---
kind: "section"
citation: "14 C.F.R. § 135.113"
title: "14"
number: "135.113"
heading: "Passenger occupancy of pilot seat."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/14/135.113"
---

# §135.113. Passenger occupancy of pilot seat.


No certificate holder may operate an aircraft type certificated after October 15, 1971, that has a passenger seating configuration, excluding any pilot seat, of more than eight seats if any person other than the pilot in command, a second in command, a company check pilot, or an authorized representative of the Administrator, the National Transportation Safety Board, or the United States Postal Service occupies a pilot seat.


## Notes

### Amendments

[Docket FAA-2019-0360, Amdt. 135-145, 89 FR 51430, June 18, 2024]

### Authority

Authority: 49 U.S.C. 106(f), 40113, 41706, 44701-44702, 44705, 44709, 44711-44713, 44715-44717, 44722, 44730, 45101-45105; Pub. L. 112-95, 126 Stat. 58 (49 U.S.C. 44730).

### Source

Source: Docket 16097, 43 FR 46783, Oct. 10, 1978, unless otherwise noted.

### Amendments

[Docket FAA-2019-0360, Amdt. 135-145, 89 FR 51430, June 18, 2024]