Title 14 - Aeronautics and Space
Volume: 1Date: 2024-01-01Original Date: 2024-01-01Title: Section 27.1399 - Riding light.Context:
Title 14 - Aeronautics and Space. CHAPTER I - FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINISTRATION, DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION. SUBCHAPTER C - AIRCRAFT. PART 27 - AIRWORTHINESS STANDARDS: NORMAL CATEGORY ROTORCRAFT. Subpart F - Equipment. - Lights.
§ 27.1399
Riding light.
(a) Each riding light required for water operation must be installed so that it can—
(1) Show a white light for at least two nautical miles at night under clear atmospheric conditions; and
(2) Show a maximum practicable unbroken light with the rotorcraft on the water.
(b) Externally hung lights may be used.
[Doc. No. 5074, 29 FR 15695, Nov. 24, 1964, as amended by Amdt. 27-2, 33 FR 964, Jan. 26, 1968]