---
kind: "section"
citation: "14 C.F.R. § 29.679"
title: "14"
number: "29.679"
heading: "Control system locks."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/14/29.679"
---

# §29.679. Control system locks.


If there is a device to lock the control system with the rotorcraft on the ground or water, there must be means to—

- (a) Automatically disengage the lock when the pilot operates the controls in a normal manner, or limit the operation of the rotorcraft so as to give unmistakable warning to the pilot before takeoff; and
- (b) **Prevent the lock from engaging in flight.**

## Notes

### Authority

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

### Source

Source: Docket No. 5084, 29 FR 16150, Dec. 3, 1964, unless otherwise noted.