---
kind: "section"
citation: "14 C.F.R. § 133.1"
title: "14"
number: "133.1"
heading: "Applicability."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/14/133.1"
---

# §133.1. Applicability.


Except for aircraft subject to [part 107](/cfr/14/part107.md) of this chapter, this part prescribes—

- (a) Airworthiness certification rules for rotorcraft used in; and
- (b) Operating and certification rules governing the conduct of rotorcraft external-load operations in the United States by any person.
- (c) **The certification rules of this part do not apply to—**
  - (1) Rotorcraft manufacturers when developing external-load attaching means;
  - (2) Rotorcraft manufacturers demonstrating compliance of equipment utilized under this part or appropriate portions of part [27](/cfr/14/part27.md) or [29](/cfr/14/part29.md) of this chapter;
  - (3) Operations conducted by a person demonstrating compliance for the issuance of a certificate or authorization under this part;
  - (4) Training flights conducted in preparation for the demonstration of compliance with this part; or
  - (5) **A Federal, State, or local government conducting operations with public aircraft.**
- (d) For the purpose of this part, a person other than a crewmember or a person who is essential and directly connected with the external-load operation may be carried only in approved Class D rotorcraft-load combinations.

## Notes

### Amendments

[Docket 15176, 42 FR 24198, May 12, 1977, as amended by Amdt. 133-9, 51 FR 40707, Nov. 7, 1986; Docket FAA-2015-0150, Amdt. 133-15, 81 FR 42214, June 28, 2016]

### Authority

Authority: 49 U.S.C. 106(g), 40113, 44701-44702.

### Source

Source: Docket 1529, 29 FR 603, Jan. 24, 1964, unless otherwise noted.

### Amendments

[Docket 15176, 42 FR 24198, May 12, 1977, as amended by Amdt. 133-9, 51 FR 40707, Nov. 7, 1986; Docket FAA-2015-0150, Amdt. 133-15, 81 FR 42214, June 28, 2016]