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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

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

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]