14 CFR 135.171
§ 135.171 Shoulder harness installation at flight crewmember stations.
United States · 14 CFR — Aeronautics and Space · Status: effective
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- 14 CFR 135.171, § 135.171 Shoulder harness installation at flight crewmember stations, United States, version 1 as recorded 2026-07-09, yourstate.us, https://yourstate.us/provision/57361
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(a) No person may operate a turbojet aircraft or an aircraft having a passenger seating configuration, excluding any pilot seat, of 10 seats or more unless it is equipped with an approved shoulder harness installed for each flight crewmember station.
(b) Each flight crewmember occupying a station equipped with a shoulder harness must fasten the shoulder harness during takeoff and landing, except that the shoulder harness may be unfastened if the crewmember cannot perform the required duties with the shoulder harness fastened.
Legislative history
This is a federal regulation, adopted through agency rulemaking under the Administrative Procedure Act — not enacted by a recorded vote of Congress.