14 CFR § 129.18 - Collision avoidance system.

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identifier: "/us/cfr/t14/s129.18"
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title: "14 CFR § 129.18 - Collision avoidance system."
title_number: 14
title_name: "Aeronautics and Space"
section_number: "129.18"
section_name: "Collision avoidance system."
chapter_name: "FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINISTRATION, DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION"
subchapter_number: "G"
subchapter_name: "AIR CARRIERS AND OPERATORS FOR COMPENSATION OR HIRE: CERTIFICATION AND OPERATIONS"
part_number: "129"
part_name: "OPERATIONS: FOREIGN AIR CARRIERS AND FOREIGN OPERATORS OF U.S.-REGISTERED AIRCRAFT ENGAGED IN COMMON CARRIAGE"
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currency: "2026-04-05"
last_updated: "2026-04-05"
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authority: "49 U.S.C. 1372, 40113, 40119, 44101, 44701-44702, 44705, 44709-44711, 44713, 44716-44717, 44722, 44901-44904, 44906, 44912, 46105, Pub. L. 107-71 sec. 104."
regulatory_source: "Docket 1994, 29 FR 1720, Feb. 5, 1964, unless otherwise noted."
cfr_part: "129"
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# 129.18 Collision avoidance system.

Effective January 1, 2005, any airplane you, as a foreign air carrier, operate under part 129 must be equipped and operated according to the following table:

Collision Avoidance Systems

| If you operate in the United States any . . . | Then you must operate that airplane with: |
| --- | --- |
| (a) Turbine-powered airplane of more than 33,000 pounds maximum certificated takeoff weight | (1) An appropriate class of Mode S transponder that meets Technical Standard Order (TSO) C-112, or a later version, and one of the following approved units;(i) TCAS II that meets TSO C-119b (version 7.0), or takeoff weight a later version. |
|  | (ii) TCAS II that meets TSO C-119a (version 6.04A Enhanced) that was installed in that airplane before May 1, 2003. If that TCAS II version 6.04A Enhanced no longer can be repaired to TSO C-119a standards, it must be replaced with a TCAS II that meets TSO C-119b (version 7.0), or a later version.(iii) A collision avoidance system equivalent to TSO C-119b (version 7.0), or a later version, capable of coordinating with units that meet TSO C-119a (version 6.04A Enhanced), or a later version. |
| (b) Turbine-powered airplane with a passenger-seat configuration, excluding any pilot seat, of 10-30 seats | (1) TCAS I that meets TSO C-118, or a later version, or(2) A collision avoidance system equivalent to excluding any TSO C-118, or a later version, or(3) A collision avoidance system and Mode S transponder that meet paragraph (a)(1) of this section. |

[Docket FAA-2001-10910, 68 FR 15903, Apr. 1, 2003; Docket FAA-2022-1355, Amdt. 129-54; 87 FR 75847, Dec. 9, 2022]