Regulations last checked for updates: Feb 11, 2026

Title 14 - Aeronautics and Space last revised: Dec 19, 2026
§ 137.42 - Fastening of safety belts and shoulder harnesses.

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.

[Amdt. 137-10, 44 FR 61325, Oct. 25, 1979]
authority: 49 U.S.C. 106(g), 40103, 40113, 44701-44702
source: Docket 1464, 30 FR 8106, June 24, 1965, unless otherwise noted.
cite as: 14 CFR 137.42