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§ 135.25 

(iii) Handling; 
(iv) Storage incidental to transport; 
(v) Packaging of company material; 

or 

(vi) Loading. 
(2) Ensure that the procedures and 

information described in this para-
graph are sufficient to assist a person 
in identifying packages that are 
marked or labeled as containing haz-
ardous materials or that show signs of 
containing undeclared hazardous mate-
rials. The procedures and information 
must include: 

(i) Procedures for rejecting packages 

that do not conform to the Hazardous 
Materials Regulations in 49 CFR parts 
171 through 180 or that appear to con-
tain undeclared hazardous materials; 

(ii) Procedures for complying with 

the hazardous materials incident re-
porting requirements of 49 CFR 171.15 
and 171.16 and discrepancy reporting re-
quirements of 49 CFR 175.31. 

(iii) The certificate holder’s hazmat 

policies and whether the certificate 
holder is authorized to carry, or is pro-
hibited from carrying, hazardous mate-
rials; and 

(iv) If the certificate holder’s oper-

ations specifications permit the trans-
port of hazardous materials, procedures 
and information to ensure the fol-
lowing: 

(A) That packages containing haz-

ardous materials are properly offered 
and accepted in compliance with 49 
CFR parts 171 through 180; 

(B) That packages containing haz-

ardous materials are properly handled, 
stored, packaged, loaded and carried on 
board an aircraft in compliance with 49 
CFR parts 171 through 180; 

(C) That the requirements for Notice 

to the Pilot in Command (49 CFR 
175.33) are complied with; and 

(D) That aircraft replacement parts, 

consumable materials or other items 
regulated by 49 CFR parts 171 through 
180 are properly handled, packaged, and 
transported. 

(q) Procedures for the evacuation of 

persons who may need the assistance of 
another person to move expeditiously 
to an exit if an emergency occurs; and 

(r) If required by § 135.385, an ap-

proved Destination Airport Analysis 
establishing runway safety margins at 
destination airports, taking into ac-

count the following factors as sup-
ported by published aircraft perform-
ance data supplied by the aircraft man-
ufacturer for the appropriate runway 
conditions— 

(1) Pilot qualifications and experi-

ence; 

(2) Aircraft performance data to in-

clude normal, abnormal and emergency 
procedures as supplied by the aircraft 
manufacturer; 

(3) Airport facilities and topography; 
(4) Runway conditions (including 

contamination); 

(5) Airport or area weather reporting; 
(6) Appropriate additional runway 

safety margins, if required; 

(7) Airplane inoperative equipment; 
(8) Environmental conditions; and 
(9) Other criteria affecting aircraft 

performance. 

(s) Other procedures and policy in-

structions regarding the certificate 
holder’s operations issued by the cer-
tificate holder. 

[Doc. No. 16097, 43 FR 46783, Oct. 10, 1978, as 
amended by Amdt. 135–20, 51 FR 40709, Nov. 7, 
1986; Amdt. 135–58, 60 FR 65939, Dec. 20, 1995; 
Amdt. 135–91, 68 FR 54586, Sept. 17, 2003; 
Amdt. 135–101, 70 FR 58829, Oct. 7, 2005] 

§ 135.25

Aircraft requirements. 

(a) Except as provided in paragraph 

(d) of this section, no certificate holder 
may operate an aircraft under this part 
unless that aircraft— 

(1) Is registered as a civil aircraft of 

the United States and carries an appro-
priate and current airworthiness cer-
tificate issued under this chapter; and 

(2) Is in an airworthy condition and 

meets the applicable airworthiness re-
quirements of this chapter, including 
those relating to identification and 
equipment. 

(b) Each certificate holder must have 

the exclusive use of at least one air-
craft that meets the requirements for 
at least one kind of operation author-
ized in the certificate holder’s oper-
ations specifications. In addition, for 
each kind of operation for which the 
certificate holder does not have the ex-
clusive use of an aircraft, the certifi-
cate holder must have available for use 
under a written agreement (including 
arrangements for performing required 
maintenance) at least one aircraft that 
meets the requirements for that kind 

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