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14 CFR Ch. I (1–1–19 Edition) 

§ 29.1559 

(b) 

Seats. 

If the maximum allowable 

weight to be carried in a seat is less 
than 170 pounds, a placard stating the 
lesser weight must be permanently at-
tached to the seat structure. 

(c) 

Fuel and oil filler openings. 

The fol-

lowing apply: 

(1) Fuel filler openings must be 

marked at or near the filler cover 
with— 

(i) The word ‘‘fuel’’; 
(ii) For reciprocating engine powered 

rotorcraft, the minimum fuel grade; 

(iii) For turbine-engine-powered 

rotorcraft, the permissible fuel des-
ignations, except that if impractical, 
this information may be included in 
the rotorcraft flight manual, and the 
fuel filler may be marked with an ap-
propriate reference to the flight man-
ual; and 

(iv) For pressure fueling systems, the 

maximum permissible fueling supply 
pressure and the maximum permissible 
defueling pressure. 

(2) Oil filler openings must be 

marked at or near the filler cover with 
the word ‘‘oil’’. 

(d) 

Emergency exit placards. 

Each 

placard and operating control for each 
emergency exit must differ in color 
from the surrounding fuselage surface 
as prescribed in § 29.811(h)(2). A placard 
must be near each emergency exit con-
trol and must clearly indicate the loca-
tion of that exit and its method of op-
eration. 

[Doc. No. 5084, 29 FR 16150, Dec. 3, 1964, as 
amended by Amdt. 29–3, 33 FR 971, Jan. 26, 
1968; Amdt. 29–12, 41 FR 55474, Dec. 20, 1976; 
Amdt. 29–26, 53 FR 34220, Sept. 2, 1988] 

§ 29.1559

Limitations placard. 

There must be a placard in clear view 

of the pilot that specifies the kinds of 
operations (VFR, IFR, day, night, or 
icing) for which the rotorcraft is ap-
proved. 

[Amdt. 29–24, 49 FR 44440, Nov. 6, 1984] 

§ 29.1561

Safety equipment. 

(a) Each safety equipment control to 

be operated by the crew in emergency, 
such as controls for automatic liferaft 
releases, must be plainly marked as to 
its method of operation. 

(b) Each location, such as a locker or 

compartment, that carries any fire ex-

tinguishing, signaling, or other life 
saving equipment, must be so marked. 

(c) Stowage provisions for required 

emergency equipment must be con-
spicuously marked to identify the con-
tents and facilitate removal of the 
equipment. 

(d) Each liferaft must have obviously 

marked operating instructions. 

(e) Approved survival equipment 

must be marked for identification and 
method of operation. 

§ 29.1565

Tail rotor. 

Each tail rotor must be marked so 

that its disc is conspicuous under nor-
mal daylight ground conditions. 

[Amdt. 29–3, 33 FR 971, Jan. 26, 1968] 

R

OTORCRAFT

F

LIGHT

M

ANUAL

 

§ 29.1581

General. 

(a) 

Furnishing information. 

A Rotor-

craft Flight Manual must be furnished 
with each rotorcraft, and it must con-
tain the following: 

(1) Information required by §§ 29.1583 

through 29.1589. 

(2) Other information that is nec-

essary for safe operation because of de-
sign, operating, or handling character-
istics. 

(b) 

Approved information. 

Each part of 

the manual listed in §§ 29.1583 through 
29.1589 that is appropriate to the rotor-
craft, must be furnished, verified, and 
approved, and must be segregated, 
indentified, and clearly distinguished 
from each unapproved part of that 
manual. 

(c) [Reserved] 
(d) 

Table of contents. 

Each Rotorcraft 

Flight Manual must include a table of 
contents if the complexity of the man-
ual indicates a need for it. 

(Secs. 313(a), 601, 603, 604, and 605 of the Fed-
eral Aviation Act of 1958 (49 U.S.C. 1354(a), 
1421, 1423, 1424, and 1425); and sec. 6(c), Dept. 
of Transportation Act (49 U.S.C. 1655(c))) 

[Amdt. 29–15, 43 FR 2327, Jan. 16, 1978] 

§ 29.1583

Operating limitations. 

(a) 

Airspeed and rotor limitations. 

In-

formation necessary for the marking of 
airspeed and rotor limitations on or 
near their respective indicators must 
be furnished. The significance of each 

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