Federal Aviation Administration, DOT

Section 135.180

(3) of this section, and must be readily
accessible.
(k) On each large passenger-carrying
turbojet-powered airplane, each ventral exit and tailcone exit must be - 
(1) Designed and constructed so that
it cannot be opened during flight; and
(2) Marked with a placard readable
from a distance of 30 inches and installed at a conspicuous location near
the means of opening the exit, stating
that the exit has been designed and
constructed so that it cannot be opened
during flight.
(l) Portable lights. No person may operate a passenger-carrying airplane unless it is equipped with flashlight stowage provisions accessible from each
flight attendant seat.
[Doc. No. 26530, 57 FR 19245, May 4, 1992; 57
FR 29120, June 30, 1992, as amended at 57 FR
34682, Aug. 6, 1992]

Section 135.179 Inoperable instruments and
equipment.
(a) No person may take off an aircraft with inoperable instruments or
equipment installed unless the following conditions are met:
(1) An approved Minimum Equipment
List exists for that aircraft.
(2) The responsible Flight Standards
office has issued the certificate holder
operations specifications authorizing
operations in accordance with an approved Minimum Equipment List. The
flight crew shall have direct access at
all times prior to flight to all of the information contained in the approved
Minimum Equipment List through
printed or other means approved by the
Administrator in the certificate holders operations specifications. An approved Minimum Equipment List, as
authorized by the operations specifications, constitutes an approved change
to the type design without requiring
recertification.
(3) The approved Minimum Equipment List must:
(i) Be prepared in accordance with
the limitations specified in paragraph
(b) of this section.
(ii) Provide for the operation of the
aircraft with certain instruments and
equipment in an inoperable condition.
(4) Records identifying the inoperable
instruments and equipment and the in-

formation required by (a)(3)(ii) of this
section must be available to the pilot.
(5) The aircraft is operated under all
applicable conditions and limitations
contained in the Minimum Equipment
List and the operations specifications
authorizing use of the Minimum Equipment List.
(b) The following instruments and
equipment may not be included in the
Minimum Equipment List:
(1) Instruments and equipment that
are either specifically or otherwise required by the airworthiness requirements under which the airplane is type
certificated and which are essential for
safe operations under all operating
conditions.
(2) Instruments and equipment required by an airworthiness directive to
be in operable condition unless the airworthiness directive provides otherwise.
(3) Instruments and equipment required for specific operations by this
part.
(c) Notwithstanding paragraphs (b)(1)
and (b)(3) of this section, an aircraft
with inoperable instruments or equipment may be operated under a special
flight permit under SectionSection 21.197 and 21.199
of this chapter.
[Doc. No. 25780, 56 FR 12311, Mar. 22, 1991; 56
FR 14920, Apr. 8, 1991, as amended by Amdt.
135-60, 61 FR 2616, Jan. 26, 1996; Amdt. 135-91,
68 FR 54586, Sept. 17, 2003; Docket FAA-2018-
0119, Amdt. 135-139, 83 FR 9175, Mar. 5, 2018]

Section 135.180 Traffic Alert and Collision
Avoidance System.
(a) Unless otherwise authorized by
the Administrator, after December 31,
1995, no person may operate a turbine
powered airplane that has a passenger
seat configuration, excluding any pilot
seat, of 10 to 30 seats unless it is
equipped with an approved traffic alert
and collision avoidance system. If a
TCAS II system is installed, it must be
capable of coordinating with TCAS
units that meet TSO C-119.
(b) The airplane flight manual required by Section 135.21 of this part shall contain the following information on the
TCAS I system required by this section:
(1) Appropriate procedures for - 
(i) The use of the equipment; and

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