14 CFR 382.71 - What other aircraft accessibility requirements apply to carriers?

Regulations last checked for updates: Feb 06, 2026

Title 14 - Aeronautics and Space last revised: Dec 19, 2026

View all text of Subpart E [§ 382.61 - § 382.80]

§ 382.71 - What other aircraft accessibility requirements apply to carriers?

(a) As a carrier, you must maintain all aircraft accessibility features in proper working order.

(b) You must ensure that any replacement or refurbishing of the aircraft cabin or its elements does not reduce the accessibility of that element to a level below that specified for new aircraft in this part.

[Doc. No. DOT-OST-2004-19482, 73 FR 27665, May 13, 2008, as amended at 74 FR 11471, Mar. 18, 2009]

authority: 49 U.S.C. 41702 and 41705, Pub. L. 115-254, and Pub. L. 118-63

source: Doc. No. DOT-OST-2004-19482, 73 FR 27665, May 13, 2008, unless otherwise noted.

cite as: 14 CFR 382.71