14 CFR § 25.1145 - Ignition switches.

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title: "14 CFR § 25.1145 - Ignition switches."
title_number: 14
title_name: "Aeronautics and Space"
section_number: "25.1145"
section_name: "Ignition switches."
chapter_name: "FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINISTRATION, DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION"
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part_name: "AIRWORTHINESS STANDARDS: TRANSPORT CATEGORY AIRPLANES"
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authority: "49 U.S.C. 106(f), 106(g), 40113, 44701, 44702 and 44704; Pub. L. 115-254, 132 Stat 3281 (49 U.S.C. 44903 note)."
regulatory_source: "Docket No. 5066, 29 FR 18291, Dec. 24, 1964, unless otherwise noted."
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# 25.1145 Ignition switches.

(a) Ignition switches must control each engine ignition circuit on each engine.

(b) There must be means to quickly shut off all ignition by the grouping of switches or by a master ignition control.

(c) Each group of ignition switches, except ignition switches for turbine engines for which continuous ignition is not required, and each master ignition control must have a means to prevent its inadvertent operation.

[Doc. No. 5066, 29 FR 18291, Dec. 24, 1964, as amended by Amdt. 25-40, 42 FR 15044 Mar. 17, 1977]