14 CFR § 382.71 - What other aircraft accessibility requirements apply to carriers?
---
identifier: "/us/cfr/t14/s382.71"
source: "ecfr"
legal_status: "authoritative_unofficial"
title: "14 CFR § 382.71 - What other aircraft accessibility requirements apply to carriers?"
title_number: 14
title_name: "Aeronautics and Space"
section_number: "382.71"
section_name: "What other aircraft accessibility requirements apply to carriers?"
chapter_name: "OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY, DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION (AVIATION PROCEEDINGS)"
subchapter_number: "D"
subchapter_name: "SPECIAL REGULATIONS"
part_number: "382"
part_name: "NONDISCRIMINATION ON THE BASIS OF DISABILITY IN AIR TRAVEL"
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. 41702 and 41705, Pub. L. 115-254, and Pub. L. 118-63."
regulatory_source: "Doc. No. DOT-OST-2004-19482, 73 FR 27665, May 13, 2008, unless otherwise noted."
cfr_part: "382"
---
# 382.71 What other aircraft accessibility requirements apply to carriers?
(a) As a carrier, you must maintain all aircraft accessibility features in proper working order.
(b) You must ensure that any replacement or refurbishing of the aircraft cabin or its elements does not reduce the accessibility of that element to a level below that specified for new aircraft in this part.
[Doc. No. DOT-OST-2004-19482, 73 FR 27665, May 13, 2008, as amended at 74 FR 11471, Mar. 18, 2009]