[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 14, Volume 1]
[Revised as of January 1, 2003]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 14CFR31.71]

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                     TITLE 14--AERONAUTICS AND SPACE
 
CHAPTER I--FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINISTRATION, DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
 
PART 31--AIRWORTHINESS STANDARDS: MANNED FREE BALLOONS--Table of Contents
 
                          Subpart E--Equipment
 
Sec. 31.71  Function and installation.


    (a) Each item of installed equipment must--
    (1) Be of a kind and design appropriate to its intended function;
    (2) Be permanently and legibly marked or, if the item is too small 
to mark, tagged as to its identification, function, or operating 
limitations, or any applicable combination of those factors;
    (3) Be installed according to limitations specified for that 
equipment; and
    (4) Function properly when installed.
    (b) No item of installed equipment, when performing its function, 
may affect the function of any other equipment so as to create an unsafe 
condition.

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    (c) The equipment, systems, and installations must be designed to 
prevent hazards to the balloon in the event of a probable malfunction or 
failure.

[Amdt. 31-4, 45 FR 60180, Sept. 11, 1980]