431
Federal Aviation Administration, DOT
§ 135.89
cargo contract air carrier or commer-
cial operator in operations under a
military cargo contract, if that car-
riage is specifically authorized by the
appropriate military service.
(f) An authorized representative of
the Administrator conducting an en
route inspection.
(g) A person, authorized by the Ad-
ministrator, who is performing a duty
connected with a cargo operation of
the certificate holder.
(h) A DOD commercial air carrier
evaluator conducting an en route eval-
uation.
[Doc. No. 16097, 43 FR 46783, Oct. 10, 1978, as
amended by Amdt. 135–88, 68 FR 41218, July
10, 2003]
§ 135.87 Carriage of cargo including
carry-on baggage.
No person may carry cargo, including
carry-on baggage, in or on any aircraft
unless—
(a) It is carried in an approved cargo
rack, bin, or compartment installed in
or on the aircraft;
(b) It is secured by an approved
means; or
(c) It is carried in accordance with
each of the following:
(1) For cargo, it is properly secured
by a safety belt or other tie-down hav-
ing enough strength to eliminate the
possibility of shifting under all nor-
mally anticipated flight and ground
conditions, or for carry-on baggage, it
is restrained so as to prevent its move-
ment during air turbulence.
(2) It is packaged or covered to avoid
possible injury to occupants.
(3) It does not impose any load on
seats or on the floor structure that ex-
ceeds the load limitation for those
components.
(4) It is not located in a position that
obstructs the access to, or use of, any
required emergency or regular exit, or
the use of the aisle between the crew
and the passenger compartment, or lo-
cated in a position that obscures any
passenger’s view of the ‘‘seat belt’’
sign, ‘‘no smoking’’ sign, or any re-
quired exit sign, unless an auxiliary
sign or other approved means for prop-
er notification of the passengers is pro-
vided.
(5) It is not carried directly above
seated occupants.
(6) It is stowed in compliance with
this section for takeoff and landing.
(7) For cargo only operations, para-
graph (c)(4) of this section does not
apply if the cargo is loaded so that at
least one emergency or regular exit is
available to provide all occupants of
the aircraft a means of unobstructed
exit from the aircraft if an emergency
occurs.
(d) Each passenger seat under which
baggage is stowed shall be fitted with a
means to prevent articles of baggage
stowed under it from sliding under
crash impacts severe enough to induce
the ultimate inertia forces specified in
the emergency landing condition regu-
lations under which the aircraft was
type certificated.
(e) When cargo is carried in cargo
compartments that are designed to re-
quire the physical entry of a crew-
member to extinguish any fire that
may occur during flight, the cargo
must be loaded so as to allow a crew-
member to effectively reach all parts
of the compartment with the contents
of a hand fire extinguisher.
§ 135.89 Pilot requirements: Use of ox-
ygen.
(a)
Unpressurized aircraft.
Each pilot
of an unpressurized aircraft shall use
oxygen continuously when flying—
(1) At altitudes above 10,000 feet
through 12,000 feet MSL for that part of
the flight at those altitudes that is of
more than 30 minutes duration; and
(2) Above 12,000 feet MSL.
(b)
Pressurized aircraft.
(1) Whenever a
pressurized aircraft is operated with
the cabin pressure altitude more than
10,000 feet MSL, each pilot shall com-
ply with paragraph (a) of this section.
(2) Whenever a pressurized aircraft is
operated at altitudes above 25,000 feet
through 35,000 feet MSL, unless each
pilot has an approved quick-donning
type oxygen mask—
(i) At least one pilot at the controls
shall wear, secured and sealed, an oxy-
gen mask that either supplies oxygen
at all times or automatically supplies
oxygen whenever the cabin pressure al-
titude exceeds 12,000 feet MSL; and
(ii) During that flight, each other
pilot on flight deck duty shall have an
oxygen mask, connected to an oxygen
