14 CFR § 27.995 - Fuel valves.

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identifier: "/us/cfr/t14/s27.995"
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legal_status: "authoritative_unofficial"
title: "14 CFR § 27.995 - Fuel valves."
title_number: 14
title_name: "Aeronautics and Space"
section_number: "27.995"
section_name: "Fuel valves."
chapter_name: "FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINISTRATION, DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION"
subchapter_number: "C"
subchapter_name: "AIRCRAFT"
part_number: "27"
part_name: "AIRWORTHINESS STANDARDS: NORMAL CATEGORY ROTORCRAFT"
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currency: "2026-04-05"
last_updated: "2026-04-05"
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authority: "49 U.S.C. 106(f), 106(g), 40113, 44701-44702, 44704."
regulatory_source: "Docket No. 5074, 29 FR 15695, Nov. 24, 1964, unless otherwise noted."
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# 27.995 Fuel valves.

(a) There must be a positive, quick-acting valve to shut off fuel to each engine individually.

(b) The control for this valve must be within easy reach of appropriate crewmembers.

(c) Where there is more than one source of fuel supply there must be means for independent feeding from each source.

(d) No shutoff valve may be on the engine side of any firewall.