14 CFR 137.42
§ 137.42 Fastening of safety belts and shoulder harnesses.
United States · 14 CFR — Aeronautics and Space · Status: effective
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- 14 CFR 137.42, § 137.42 Fastening of safety belts and shoulder harnesses, United States, version 1 as recorded 2026-07-09, yourstate.us, https://yourstate.us/provision/57542
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Full text
No person may operate an aircraft in operations required to be conducted under part 137 without a safety belt and shoulder harness properly secured about that person except that the shoulder harness need not be fastened if that person would be unable to perform 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.