---
kind: "section"
citation: "14 C.F.R. § 251.3"
title: "14"
number: "251.3"
heading: "Small musical instruments as carry-on baggage."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/14/251.3"
---

# §251.3. Small musical instruments as carry-on baggage.


Each covered carrier shall permit a passenger to carry a violin, guitar, or other small musical instrument in the aircraft cabin, without charging the passenger a fee in addition to any standard fee that carrier may require for comparable carry-on baggage, if:

- (a) The instrument can be stowed safely in a suitable baggage compartment in the aircraft cabin or under a passenger seat, in accordance with the requirements for carriage of carry-on baggage or cargo established by the FAA; and
- (b) **There is space for such stowage at the time the passenger boards the aircraft.**

## Notes

### Authority

Authority: 49 U.S.C. 41724.

### Source

Source: 80 FR 166, Jan. 5, 2015, unless otherwise noted.