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14 CFR Ch. I (1–1–19 Edition) 

§ 91.107 

(2) The crewmember would be unable 

to perform required duties with the 
shoulder harness fastened. 

[Doc. No. 18334, 54 FR 34294, Aug. 18, 1989, as 
amended by Amdt. 91–231, 57 FR 42671, Sept. 
15, 1992] 

§ 91.107

Use of safety belts, shoulder 

harnesses, and child restraint sys-
tems. 

(a) Unless otherwise authorized by 

the Administrator— 

(1) No pilot may take off a U.S.-reg-

istered civil aircraft (except a free bal-
loon that incorporates a basket or gon-
dola, or an airship type certificated be-
fore November 2, 1987) unless the pilot 
in command of that aircraft ensures 
that each person on board is briefed on 
how to fasten and unfasten that per-
son’s safety belt and, if installed, 
shoulder harness. 

(2) No pilot may cause to be moved 

on the surface, take off, or land a U.S.- 
registered civil aircraft (except a free 
balloon that incorporates a basket or 
gondola, or an airship type certificated 
before November 2, 1987) unless the 
pilot in command of that aircraft en-
sures that each person on board has 
been notified to fasten his or her safety 
belt and, if installed, his or her shoul-
der harness. 

(3) Except as provided in this para-

graph, each person on board a U.S.-reg-
istered civil aircraft (except a free bal-
loon that incorporates a basket or gon-
dola or an airship type certificated be-
fore November 2, 1987) must occupy an 
approved seat or berth with a safety 
belt and, if installed, shoulder harness, 
properly secured about him or her dur-
ing movement on the surface, takeoff, 
and landing. For seaplane and float 
equipped rotorcraft operations during 
movement on the surface, the person 
pushing off the seaplane or rotorcraft 
from the dock and the person mooring 
the seaplane or rotorcraft at the dock 
are excepted from the preceding seat-
ing and safety belt requirements. Not-
withstanding the preceding require-
ments of this paragraph, a person may: 

(i) Be held by an adult who is occu-

pying an approved seat or berth, pro-
vided that the person being held has 
not reached his or her second birthday 
and does not occupy or use any re-
straining device; 

(ii) Use the floor of the aircraft as a 

seat, provided that the person is on 
board for the purpose of engaging in 
sport parachuting; or 

(iii) Notwithstanding any other re-

quirement of this chapter, occupy an 
approved child restraint system fur-
nished by the operator or one of the 
persons described in paragraph 
(a)(3)(iii)(A) of this section provided 
that: 

(A) The child is accompanied by a 

parent, guardian, or attendant des-
ignated by the child’s parent or guard-
ian to attend to the safety of the child 
during the flight; 

(B) Except as provided in paragraph 

(a)(3)(iii)(B)(

4

) of this action, the ap-

proved child restraint system bears one 
or more labels as follows: 

(

1

) Seats manufactured to U.S. stand-

ards between January 1, 1981, and Feb-
ruary 25, 1985, must bear the label: 
‘‘This child restraint system conforms 
to all applicable Federal motor vehicle 
safety standards’’; 

(

2

) Seats manufactured to U.S. stand-

ards on or after February 26, 1985, must 
bear two labels: 

(

i

) ‘‘This child restraint system con-

forms to all applicable Federal motor 
vehicle safety standards’’; and 

(

ii

) ‘‘THIS RESTRAINT IS CER-

TIFIED FOR USE IN MOTOR VEHI-
CLES AND AIRCRAFT’’ in red let-
tering; 

(

3

) Seats that do not qualify under 

paragraphs (a)(3)(iii)(B)(

1

) and 

(a)(3)(iii)(B)(

2

) of this section must 

bear a label or markings showing: 

(

ii

) That the seat was manufactured 

under the standards of the United Na-
tions; 

(

iii

) That the seat or child restraint 

device furnished by the operator was 
approved by the FAA through Type 
Certificate or Supplemental Type Cer-
tificate; or 

(

iv

) That the seat or child restraint 

device furnished by the operator, or 
one of the persons described in para-
graph (a)(3)(iii)(A) of this section, was 
approved by the FAA in accordance 
with § 21.8(d) of this chapter or Tech-
nical Standard Order C–100b or a later 
version. The child restraint device 
manufactured by AmSafe, Inc. 
(CARES, Part No. 4082) and approved 
by the FAA in accordance with 

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