---
kind: "section"
citation: "14 C.F.R. § 27.855"
title: "14"
number: "27.855"
heading: "Cargo and baggage compartments."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/14/27.855"
---

# §27.855. Cargo and baggage compartments.

- (a) Each cargo and baggage compartment must be constructed of, or lined with, materials that are at least—
  - (1) Flame resistant, in the case of compartments that are readily accessible to a crewmember in flight; and
  - (2) **Fire resistant, in the case of other compartments.**
- (b) No compartment may contain any controls, wiring, lines, equipment, or accessories whose damage or failure would affect safe operation, unless those items are protected so that—
  - (1) They cannot be damaged by the movement of cargo in the compartment; and
  - (2) Their breakage or failure will not create a fire hazard.

## Notes

### Authority

Authority: 49 U.S.C. 106(f), 106(g), 40113, 44701-44702, 44704.

### Source

Source: Docket No. 5074, 29 FR 15695, Nov. 24, 1964, unless otherwise noted.