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Federal Aviation Administration, DOT
§ 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.
T
ABLE
2
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.
T
ABLE
3
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]