---
kind: "section"
citation: "14 C.F.R. § 382.97"
title: "14"
number: "382.97"
heading: "To which aircraft does the requirement to provide boarding and deplaning assistance through the use of lifts apply?"
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/14/382.97"
---

# §382.97. To which aircraft does the requirement to provide boarding and deplaning assistance through the use of lifts apply?


The requirement of [section 382.95(b)](/cfr/14/382.95.md?p=b) of this part to provide boarding and deplaning assistance through the use of lifts applies with respect to all aircraft with a passenger capacity of 19 or more, with the following exceptions:

- (a) Float planes;
- (b) **The following 19-seat capacity aircraft models—** the Fairchild Metro, the Jetstream 31 and 32, the Beech 1900 (C and D models), and the Embraer EMB-120;
- (c) Any other aircraft model determined by the Department of Transportation to be unsuitable for boarding and deplaning assistance by lift, ramp, or other suitable device.

  The Department will make such a determination if it concludes that—

  - (1) No existing boarding and deplaning assistance device on the market will accommodate the aircraft without a significant risk of serious damage to the aircraft or injury to passengers or employees, or
  - (2) Internal barriers are present in the aircraft that would preclude passengers who use a boarding or aisle chair from reaching a non-exit row seat.

## Notes

### Authority

Authority: 49 U.S.C. 41702 and 41705, Pub. L. 115-254, and Pub. L. 118-63.

### Source

Source: Doc. No. DOT-OST-2004-19482, 73 FR 27665, May 13, 2008, unless otherwise noted.