14 CFR § 133.17 - Requirements for issuance of a rotorcraft external-load operator certificate.

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identifier: "/us/cfr/t14/s133.17"
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legal_status: "authoritative_unofficial"
title: "14 CFR § 133.17 - Requirements for issuance of a rotorcraft external-load operator certificate."
title_number: 14
title_name: "Aeronautics and Space"
section_number: "133.17"
section_name: "Requirements for issuance of a rotorcraft external-load operator certificate."
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: "133"
part_name: "ROTORCRAFT EXTERNAL-LOAD OPERATIONS"
positive_law: false
currency: "2026-04-05"
last_updated: "2026-04-05"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
authority: "49 U.S.C. 106(g), 40113, 44701-44702."
regulatory_source: "Docket 1529, 29 FR 603, Jan. 24, 1964, unless otherwise noted."
cfr_part: "133"
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# 133.17 Requirements for issuance of a rotorcraft external-load operator certificate.

If an applicant shows that he complies with §§ 133.19, 133.21, and 133.23, the Administrator issues a Rotorcraft External-Load Operator Certificate to him with an authorization to operate specified rotorcraft with those classes of rotorcraft-load combinations for which he complies with the applicable provisions of subpart D of this part.