14 CFR Part 129
31 sections · 2 appendices · 3 subparts · Amended 2026-09-15
OPERATIONS: FOREIGN AIR CARRIERS AND FOREIGN OPERATORS OF U.S.-REGISTERED AIRCRAFT ENGAGED IN COMMON CARRIAGE
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Authority49 U.S.C. 1372, 40113, 40119, 44101, 44701-44702, 44705, 44709-44711, 44713, 44716-44717, 44722, 44901-44904, 44906, 44912, 46105, Pub. L. 107-71 sec. 104.
SourceDocket 1994, 29 FR 1720, Feb. 5, 1964, unless otherwise noted.
Subpart A— General 20 sections
- § 129.1 Applicability and definitions.
- § 129.5 Operations specifications.
- § 129.7 Application, issuance, or denial of operations specifications.
- § 129.9 Contents of operations specifications.
- § 129.11 Amendment, suspension and termination of operations specifications.
- § 129.13 Airworthiness and registration certificates.
- § 129.14 Maintenance program and minimum equipment list requirements for U.S.-registered aircraft.
- § 129.15 Flightcrew member certificates.
- § 129.16 xxx
- § 129.17 Aircraft communication and navigation equipment for operations under IFR or over the top.
- § 129.18 Collision avoidance system.
- § 129.19 Air traffic rules and procedures.
- § 129.20 Digital flight data recorders.
- § 129.21 Control of traffic.
- § 129.22 Communication and navigation equipment for rotorcraft operations under VFR over routes navigated by pilotage.
- § 129.23 Transport category cargo service airplanes: Increased zero fuel and landing weights.
- § 129.24 Cockpit voice recorders.
- § 129.25 Airplane security.
- § 129.28 Flightdeck security.
- § 129.29 Smoking prohibitions.
Subpart B— Continued Airworthiness and Safety Improvements 10 sections
- § 129.101 Purpose and definition.
- § 129.103 [Reserved]
- § 129.105 Aging airplane inspections and records reviews for U.S.-registered multiengine aircraft.
- § 129.107 Repairs assessment for pressurized fuselages.
- § 129.109 Supplemental inspections for U.S.-registered aircraft.
- § 129.111 Electrical wiring interconnection systems (EWIS) maintenance program.
- § 129.113 Fuel tank system maintenance program.
- § 129.115 Limit of validity.
- § 129.117 Flammability reduction means.
- § 129.119 Fuel tank vent explosion protection.
Subpart C— Special Federal Aviation Regulations 1 section
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