14 CFR § 133.49 - Markings and placards.
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identifier: "/us/cfr/t14/s133.49"
source: "ecfr"
legal_status: "authoritative_unofficial"
title: "14 CFR § 133.49 - Markings and placards."
title_number: 14
title_name: "Aeronautics and Space"
section_number: "133.49"
section_name: "Markings and placards."
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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# 133.49 Markings and placards.
The following markings and placards must be displayed conspicuously and must be such that they cannot be easily erased, disfigured, or obscured:
(a) A placard (displayed in the cockpit or cabin) stating the class of rotorcraft-load combination for which the rotorcraft has been approved and the occupancy limitation prescribed in § 133.35(a).
(b) A placard, marking, or instruction (displayed next to the external-load attaching means) stating the maximum external load prescribed as an operating limitation in § 133.45(b).
[Docket 1529, Amdt. 133-9A, 81 FR 85138, Nov. 25, 2016]