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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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(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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Model—Boeing 

Model—Airbus 

747 Series 

A318, A319, A320, A321 Series 

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—Boeing 

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]