FRM or FIMM, as applicable,
are operational.
(e)
Compliance Times.
Except as pro-
vided in paragraphs (k) and (l) of this
section, the installations required by
paragraph (d) of this section must be
accomplished no later than the appli-
cable dates specified in paragraph (e)(1)
or (e)(2) of this section.
(1) Fifty percent of each foreign air
carrier or foreign person’s fleet identi-
fied in paragraph (d)(1) of this section
must be modified no later than Decem-
ber 26, 2014.
(2) One hundred percent of each for-
eign air carrier or foreign person’s fleet
of airplanes subject to paragraph (d)(1)
or this section must be modified no
later than December 26, 2017.
(3) For those foreign air carriers or
foreign persons that have only one air-
plane for a model identified in Table 1,
the airplane must be modified no later
than December 26, 2017.
(f)
Compliance after Installation.
Ex-
cept in accordance with § 129.14, no per-
son may—
(1) Operate an airplane on which IMM
or FRM has been installed before the
dates specified in paragraph (e) of this
section unless the IMM or FRM is oper-
ational.
(2) Deactivate or remove an IMM or
FRM once installed unless it is re-
placed by a means that complies with
paragraph (d) of this section.
(g)
Maintenance Program Revisions.
No
foreign air carrier or foreign person
may operate an airplane for which air-
worthiness limitations have been ap-
proved by the responsible Aircraft Cer-
tification Service office in accordance
with §§ 26.33, 26.35, or 26.37 of this chap-
ter after the airplane is modified in ac-
cordance with paragraph (d) of this sec-
tion unless the maintenance program
for that airplane is revised to include
those applicable airworthiness limita-
tions.
(h) After the maintenance program is
revised as required by paragraph (g) of
this section, before returning an air-
plane to service after any alteration
for which airworthiness limitations are
required by §§ 25.981, 26.33, 26.35, or 26.37
of this chapter, the foreign person or
foreign air carrier must revise the
maintenance program for the airplane
to include those airworthiness limita-
tions.
(i) The maintenance program
changes identified in paragraphs (g)
and (h) of this section must be sub-
mitted to the operator’s responsible
Flight Standards office or Principal In-
spector for review and approval prior
to incorporation.
(j) The requirements of paragraph (d)
of this section do not apply to air-
planes operated in all-cargo service,
but those airplanes are subject to para-
graph (f) of this section.
(k) The compliance dates specified in
paragraph (e) of this section may be ex-
tended by one year, provided that—
(1) No later than March 26, 2009, the
foreign air carrier or foreign person no-
tifies its responsible Flight Standards
office or Principal Inspector that it in-
tends to comply with this paragraph;
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§ 129.119
(2) No later than June 24, 2009, the
foreign air carrier or foreign person ap-
plies for an amendment to its oper-
ations specifications in accordance
with § 129.11 to include a requirement
for the airplane models specified in
Table 2 of this section to use ground
air conditioning systems for actual
gate times of more than 30 minutes,
when available at the gate and oper-
ational, whenever the ambient tem-
perature exceeds 60 degrees Fahrenheit;
and
(3) Thereafter, the certificate holder
uses ground air conditioning systems
as described in paragraph (k)(2) of this
section on each airplane subject to the
extension.
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737 Series
A300, A310 Series
777 Series
A330, A340 Series
767 Series
757 Series
(l) For any foreign air carrier or for-
eign person for which the operating
certificate is issued after December 26,
2008, the compliance date specified in
paragraph (e) of this section may be ex-
tended by one year, provided that the
foreign air carrier or foreign person
meets the requirements of paragraph
(k)(2) of this section when its initial
operations specifications are issued
and, thereafter, uses ground air condi-
tioning systems as described in para-
graph (k)(2) of this section on each air-
plane subject to the extension.
(m) After the date by which any per-
son is required by this section to mod-
ify 100 percent of the affected fleet, no
person may operate in passenger serv-
ice any airplane model specified in
Table 2 of this section unless the air-
plane has been modified to comply
with § 26.33(c) of this chapter.
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Model—Airbus
747 Series
A318, A319, A320, A321 Series
737 Series
A300, A310 Series
777 Series
A330, A340 Series
767 Series
757 Series
(n) No foreign air carrier or foreign
person may operate any airplane on
which an auxiliary fuel tank is in-
stalled after December 26, 2017 unless
the FAA has certified the tank as com-
pliant with § 25.981 of this chapter, in
effect on December 26, 2008.
(o)
Exclusions.
The requirements of
this section do not apply to the fol-
lowing airplane models:
(1) Convair CV–240, 340, 440, including
turbine powered conversions.
(2) Lockheed L–188 Electra.
(3) Vickers VC–10.
(4) Douglas DC–3, including turbine
powered conversions.
(5) Bombardier CL–44.
(6) Mitsubishi YS–11.
(7) BAC 1–11.
(8) Concorde.
(9) deHavilland D.H. 106 Comet 4C.
(10) VFW—Vereinigte Flugtechnische
VFW–614.
(11) Illyushin Aviation IL 96T.
(12) Bristol Aircraft Britannia 305.
(13) Handley Page Herald Type 300.
(14) Avions Marcel Dassault—Breguet
Aviation Mercure 100C.
(15) Airbus Caravelle.
(16) Fokker F–27/Fairchild Hiller FH–
227.
(17) Lockheed L–300.
[Doc. No. FAA–2005–22997, 73 FR 42503, July
21, 2008, as amended by Amdt. 129–47, 74 FR
31620, July 2, 2009; Docket FAA–2018–0119,
Amdt. 129–53, 83 FR 9174, Mar. 5, 2018]
§ 129.119 Fuel tank vent explosion pro-
tection.
(a)
Applicability.
This section applies
to transport category, turbine-powered
airplanes with a type certificate issued
after January 1, 1958, that have:
(1) A maximum type-certificated pas-
senger capacity of 30 or more; or
(2) A maximum payload capacity of
7,500 pounds or more.
(b)
New production airplanes.
No cer-
tificate holder may operate an airplane
for which the State of Manufacture
issued the original certificate of air-
worthiness or export airworthiness ap-
proval after August 23, 2018 unless
means, approved by the Administrator,
to prevent fuel tank explosions caused
by propagation of flames from outside
the fuel tank vents into the fuel tank
vapor spaces are installed and oper-
ational.
[Docket FAA–2014–0500, Amdt. 129–52, 81 FR
41208, June 24, 2016]