---
kind: "section"
citation: "14 C.F.R. § 25.1411"
title: "14"
number: "25.1411"
heading: "General."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/14/25.1411"
---

# §25.1411. General.

- (a) **Accessibility.** Required safety equipment to be used by the crew in an emergency must be readily accessible.
- (b) **Stowage provisions.** Stowage provisions for required emergency equipment must be furnished and must—
  - (1) Be arranged so that the equipment is directly accessible and its location is obvious; and
  - (2) **Protect the safety equipment from inadvertent damage.**
- (c) **Emergency exit descent device.** The stowage provisions for the emergency exit descent devices required by [§ 25.810(a)](/cfr/14/25.810.md?p=a) must be at each exit for which they are intended.
- (d) **Liferafts.**
  - (1) The stowage provisions for the liferafts described in [§ 25.1415](/cfr/14/25.1415.md) must accommodate enough rafts for the maximum number of occupants for which certification for ditching is requested.
  - (2) Liferafts must be stowed near exits through which the rafts can be launched during an unplanned ditching.
  - (3) Rafts automatically or remotely released outside the airplane must be attached to the airplane by means of the static line prescribed in [§ 25.1415](/cfr/14/25.1415.md).
  - (4) The stowage provisions for each portable liferaft must allow rapid detachment and removal of the raft for use at other than the intended exits.
- (e) **Long-range signaling device.** The stowage provisions for the long-range signaling device required by [§ 25.1415](/cfr/14/25.1415.md) must be near an exit available during an unplanned ditching.
- (f) **Life preserver stowage provisions.** The stowage provisions for life preservers described in [§ 25.1415](/cfr/14/25.1415.md) must accommodate one life preserver for each occupant for which certification for ditching is requested. Each life preserver must be within easy reach of each seated occupant.
- (g) **Life line stowage provisions.** If certification for ditching under [§ 25.801](/cfr/14/25.801.md) is requested, there must be provisions to store life lines. These provisions must—
  - (1) Allow one life line to be attached to each side of the fuselage; and
  - (2) Be arranged to allow the life lines to be used to enable the occupants to stay on the wing after ditching.

## Notes

### Amendments

[Doc. No. 5066, 29 FR 18291, Dec. 24, 1964, as amended by Amdt. 25-32, 37 FR 3972, Feb. 24, 1972; Amdt. 25-46, 43 FR 50598, Oct. 30, 1978; Amdt. 25-53, 45 FR 41593, June 19, 1980; Amdt. 25-70, 54 FR 43925, Oct. 27, 1989; Amdt. 25-79, 58 FR 45229, Aug. 26, 1993; Amdt. 25-116, 69 FR 62789, Oct. 27, 2004]

### Authority

Authority: 49 U.S.C. 106(f), 106(g), 40113, 44701, 44702 and 44704; Pub. L. 115-254, 132 Stat 3281 (49 U.S.C. 44903 note).

### Source

Source: Docket No. 5066, 29 FR 18291, Dec. 24, 1964, unless otherwise noted.

### Amendments

[Doc. No. 5066, 29 FR 18291, Dec. 24, 1964, as amended by Amdt. 25-32, 37 FR 3972, Feb. 24, 1972; Amdt. 25-46, 43 FR 50598, Oct. 30, 1978; Amdt. 25-53, 45 FR 41593, June 19, 1980; Amdt. 25-70, 54 FR 43925, Oct. 27, 1989; Amdt. 25-79, 58 FR 45229, Aug. 26, 1993; Amdt. 25-116, 69 FR 62789, Oct. 27, 2004]