[Code of Federal Regulations]

[Title 14, Volume 2]

[Revised as of January 1, 2006]

From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access

[CITE: 14CFR121.153]



[Page 433-434]

 

                     TITLE 14--AERONAUTICS AND SPACE

 

CHAPTER I--FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINISTRATION, DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

                               (CONTINUED)

 

PART 121_OPERATING REQUIREMENTS: DOMESTIC, FLAG, AND SUPPLEMENTAL 

OPERATIONS--Table of Contents

 

                     Subpart H_Aircraft Requirements

 

Sec. 121.153  Aircraft requirements: General.



    (a) Except as provided in paragraph (c) of this section, no 

certificate holder may operate an aircraft unless that aircraft--

    (1) Is registered as a civil aircraft of the United States and 

carries an appropriate current airworthiness certificate issued under 

this chapter; and

    (2) Is in an airworthy condition and meets the applicable 

airworthiness requirements of this chapter, including those relating to 

identification and equipment.

    (b) A certificate holder may use an approved weight and balance 

control system based on average, assumed, or estimated weight to comply 

with applicable airworthiness requirements and operating limitations.

    (c) A certificate holder may operate in common carriage, and for the 

carriage of mail, a civil aircraft which is leased or chartered to it 

without crew



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and is registered in a country which is a party to the Convention on 

International Civil Aviation if--

    (1) The aircraft carries an appropriate airworthiness certificate 

issued by the country of registration and meets the registration and 

identification requirements of that country;

    (2) The aircraft is of a type design which is approved under a U.S. 

type certificate and complies with all of the requirements of this 

chapter (14 CFR Chapter 1) that would be applicable to that aircraft 

were it registered in the United States, including the requirements 

which must be met for issuance of a U.S. standard airworthiness 

certificate (including type design conformity, condition for safe 

operation, and the noise, fuel venting, and engine emission requirements 

of this chapter), except that a U.S. registration certificate and a U.S. 

standard airworthiness certificate will not be issued for the aircraft;

    (3) The aircraft is operated by U.S.-certificated airmen employed by 

the certificate holder; and

    (4) The certificate holder files a copy of the aircraft lease or 

charter agreement with the FAA Aircraft Registry, Department of 

Transportation, 6400 South MacArthur Boulevard, Oklahoma City, OK 

(Mailing address: P.O. Box 25504, Oklahoma City, OK 73125).



[Doc. No. 6258, 29 FR 19197, Dec. 31, 1964, as amended by Amdt. 121-165, 

45 FR 68649, Oct. 16, 1980]