14 CFR 121.397
§ 121.397 Emergency and emergency evacuation duties.
United States · 14 CFR — Aeronautics and Space · Status: effective
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- 14 CFR 121.397, § 121.397 Emergency and emergency evacuation duties, United States, version 1 as recorded 2026-07-09, yourstate.us, https://yourstate.us/provision/56791
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(a) Each certificate holder shall, for each type and model of airplane, assigned to each category of required crewmember, as appropriate, the necessary functions to be performed in an emergency or a situation requiring emergency evacuation. The certificate holder shall show those functions are realistic, can be practically accomplished, and will meet any reasonably anticipated emergency including the possible incapacitation of individual crewmembers or their inability to reach the passenger cabin because of shifting cargo in combination cargo-passenger airplanes.
(b) The certificate holder shall describe in its manual the functions of each category of required crewmembers under paragraph (a) of this section.
Legislative history
This is a federal regulation, adopted through agency rulemaking under the Administrative Procedure Act — not enacted by a recorded vote of Congress.