CFR > Title 14 - Aeronautics and Space > CHAPTER I—FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINISTRATION, DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION > SUBCHAPTER C—AIRCRAFT (parts 21 to 50) > PART 23—AIRWORTHINESS STANDARDS: NORMAL, UTILITY, ACROBATIC, AND COMMUTER CATEGORY AIRPLANES > SUBPART F—Equipment (§23.1301 to §23.1461) > 23.1453—Protection of oxygen equipment from rupture.

23.1453—Protection of oxygen equipment from rupture.

(a) Each element of the oxygen system must have sufficient strength to withstand the maximum pressure and temperature, in combination with any externally applied loads arising from consideration of limit structural loads, that may be acting on that part of the system.
(b) Oxygen pressure sources and the lines between the source and the shutoff means must be:
(1) Protected from unsafe temperatures; and
(2) Located where the probability and hazard of rupture in a crash landing are minimized.

Code of Federal Regulations

[Doc. No. 27806, 61 FR 5170, Feb. 9, 1996]