Section 121.291

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

(b) The warning system required by
paragraph (a) of this section - 
(1) May not have a manual shutoff;
(2) Must be in addition to the throttle-actuated device installed under the
type certification airworthiness requirements; and
(3) May utilize any part of the throttle-actuated system including the
aural warning device.
(c) The flap position sensing unit
may be installed at any suitable place
in the airplane.
[Doc. No. 6258, 29 FR 19202, Dec. 31, 1964, as
amended by Amdt. 121-3, 30 FR 3638, Mar. 19,
1965; Amdt. 121-130, 41 FR 47229, Oct. 28, 1976;
Amdt. 121-227, 56 FR 63762, Dec. 5, 1991; Amdt.
121-251, 60 FR 65929, Dec. 20, 1995]

Section 121.291 Demonstration of emergency
evacuation procedures.
(a) Except as provided in paragraph
(a)(1) of this section, each certificate
holder must conduct an actual demonstration of emergency evacuation
procedures in accordance with paragraph (a) of appendix D to this part to
show that each type and model of airplane with a seating capacity of more
than 44 passengers to be used in its passenger-carrying operations allows the
evacuation of the full capacity, including crewmembers, in 90 seconds or less.
(1) An actual demonstration need not
be conducted if that airplane type and
model has been shown to be in compliance with this paragraph in effect on or
after October 24, 1967, or, if during type
certification, with Section 25.803 of this chapter in effect on or after December 1,
1978.
(2) Any actual demonstration conducted after September 27, 1993, must
be in accordance with paragraph (a) of
appendix D to this part in effect on or
after that date or with Section 25.803 in effect
on or after that date.
(b) Each certificate holder conducting operations with airplanes with
a seating capacity of more than 44 passengers must conduct a partial demonstration of emergency evacuation
procedures in accordance with paragraph (c) of this section upon:
(1) Initial introduction of a type and
model of airplane into passenger-carrying operation;
(2) Changing the number, location, or
emergency evacuation duties or proce-

dures of flight attendants who are required by Section 121.391; or
(3) Changing the number, location,
type of emergency exits, or type of
opening mechanism on emergency
exits available for evacuation.
(c) In conducting the partial demonstration required by paragraph (b) of
this section, each certificate holder
must:
(1) Demonstrate the effectiveness of
its crewmember emergency training
and evacuation procedures by conducting a demonstration, not requiring
passengers and observed by the Administrator, in which the flight attendants
for that type and model of airplane,
using that operator-s line operating
procedures, open 50 percent of the required floor-level emergency exits and
50 percent of the required non-floorlevel emergency exits whose opening
by a flight attendant is defined as an
emergency evacuation duty under
Section 121.397, and deploy 50 percent of the
exit slides. The exits and slides will be
selected by the administrator and must
be ready for use within 15 seconds;
(2) Apply for and obtain approval
from the responsible Flight Standards
office before conducting the demonstration;
(3) Use flight attendants in this demonstration who have been selected at
random by the Administrator, have
completed the certificate holder-s
FAA-approved training program for the
type and model of airplane, and have
passed a written or practical examination on the emergency equipment and
procedures; and
(4) Apply for and obtain approval
from the responsible Flight Standards
office before commencing operations
with this type and model airplane.
(d) Each certificate holder operating
or proposing to operate one or more
landplanes in extended overwater operations, or otherwise required to have
certain equipment under Section 121.339, must
show, by simulated ditching conducted
in accordance with paragraph (b) of appendix D to this part, that it has the
ability to efficiently carry out its
ditching procedures. For certificate
holders subject to Section 121.2(a)(1), this
paragraph applies only when a new
type or model airplane is introduced

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