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§ 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 

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§ 129.23 

maintain communications with its air-
craft and must assist station operators 
in directing traffic. 

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

§ 129.22 Communication and naviga-

tion equipment for rotorcraft oper-

ations under VFR over routes navi-

gated by pilotage. 

(a) No foreign air carrier may operate 

a rotorcraft under VFR over routes 
that can be navigated by pilotage un-
less the rotorcraft is equipped with the 
radio communication equipment nec-
essary under normal operating condi-
tions to fulfill the following: 

(1) Communicate with at least one 

appropriate station from any point on 
the route; 

(2) Communicate with appropriate air 

traffic control facilities from any point 
within Class B, Class C, or Class D air-
space, or within a Class E surface area 
designated for an airport in which 
flights are intended; and 

(3) Receive meteorological informa-

tion from any point en route. 

(b) No foreign air carrier may operate 

a rotorcraft at night under VFR over 
routes that can be navigated by pilot-
age unless that rotorcraft is equipped 
with— 

(1) Radio communication equipment 

necessary under normal operating con-
ditions to fulfill the functions specified 
in paragraph (a) of this section; and 

(2) Navigation equipment suitable for 

the route to be flown. 

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

§ 129.23 Transport category cargo 

service airplanes: Increased zero 

fuel and landing weights. 

(a) Notwithstanding the applicable 

structural provisions of the transport 
category airworthiness regulations, 
but subject to paragraphs (b) through 
(g) of this section, a foreign air carrier 
may operate (for cargo service only) 
any of the following transport category 
airplanes (certificated under part 4b of 
the Civil Air Regulations effective be-
fore March 13, 1956) at increased zero 
fuel and landing weights— 

(1) DC–6A, DC–6B, DC–7B, and DC–7C; 

and 

(2) L–1049 B, C, D, E, F, G, and H, and 

the L–1649A when modified in accord-
ance with supplemental type certifi-
cate SA 4–1402. 

(b) The zero fuel weight (maximum 

weight of the airplane with no dispos-
able fuel and oil) and the structural 
landing weight may be increased be-
yond the maximum approved in full 
compliance with applicable rules only 
if the Administrator finds that— 

(1) The increase is not likely to re-

duce seriously the structural strength; 

(2) The probability of sudden fatigue 

failure is not noticeably increased; 

(3) The flutter, deformation, and vi-

bration characteristics do not fall 
below those required by applicable reg-
ulations; and 

(4) All other applicable weight limi-

tations will be met. 

(c) No zero fuel weight may be in-

creased by more than five percent, and 
the increase in the structural landing 
weight may not exceed the amount, in 
pounds, of the increase in zero fuel 
weight. 

(d) Each airplane must be inspected 

in accordance with the approved spe-
cial inspection procedures, for oper-
ations at increased weights, estab-
lished and issued by the manufacturer 
of the type of airplane. 

(e) A foreign air carrier may not op-

erate an airplane under this section un-
less the country of registry requires 
the airplane to be operated in accord-
ance with the passenger-carrying 
transport category performance oper-
ating limitations in part 121 or the 
equivalent. 

(f) The Airplane Flight Manual for 

each airplane operated under this sec-
tion must be appropriately revised to 
include the operating limitations and 
information needed for operation at 
the increased weights. 

(g) Each airplane operated at an in-

creased weight under this section 
must, before it is used in passenger 
service, be inspected under the special 
inspection procedures for return to pas-
senger service established and issued 
by the manufacturer and approved by 
the Administrator. 

[Doc. No. 6403, 29 FR 19098, Dec. 30, 1964]