Section 125.509

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

(3) deHavilland D.H. 106 Comet 4C
(4) VFW-Vereinigte Flugtechnische
Werk VFW-614
(5) Illyushin Aviation IL 96T
(6) Bristol Aircraft Britannia 305
(7) Handley Page Herald Type 300
(8) Avions Marcel Dassault - Breguet
Aviation Mercure 100C
(9) Airbus Caravelle
(10) Lockheed L-300
[Amdt. 125-53, 72 FR 63412, Nov. 8, 2007, as
amended by Docket FAA-2018-0119, Amdt.
125-68, 83 FR 9174, Mar. 5, 2018]

Section 125.509 Flammability
means.

reduction

(a) Applicability. Except as provided
in paragraph (m) of this section, this
section applies to transport category,
turbine-powered airplanes with a type
certificate issued after January 1, 1958,
that, as a result of original type certification or later increase in capacity
have:
(1) A maximum type-certificated passenger capacity of 30 or more, or
(2) A maximum payload capacity of
7,500 pounds or more.
(b) New Production Airplanes. Except
in accordance with Section 125.201, no person
may operate an airplane identified in
Table 1 of this section (including allcargo airplanes) for which the State of
Manufacture issued the original certificate of airworthiness or export airworthiness approval after December 27,
2010 unless an Ignition Mitigation
Means (IMM) or Flammability Reduction Means (FRM) meeting the requirements of Section 26.33 of this chapter is operational.
TABLE 1
Model - Boeing
747
737
777
767

Series
Series
Series
Series

Model - Airbus
A318, A319, A320, A321 Series
A330, A340 Series

(c) Auxiliary Fuel Tanks. After the applicable date stated in paragraph (e) of
this section, no person may operate
any airplane subject to Section 26.33 of this
chapter that has an Auxiliary Fuel
Tank installed pursuant to a field approval, unless the following requirements are met:

(1) The person complies with 14 CFR
26.35 by the applicable date stated in
that section.
(2) The person installs Flammability
Impact Mitigation Means (FIMM), if
applicable, that is approved by the responsible Aircraft Certification Service
office.
(3) Except in accordance with
Section 125.201, the FIMM, if applicable, are
operational.
(d) Retrofit. Except as provided in
paragraph (j) of this section, after the
dates specified in paragraph (e) of this
section, no person may operate an airplane to which this section applies unless the requirements of paragraphs
(d)(1) and (d)(2) of this section are met.
(1) Ignition Mitigation Means (IMM),
Flammability Reduction Means (FRM),
or FIMM, if required by SectionSection 26.33, 26.35, or
26.37 of this chapter, that are approved
by the responsible Aircraft Certification Service office, are installed
within the compliance times specified
in paragraph (e) of this section.
(2) Except in accordance with Section 125.201
of this part, the IMM, FRM or FIMM,
as applicable, are operational.
(e) Compliance Times. The installations required by paragraph (d) of this
section must be accomplished no later
than the applicable dates specified in
paragraph (e)(1), (e)(2) or (e)(3) of this
section.
(1) Fifty percent of each person-s
fleet of airplanes subject to paragraph
(d)(1) of this section must be modified
no later than December 26, 2014.
(2) One hundred percent of each person-s fleet of airplanes subject to paragraph (d)(1) of this section must be
modified no later than December 26,
2017.
(3) For those persons that have only
one airplane of a model identified in
Table 1 of this section, the airplane
must be modified no later than December 26, 2017.
(f) Compliance after Installation. Except in accordance with Section 125.201, no
person may - 
(1) Operate an airplane on which IMM
or FRM has been installed before the
dates specified in paragraph (e) of this
section unless the IMM or FRM is operational, or

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