§29.805 Flight crew emergency exits

(a) For rotorcraft with passenger emergency exits that are not convenient to the flight crew, there must be flight crew emergency exits, on both sides of the rotorcraft or as a top hatch, in the flight crew area. (b) Each flight crew emergency exit must be of sufficient size and must be located so as to allow rapid evacuation of the flight crew. This must be shown by test. (c) Underwater emergency exits for flight crew. If certification with ditching provisions is requested by the applicant, none of the flight crew emergency exits required by (a) and (b) may be obstructed by water or flotation devices after a ditching and each exit must be shown by test, demonstration, or analysis to provide for rapid escape when the rotorcraft is in the upright floating position or capsized. Each operational device (pull tab(s), operating handle, ‘push here’ decal, etc.) must be shown to be accessible for the range of flight crew heights as required by CS 29.777(b) and for both the case of an un-deformed seat and a seat with any deformation resulting from the test conditions required by CS 29.562.