Federal Aviation Administration, DOT

Section 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 transmitters and two VHF receivers for
communications, only one HF transmitter and one HF receiver is required
for communications.
(e) As used in this section, the term
shore means that area of the land adjacent 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 Mexico, the Caribbean Sea, and the Atlantic Ocean west of a line which extends
from 44Section47-00- N / 67Section00-00- W to 39Section00-00-
N / 67Section00-00- W to 38Section30-00- N / 60Section00-00- W
south along the 60Section00-00- W longitude
line to the point where the line intersects 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 aircraft-s capabilities are such that no
more than a 30-minute gap in two-way
radio very high frequency communications 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]

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Section 91.513

Emergency equipment.

(a) No person may operate an airplane unless it is equipped with the
emergency equipment listed in this
section.
(b) Each item of equipment - 
(1) Must be inspected in accordance
with Section 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 compartment or container marked as to contents and date of last inspection.
(c) Hand fire extinguishers must be
provided for use in crew, passenger, and

cargo compartments in accordance
with the following:
(1) The type and quantity of extinguishing 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 extinguisher 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 extinguisher 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 passenger compartment of each airplane
accommodating more than 30 passengers.
(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 adversely 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 properly identified.
(d) First aid kits for treatment of injuries 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 accessible to the crewmembers assigned
to direct emergency evacuation, installed 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 passenger cabin where it would be readily
accessible to a normal flight attendant
seat. However, the Administrator may
grant a deviation from the requirements of this subparagraph if the Administrator finds that a different location would be more useful for evacuation 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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