[Code of Federal Regulations]

[Title 14, Volume 1]

[Revised as of January 1, 2006]

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

[CITE: 14CFR23.2]



[Page 181]

 

                     TITLE 14--AERONAUTICS AND SPACE

 

CHAPTER I--FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINISTRATION, DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

 

PART 23_AIRWORTHINESS STANDARDS: NORMAL, UTILITY, ACROBATIC, AND 

COMMUTER CATEGORY AIRPLANES--Table of Contents

 

                            Subpart A_General

 

Sec. 23.2  Special retroactive requirements.



    (a) Notwithstanding Sec. Sec. 21.17 and 21.101 of this chapter and 

irrespective of the type certification basis, each normal, utility, and 

acrobatic category airplane having a passenger seating configuration, 

excluding pilot seats, of nine or less, manufactured after December 12, 

1986, or any such foreign airplane for entry into the United States must 

provide a safety belt and shoulder harness for each forward- or aft-

facing seat which will protect the occupant from serious head injury 

when subjected to the inertia loads resulting from the ultimate static 

load factors prescribed in Sec. 23.561(b)(2) of this part, or which 

will provide the occupant protection specified in Sec. 23.562 of this 

part when that section is applicable to the airplane. For other seat 

orientations, the seat/restraint system must be designed to provide a 

level of occupant protection equivalent to that provided for forward- or 

aft-facing seats with a safety belt and shoulder harness installed.

    (b) Each shoulder harness installed at a flight crewmember station, 

as required by this section, must allow the crewmember, when seated with 

the safety belt and shoulder harness fastened, to perform all functions 

necessary for flight operations.

    (c) For the purpose of this section, the date of manufacture is:

    (1) The date the inspection acceptance records, or equivalent, 

reflect that the airplane is complete and meets the FAA approved type 

design data; or

    (2) In the case of a foreign manufactured airplane, the date the 

foreign civil airworthiness authority certifies the airplane is complete 

and issues an original standard airworthiness certificate, or the 

equivalent in that country.



[Amdt. 23-36, 53 FR 30812, Aug. 15, 1988]