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14 CFR Ch. I (1–1–19 Edition) 

§ 125.121 

warning at the pilot or flight engineer 
station. 

(2) It must have an approved built-in 

fire-extinguishing system controlled 
from the pilot or flight engineer sta-
tion. 

(3) It must be designed to exclude 

hazardous quantities of smoke, flames, 
or extinguishing agents from entering 
into any compartment occupied by the 
crew or passengers. 

(4) It must have ventilation and draft 

control so that the extinguishing agent 
provided can control any fire that may 
start in the compartment. 

(5) It must be lined with fire-resist-

ant material, except that additional 
service lining of flame-resistant mate-
rial may be used. 

(e) 

Class D. 

Cargo and baggage com-

partments are classified in the ‘‘D’’ 
category if they are so designed and 
constructed that a fire occurring there-
in will be completely confined without 
endangering the safety of the airplane 
or the occupants. Each Class D com-
partment must comply with the fol-
lowing: 

(1) It must have a means to exclude 

hazardous quantities of smoke, flames, 
or noxious gases from entering any 
compartment occupied by the crew or 
passengers. 

(2) Ventilation and drafts must be 

controlled within each compartment so 
that any fire likely to occur in the 
compartment will not progress beyond 
safe limits. 

(3) It must be completely lined with 

fire-resistant material. 

(4) Consideration must be given to 

the effect of heat within the compart-
ment on adjacent critical parts of the 
airplane. 

(f) 

Class E. 

On airplanes used for the 

carriage of cargo only, the cabin area 
may be classified as a Class ‘‘E’’ com-
partment. Each Class E compartment 
must comply with the following: 

(1) It must be completely lined with 

fire-resistant material. 

(2) It must have a separate system of 

an approved type smoke or fire detec-
tor to give warning at the pilot or 
flight engineer station. 

(3) It must have a means to shut off 

the ventilating air flow to or within 
the compartment and the controls for 

that means must be accessible to the 
flightcrew in the crew compartment. 

(4) It must have a means to exclude 

hazardous quantities of smoke, flames, 
or noxious gases from entering the 
flightcrew compartment. 

(5) Required crew emergency exits 

must be accessible under all cargo 
loading conditions. 

§ 125.121

Proof of compliance with 

§ 125.119. 

Compliance with those provisions of 

§ 125.119 that refer to compartment ac-
cessibility, the entry of hazardous 
quantities of smoke or extinguishing 
agent into compartment occupied by 
the crew or passengers, and the dissipa-
tion of the extinguishing agent in Class 
‘‘C’’ compartments must be shown by 
tests in flight. During these tests it 
must be shown that no inadvertent op-
eration of smoke or fire detectors in 
other compartments within the air-
plane would occur as a result of fire 
contained in any one compartment, ei-
ther during the time it is being extin-
guished, or thereafter, unless the extin-
guishing system floods those compart-
ments simultaneously. 

§ 125.123

Propeller deicing fluid. 

If combustible fluid is used for pro-

peller deicing, the certificate holder 
must comply with § 125.153. 

§ 125.125

Pressure cross-feed arrange-

ments. 

(a) Pressure cross-feed lines may not 

pass through parts of the airplane used 
for carrying persons or cargo unless 
there is a means to allow crewmembers 
to shut off the supply of fuel to these 
lines or the lines are enclosed in a fuel 
and fume-proof enclosure that is venti-
lated and drained to the exterior of the 
airplane. However, such an enclosure 
need not be used if those lines incor-
porate no fittings on or within the per-
sonnel or cargo areas and are suitably 
routed or protected to prevent acci-
dental damage. 

(b) Lines that can be isolated from 

the rest of the fuel system by valves at 
each end must incorporate provisions 
for relieving excessive pressures that 
may result from exposure of the iso-
lated line to high temperatures. 

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