14 CFR § 137.42 - Fastening of safety belts and shoulder harnesses.

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identifier: "/us/cfr/t14/s137.42"
source: "ecfr"
legal_status: "authoritative_unofficial"
title: "14 CFR § 137.42 - Fastening of safety belts and shoulder harnesses."
title_number: 14
title_name: "Aeronautics and Space"
section_number: "137.42"
section_name: "Fastening of safety belts and shoulder harnesses."
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: "137"
part_name: "AGRICULTURAL AIRCRAFT 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), 40103, 40113, 44701-44702."
regulatory_source: "Docket 1464, 30 FR 8106, June 24, 1965, unless otherwise noted."
cfr_part: "137"
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# 137.42 Fastening of safety belts and shoulder harnesses.

No person may operate an aircraft in operations required to be conducted under part 137 without a safety belt and shoulder harness properly secured about that person except that the shoulder harness need not be fastened if that person would be unable to perform required duties with the shoulder harness fastened.

[Amdt. 137-10, 44 FR 61325, Oct. 25, 1979]