---
kind: "section"
citation: "14 C.F.R. § 194.308"
title: "14"
number: "194.308"
heading: "Applicability of national air tour safety standards under part 136 of this chapter to powered-lift."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/14/194.308"
---

# §194.308. Applicability of national air tour safety standards under part 136 of this chapter to powered-lift.

- (a) Persons operating powered-lift in commercial air tours must continue to comply with rules applicable to all aircraft in [part 136](/cfr/14/part136.md) of this chapter, as applicable to the operation.
- (b) Suitable landing area, as defined in [§ 136.1](/cfr/14/136.1.md) of this chapter, applies to powered-lift conducting commercial air tours.
- (c) Critical change of thrust for purposes of this section means a failure that would most adversely affect the performance or handling qualities of an aircraft.
- (d) No person may operate a powered-lift in a commercial air tour unless that person complies with the regulations listed in the first column of table 1 to this section, notwithstanding their applicability to airplanes or rotorcraft, subject to the applicability provisions in the second column, and any additional requirements or clarification specified in the third column:

## Notes

### Authority

Authority: 42 U.S.C. 7572; 49 U.S.C. 106(f), 40113, 44701-44705, 44707, 44712, 44713, 44715, 44716, and 44722; Sec. 955 of Pub. L. 118-63.

### Source

Source: Docket FAA-2023-1275, Amdt. 194-1, 89 FR 92489, Nov. 21, 2024, unless otherwise noted.