14 CFR 121.1119
§ 121.1119 Fuel tank vent explosion protection.
United States · 14 CFR — Aeronautics and Space · Status: effective
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- 14 CFR 121.1119, § 121.1119 Fuel tank vent explosion protection, United States, version 1 as recorded 2026-07-09, yourstate.us, https://yourstate.us/provision/57015
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Full text
(a) Applicability. This section applies to transport category, turbine-powered airplanes with a type certificate issued after January 1, 1958, that have:
(1) A maximum type-certificated passenger capacity of 30 or more; or
(2) A maximum payload capacity of 7,500 pounds or more.
(b) New production airplanes. No certificate holder may operate an airplane for which the State of Manufacture issued the original certificate of airworthiness or export airworthiness approval after August 23, 2018 unless means, approved by the Administrator, to prevent fuel tank explosions caused by propagation of flames from outside the fuel tank vents into the fuel tank vapor spaces are installed and operational.
Legislative history
This is a federal regulation, adopted through agency rulemaking under the Administrative Procedure Act — not enacted by a recorded vote of Congress.