---
kind: "section"
citation: "14 C.F.R. § 125.206"
title: "14"
number: "125.206"
heading: "Pitot heat indication systems."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/14/125.206"
---

# §125.206. Pitot heat indication systems.

- (a) Except as provided in [paragraph (b)](#b) of this section, after April 12, 1981, no person may operate a transport category airplane equipped with a flight instrument pitot heating system unless the airplane is equipped with an operable pitot heat indication system that complies with [§ 25.1326](/cfr/14/25.1326.md) of this chapter in effect on April 12, 1978.
- (b) A certificate holder may obtain an extension of the April 12, 1981, compliance date specified in [paragraph (a)](#a) of this section, but not beyond April 12, 1983, from the Executive Director, Flight Standards Service if the certificate holder—
  - (1) Shows that due to circumstances beyond its control it cannot comply by the specified compliance date; and
  - (2) Submits by the specified compliance date a schedule for compliance acceptable to the Executive Director, indicating that compliance will be achieved at the earliest practicable date.

## Notes

### Amendments

[Docket 18904, 46 FR 43806, Aug. 31, 1981, as amended by Amdt. 125-13, 54 FR 39294, Sept. 25, 1989; Docket FAA-2018-0119, Amdt. 125-68, 83 FR 9174, Mar. 5, 2018]

### 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.

### Amendments

[Docket 18904, 46 FR 43806, Aug. 31, 1981, as amended by Amdt. 125-13, 54 FR 39294, Sept. 25, 1989; Docket FAA-2018-0119, Amdt. 125-68, 83 FR 9174, Mar. 5, 2018]