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14 CFR Ch. I (1–1–24 Edition) 

§ 129.18 

independent navigation system suit-
able, in the event of loss of the naviga-
tion capability of the single inde-
pendent navigation system permitted 
by this paragraph at any point along 
the route, for proceeding safely to a 
suitable airport and completing an in-
strument approach; and 

(2) The aircraft has sufficient fuel so 

that the flight may proceed safely to a 
suitable airport by use of the remain-
ing navigation system, and complete 
an instrument approach and land. 

(d) 

VOR navigation equipment. 

If VOR 

navigation equipment is required by 
paragraph (a) or (c) of this section, no 
foreign air carrier may operate an air-
craft unless it is equipped with at least 
one approved DME or suitable RNAV 
system. 

[Doc. No. FAA–2002–14002, 72 FR 31683, June 7, 
2007] 

§ 129.18 Collision avoidance system. 

Effective January 1, 2005, any air-

plane you, as a foreign air carrier, op-
erate under part 129 must be equipped 
and operated according to the fol-
lowing table: 

C

OLLISION

A

VOIDANCE

S

YSTEMS

 

If you operate in the 

United States any 

. . . 

Then you must operate that airplane 

with: 

(a) Turbine-powered 

airplane of more 
than 33,000 
pounds maximum 
certificated take-
off weight.

(1) An appropriate class of Mode S 

transponder that meets Technical 
Standard Order (TSO) C–112, or a 
later version, and one of the fol-
lowing approved units; 

(i) TCAS II that meets TSO C–119b 

(version 7.0), or takeoff weight a 
later version. 

(ii) TCAS II that meets TSO C–119a 

(version 6.04A Enhanced) that was 
installed in that airplane before May 
1, 2003. If that TCAS II version 
6.04A Enhanced no longer can be 
repaired to TSO C–119a standards, 
it must be replaced with a TCAS II 
that meets TSO C–119b (version 
7.0), or a later version. 

(iii) A collision avoidance system equiv-

alent to TSO C–119b (version 7.0), 
or a later version, capable of coordi-
nating with units that meet TSO C– 
119a (version 6.04A Enhanced), or a 
later version. 

(b) Turbine-powered 

airplane with a 
passenger-seat 
configuration, ex-
cluding any pilot 
seat, of 10–30 
seats.

(1) TCAS I that meets TSO C–118, or 

a later version, or 

(2) A collision avoidance system equiv-

alent to excluding any TSO C–118, 
or a later version, or 

(3) A collision avoidance system and 

Mode S transponder that meet para-
graph (a)(1) of this section. 

[Doc. No. FAA–2001–10910, 68 FR 15903, Apr. 1, 
2003; Doc. No. FAA–2022–1355; Amdt. No. 129– 
54; 87 FR 75847, Dec. 9, 2022] 

§ 129.19 Air traffic rules and proce-

dures. 

(a) Each pilot must be familiar with 

the applicable rules, the navigational 
and communications facilities, and the 
air traffic control and other proce-
dures, of the areas to be traversed by 
him within the United States. 

(b) Each foreign air carrier shall es-

tablish procedures to assure that each 
of its pilots has the knowledge required 
by paragraph (a) of this section and 
shall check the ability of each of its pi-
lots to operate safely according to ap-
plicable rules and procedures. 

(c) Each foreign air carrier shall con-

form to the practices, procedures, and 
other requirements prescribed by the 
Administrator for U.S. air carriers for 
the areas to be operated in. 

§ 129.20 Digital flight data recorders. 

No person may operate an aircraft 

under this part that is registered in the 
United States unless it is equipped 
with one or more approved flight re-
corders that use a digital method of re-
cording and storing data and a method 
of readily retrieving that data from the 
storage medium. The flight data re-
corder must record the parameters 
that would be required to be recorded if 
the aircraft were operated under part 
121, 125, or 135 of this chapter, and must 
be installed by the compliance times 
required by those parts, as applicable 
to the aircraft. 

[Doc. No. 28109, 62 FR 38396, July 17, 1997] 

§ 129.21 Control of traffic. 

(a) Subject to applicable immigration 

laws and regulations, each foreign air 
carrier must furnish sufficient per-
sonnel necessary to provide two-way 
voice communications between its air-
craft and stations at places where the 
FAA finds that communication is nec-
essary but cannot be maintained in a 
language with which station operators 
are familiar. 

(b) Each person furnished by a for-

eign air carrier under paragraph (a) of 
this section must be able to speak 
English and the language necessary to