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Section 121.305

into the certificate holder-s operations
after January 19, 1996.
(e) For a type and model airplane for
which the simulated ditching specified
in paragraph (d) has been conducted by
a part 121 certificate holder, the requirements of paragraphs (b)(2), (b)(4),
and (b)(5) of appendix D to this part are
complied with if each life raft is removed from stowage, one life raft is
launched and inflated (or one slide life
raft is inflated) and crewmembers assigned to the inflated life raft display
and describe the use of each item of required emergency equipment. The life
raft or slide life raft to be inflated will
be selected by the Administrator.
[Doc. No. 21269, 46 FR 61453, Dec. 17, 1981, as
amended by Amdt. 121-233, 58 FR 45230, Aug.
26, 1993; Amdt. 121-251, 60 FR 65929, Dec. 20,
1995; Amdt. 121-307, 69 FR 67499, Nov. 17, 2004;
Docket FAA-2018-0119, Amdt. 121-380, 83 FR
9172, Mar. 5, 2018]

Section 121.293 Special
airworthiness
requirements for nontransport category airplanes type certificated
after December 31, 1964.
No certificate holder may operate a
nontransport category airplane manufactured after December 20, 1999 unless
the airplane contains a takeoff warning
system that meets the requirements of
14 CFR 25.703. However, the takeoff
warning system does not have to cover
any device for which it has been demonstrated that takeoff with that device
in the most adverse position would not
create a hazardous condition.
[Doc. No. 28154, 60 FR 65929, Dec. 20, 1995]

Section 121.295

Location for a suspect device.

Section 121.301

Applicability.

This subpart prescribes instrument
and equipment requirements for all
certificate holders.
Section 121.303 Airplane
equipment.

instruments

(a) Unless otherwise specified, the instrument and equipment requirements
of this subpart apply to all operations
under this part.
(b) Instruments and equipment required by SectionSection 121.305 through 121.359 and
121.803 must be approved and installed
in accordance with the airworthiness
requirements applicable to them.
(c) Each airspeed indicator must be
calibrated in knots, and each airspeed
limitation and item of related information in the Airplane Flight Manual and
pertinent placards must be expressed in
knots.
(d) Except as provided in SectionSection 121.627(b)
and 121.628, no person may take off any
airplane unless the following instruments and equipment are in operable
condition:
(1) Instruments and equipment required to comply with airworthiness
requirements under which the airplane
is type certificated and as required by
SectionSection 121.213 through 121.283 and 121.289.
(2) Instruments and equipment specified in SectionSection 121.305 through 121.321, 121.359,
121.360, and 121.803 for all operations,
and the instruments and equipment
specified in SectionSection 121.323 through 121.351 for
the kind of operation indicated, wherever these items are not already required by paragraph (d)(1) of this section.

After November 28, 2009, all airplanes
with a maximum certificated passenger
seating capacity of more than 60 persons must have a location where a suspected explosive or incendiary device
found in flight can be placed to minimize the risk to the airplane.

[Doc. No. 6258, 29 FR 19202, Dec. 31, 1964, as
amended by Amdt. 121-44, 33 FR 14406, Sept.
25, 1968; Amdt. 121-65, 35 FR 12709, Aug. 11,
1970; Amdt. 121-114, 39 FR 44440, Dec. 24, 1974;
Amdt. 121-126, 40 FR 55314, Nov. 28, 1975;
Amdt. 121-222, 56 FR 12310, Mar. 22, 1991;
Amdt. 121-253, 61 FR 2611, Jan. 26, 1996; Amdt.
121-281, 66 FR 19043, Apr. 12, 2001]

[Doc. No. FAA-2006-26722, 73 FR 63880, Oct.
28, 2008]

Section 121.305 Flight
equipment.

Subpart K - Instrument and
Equipment Requirements
SOURCE: Docket No. 6258, 29 FR 19205, Dec.
31, 1964, unless otherwise noted.

and

navigational

No person may operate an airplane
unless it is equipped with the following
flight and navigational instruments
and equipment:
(a) An airspeed indicating system
with heated pitot tube or equivalent

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