---
kind: "section"
citation: "14 C.F.R. § 121.575"
title: "14"
number: "121.575"
heading: "Alcoholic beverages."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/14/121.575"
---

# §121.575. Alcoholic beverages.

- (a) No person may drink any alcoholic beverage aboard an aircraft unless the certificate holder operating the aircraft has served that beverage to him.
- (b) No certificate holder may serve any alcoholic beverage to any person aboard any of its aircraft who—
  - (1) Appears to be intoxicated;
  - (2) Is escorting a person or being escorted in accordance with [49 CFR 1544.221](/cfr/49/1544.221.md); or
  - (3) Has a deadly or dangerous weapon accessible to him while aboard the aircraft in accordance with 49 CFR [1544.219](/cfr/49/1544.219.md), [1544.221](/cfr/49/1544.221.md), or [1544.223](/cfr/49/1544.223.md).
- (c) No certificate holder may allow any person to board any of its aircraft if that person appears to be intoxicated.
- (d) Each certificate holder shall, within five days after the incident, report to the Administrator the refusal of any person to comply with [paragraph (a)](#a) of this section, or of any disturbance caused by a person who appears to be intoxicated aboard any of its aircraft.

## Notes

### Amendments

[Docket 6258, 29 FR 19219, Dec. 31, 1964, as amended by Amdt. 121-118, 40 FR 17552, Apr. 21, 1975; Amdt. 121-178, 47 FR 13316, Mar. 29, 1982; Amdt. 121-275, 67 FR 31932, May 10, 2002]

### Source

Source: Docket 6258, 29 FR 19219, Dec. 31, 1964, unless otherwise noted.

### Authority

Authority: 49 U.S.C. 106(f), 40103, 40113, 40119, 41706, 42301 preceding note added by Pub. L. 112-95, sec. 412, 126 Stat. 89, 44101, 44701-44702, 44705, 44709-44711, 44713, 44716-44717, 44722, 44729, 44732; 46105; Pub. L. 111-216, 124 Stat. 2348 (49 U.S.C. 44701 note); Pub. L. 112-95, 126 Stat. 62 (49 U.S.C. 44732 note); Pub. L. 115-254, 132 Stat. 3186 (49 U.S.C. 44701 note).

### Amendments

[Docket 6258, 29 FR 19219, Dec. 31, 1964, as amended by Amdt. 121-118, 40 FR 17552, Apr. 21, 1975; Amdt. 121-178, 47 FR 13316, Mar. 29, 1982; Amdt. 121-275, 67 FR 31932, May 10, 2002]