Section 125.321

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

in command, and shall have the decision recorded. If they cannot communicate with the pilot, they shall declare an emergency and take any action that they consider necessary
under the circumstances.
(c) Whenever emergency authority is
exercised, the pilot in command or the
appropriate management personnel
shall keep the appropriate ground radio
station fully informed of the progress
of the flight. The person declaring the
emergency shall send a written report
of any deviation, through the operator-s director of operations, to the Administrator within 10 days, exclusive of
Saturdays, Sundays, and Federal holidays, after the flight is completed or,
in the case of operations outside the
United States, upon return to the home
base.
Section 125.321 Reporting potentially hazardous meteorological conditions
and irregularities of ground and
navigation facilities.
Whenever the pilot in command encounters a meteorological condition or
an irregularity in a ground facility or
navigation aid in flight, the knowledge
of which the pilot in command considers essential to the safety of other
flights, the pilot in command shall notify an appropriate ground station as
soon as practicable.
[Doc. No. 19779, 45 FR 67235, Oct. 9, 1980, as
amended by Amdt. 125-52, 72 FR 31683, June
7, 2007]

Section 125.323 Reporting mechanical irregularities.
The pilot in command shall ensure
that all mechanical irregularities occurring during flight are entered in the
maintenance log of the airplane at the
next place of landing. Before each
flight, the pilot in command shall ascertain the status of each irregularity
entered in the log at the end of the preceding flight.
Section 125.325 Instrument approach procedures and IFR landing minimums.
Except as specified in Section 91.176 of this
chapter, no person may make an instrument approach at an airport except
in accordance with IFR weather minimums and unless the type of instrument approach procedure to be used is

listed in the certificate holder-s operations specifications.
[Docket FAA-2013-0485, Amdt. 125-66, 81 FR
90176, Dec. 13, 2016]

Section 125.327 Briefing of passengers before
flight.
(a) Before each takeoff, each pilot in
command of an airplane carrying passengers shall ensure that all passengers
have been orally briefed on - 
(1) Smoking. Each passenger shall be
briefed on when, where, and under what
conditions smoking is prohibited. This
briefing shall include a statement that
the Federal Aviation Regulations require passenger compliance with the
lighted passenger information signs,
posted placards, areas designated for
safety purposes as no smoking areas,
and crewmember instructions with regard to these items.
(2) The use of safety belts, including instructions on how to fasten and unfasten
the safety belts. Each passenger shall be
briefed on when, where, and under what
conditions the safety belt must be fastened about him or her. This briefing
shall include a statement that the Federal Aviation Regulations require passenger compliance with lighted passenger information signs and crewmember instructions concerning the
use of safety belts.
(3) The placement of seat backs in an
upright position before takeoff and
landing;
(4) Location and means for opening
the passenger entry door and emergency exits;
(5) Location of survival equipment;
(6) If the flight involves extended
overwater operation, ditching procedures and the use of required flotation
equipment;
(7) If the flight involves operations
above 12,000 feet MSL, the normal and
emergency use of oxygen; and
(8) Location and operation of fire extinguishers.
(b) Before each takeoff, the pilot in
command shall ensure that each person
who may need the assistance of another person to move expeditiously to
an exit if an emergency occurs and
that person-s attendant, if any, has received a briefing as to the procedures
to be followed if an evacuation occurs.

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