---
kind: "section"
citation: "14 C.F.R. § 125.179"
title: "14"
number: "125.179"
heading: "Fuel system independence."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/14/125.179"
---

# §125.179. Fuel system independence.

- (a) Each airplane fuel system must be arranged so that the failure of any one component does not result in the irrecoverable loss of power of more than one engine.
- (b) A separate fuel tank need not be provided for each engine if the certificate holder shows that the fuel system incorporates features that provide equivalent safety.

## Notes

### Authority

Authority: 49 U.S.C. 106(f), 106(g), 40113, 44701-44702, 44705, 44710-44711, 44713, 44716-44717, 44722.

### Source

Source: Docket 19779, 45 FR 67235, Oct. 9, 1980, unless otherwise noted.