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Federal Aviation Administration, DOT

§ 91.513

(d) Notwithstanding the provisions of

paragraph (a) of this section, when
both VHF and HF communications
equipment are required for the route
and the airplane has two VHF trans-
mitters and two VHF receivers for
communications, only one HF trans-
mitter and one HF receiver is required
for communications.

(e) As used in this section, the term

shore

means that area of the land adja-

cent to the water which is above the
high-water mark and excludes land
areas which are intermittently under
water.

(f) Notwithstanding the requirements

in paragraph (a)(2) of this section, a
person may operate in the Gulf of Mex-
ico, the Caribbean Sea, and the Atlan-
tic Ocean west of a line which extends
from 44

′

″

N / 67

′

″

W to 39

′

″

N / 67

′

″

W to 38

′

″

N / 60

′

″

south along the 60

′

″

W longitude

line to the point where the line inter-
sects with the northern coast of South
America, when:

(1) A single long-range navigation

system is installed, operational, and
appropriate for the route; and

(2) Flight conditions and the air-

craft’s capabilities are such that no
more than a 30-minute gap in two-way
radio very high frequency communica-
tions is expected to exist.

[Doc. No. 18334, 54 FR 34314, Aug. 18, 1989, as
amended by Amdt. 91–249, 61 FR 7190, Feb. 26,
1996; Amdt. 91–296, 72 FR 31679, June 7, 2007]

§ 91.513

Emergency equipment.

(a) No person may operate an air-

plane unless it is equipped with the
emergency equipment listed in this
section.

(b) Each item of equipment—
(1) Must be inspected in accordance

with § 91.409 to ensure its continued
serviceability and immediate readiness
for its intended purposes;

(2) Must be readily accessible to the

crew;

(3) Must clearly indicate its method

of operation; and

(4) When carried in a compartment or

container, must have that compart-
ment or container marked as to con-
tents and date of last inspection.

provided for use in crew, passenger, and

cargo compartments in accordance
with the following:

(1) The type and quantity of extin-

guishing agent must be suitable for the
kinds of fires likely to occur in the
compartment where the extinguisher is
intended to be used.

(2) At least one hand fire extin-

guisher must be provided and located
on or near the flight deck in a place
that is readily accessible to the flight
crew.

(3) At least one hand fire extin-

guisher must be conveniently located
in the passenger compartment of each
airplane accommodating more than six
but less than 31 passengers, and at
least two hand fire extinguishers must
be conveniently located in the pas-
senger compartment of each airplane
accommodating more than 30 pas-
sengers.

(4) Hand fire extinguishers must be

installed and secured in such a manner
that they will not interfere with the
safe operation of the airplane or ad-
versely affect the safety of the crew
and passengers. They must be readily
accessible and, unless the locations of
the fire extinguishers are obvious,
their stowage provisions must be prop-
erly identified.

(d) First aid kits for treatment of in-

juries likely to occur in flight or in
minor accidents must be provided.

(e) Each airplane accommodating

more than 19 passengers must be
equipped with a crash axe.

(f) Each passenger-carrying airplane

must have a portable battery-powered
megaphone or megaphones readily ac-
cessible to the crewmembers assigned
to direct emergency evacuation, in-
stalled as follows:

(1) One megaphone on each airplane

with a seating capacity of more than 60
but less than 100 passengers, at the
most rearward location in the pas-
senger cabin where it would be readily
accessible to a normal flight attendant
seat. However, the Administrator may
grant a deviation from the require-
ments of this subparagraph if the Ad-
ministrator finds that a different loca-
tion would be more useful for evacu-
ation of persons during an emergency.

(2) On each airplane with a seating

capacity of 100 or more passengers, one
megaphone installed at the forward end

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