[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: 14CFR29.2]



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                     TITLE 14--AERONAUTICS AND SPACE

 

CHAPTER I--FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINISTRATION, DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

 

PART 29_AIRWORTHINESS STANDARDS: TRANSPORT CATEGORY ROTORCRAFT--Table 

of Contents

 

                            Subpart A_General

 

Sec. 29.2  Special retroactive requirements.



    For each rotorcraft manufactured after September 16, 1992, each 

applicant must show that each occupant's seat is equipped with a safety 

belt and shoulder harness that meets the requirements of paragraphs (a), 

(b), and (c) of this section.

    (a) Each occupant's seat must have a combined safety belt and 

shoulder harness with a single-point release. Each pilot's combined 

safety belt and shoulder harness must allow each pilot, when seated with 

safety belt and shoulder harness fastened, to perform all



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functions necessary for flight operations. There must be a means to 

secure belts and harnesses, when not in use, to prevent interference 

with the operation of the rotorcraft and with rapid egress in an 

emergency.

    (b) Each occupant must be protected from serious head injury by a 

safety belt plus a shoulder harness that will prevent the head from 

contacting any injurious object.

    (c) The safety belt and shoulder harness must meet the static and 

dynamic strength requirements, if applicable, specified by the 

rotorcraft type certification basis.

    (d) For purposes of this section, the date of manufacture is 

either--

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

reflect that the rotorcraft is complete and meets the FAA-Approved Type 

Design Data; or

    (2) The date that the foreign civil airworthiness authority 

certifies the rotorcraft is complete and issues an original standard 

airworthiness certificate, or equivalent, in that country.



[Doc. No. 26078, 56 FR 41052, Aug. 16, 1991]