Section 29.1559

14 CFR Ch. I (1-1-19 Edition)

(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 attached to the seat structure.
(c) Fuel and oil filler openings. The following 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 designations, except that if impractical,
this information may be included in
the rotorcraft flight manual, and the
fuel filler may be marked with an appropriate reference to the flight manual; 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 Section 29.811(h)(2). A placard
must be near each emergency exit control and must clearly indicate the location of that exit and its method of operation.
[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]

Section 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 approved.
[Amdt. 29-24, 49 FR 44440, Nov. 6, 1984]

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Section 29.1561

Safety equipment.

tinguishing, signaling, or other life
saving equipment, must be so marked.
(c) Stowage provisions for required
emergency equipment must be conspicuously marked to identify the contents 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.
Section 29.1565

Tail rotor.

Each tail rotor must be marked so
that its disc is conspicuous under normal daylight ground conditions.
[Amdt. 29-3, 33 FR 971, Jan. 26, 1968]

ROTORCRAFT FLIGHT MANUAL
Section 29.1581

General.

(a) Furnishing information. A Rotorcraft Flight Manual must be furnished
with each rotorcraft, and it must contain the following:
(1) Information required by SectionSection 29.1583
through 29.1589.
(2) Other information that is necessary for safe operation because of design, operating, or handling characteristics.
(b) Approved information. Each part of
the manual listed in SectionSection 29.1583 through
29.1589 that is appropriate to the rotorcraft, 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 manual indicates a need for it.
(Secs. 313(a), 601, 603, 604, and 605 of the Federal 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]

(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-

Section 29.1583

Operating limitations.

(a) Airspeed and rotor limitations. Information 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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