---
kind: "section"
citation: "14 C.F.R. § 27.995"
title: "14"
number: "27.995"
heading: "Fuel valves."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/14/27.995"
---

# §27.995. Fuel valves.

- (a) There must be a positive, quick-acting valve to shut off fuel to each engine individually.
- (b) The control for this valve must be within easy reach of appropriate crewmembers.
- (c) Where there is more than one source of fuel supply there must be means for independent feeding from each source.
- (d) No shutoff valve may be on the engine side of any firewall.

## 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.