553
Federal Aviation Administration, DOT
§ 136.11
this chapter to amend or have the FAA
reconsider those Letters of Authoriza-
tion.
[Docket No. FAA–2022–1563; Amdt. No. 136–2,
88 FR 48091, July 26, 2023]
§ 136.5 Additional requirements for
Hawaii.
Any operator subject to this subpart
who meets the criteria of § 136.71 must
comply with the additional require-
ments and restrictions in subpart D of
this part.
[Docket No. FAA–2022–1563; Amdt. No. 136–2,
88 FR 48091, July 26, 2023]
§ 136.7 Passenger briefings.
(a) Before takeoff each pilot in com-
mand shall ensure that each passenger
has been briefed on the following:
(1) Procedures for fastening and un-
fastening seatbelts;
(2) Prohibition on smoking; and
(3) Procedures for opening exits and
exiting the aircraft.
(b) For flight segments over water
beyond the shoreline, briefings must
also include:
(1) Procedures for water ditching;
(2) Use of required life preservers; and
(3) Procedures for emergency exit
from the aircraft in the event of a
water landing.
§ 136.9 Life preservers for operations
over water.
(a) Except as provided in paragraphs
(b) or (c) of this section, the operator
and pilot in command of commercial
air tours over water beyond the shore-
line must ensure that each occupant is
wearing a life preserver from before
takeoff until flight is no longer over
water.
(b) The operator and pilot in com-
mand of a commercial air tour over
water beyond the shoreline must en-
sure that a life preserver is readily
available for its intended use and eas-
ily accessible to each occupant if:
(1) The aircraft is equipped with
floats;
(2) The airplane is within power-off
gliding distance to the shoreline for
the duration of the time that the flight
is over water; or
(3) The aircraft is a multiengine that
can be operated with the critical en-
gine inoperative at a weight that will
allow it to climb, at least 50 feet a
minute, at an altitude of 1,000 feet
above the surface, as provided in the
approved aircraft flight manual for
that aircraft.
(c) No life preserver is required if the
overwater operation is necessary only
for takeoff or landing.
[Docket No. FAA–1998–4521, 72 FR 6912, Feb.
13, 2007, as amended by Docket No. FAA–
2022–1563; Amdt. No. 136–2, 88 FR 48091, July
26, 2023]
§ 136.11 Rotorcraft floats for over
water.
(a) A rotorcraft used in commercial
air tours over water beyond the shore-
line must be equipped with fixed floats
or an inflatable flotation system ade-
quate to accomplish a safe emergency
ditching, if—
(1) It is a single-engine rotorcraft; or
(2) It is a multi-engine rotorcraft
that cannot be operated with the crit-
ical engine inoperative at a weight
that will allow it to climb, at least 50
feet a minute, at an altitude of 1,000
feet above the surface, as provided in
the approved aircraft flight manual for
that aircraft.
(b) Each rotorcraft that is required
to be equipped with an inflatable flota-
tion system under this section must
have:
(1) The activation switch for the flo-
tation system on one of the primary
flight controls; and
(2) The flotation system armed when
the rotorcraft is over water beyond the
shoreline and is flying at a speed that
does not exceed the maximum speed
prescribed in the approved aircraft
flight manual for flying with the flota-
tion system armed.
(c) Neither fixed floats nor an inflat-
able flotation system is required for a
rotorcraft under this section when that
rotorcraft is:
(1) Over water only during the take-
off or landing portion of the flight; or
(2) Operated within power-off gliding
distance to the shoreline for the dura-
tion of the flight and each occupant is
wearing a life preserver from before
takeoff until the aircraft is no longer
over water.
[Docket No. FAA–2022–1563; Amdt. No. 136–2,
88 FR 48091, July 26, 2023]