JAR 25.810 Emergency egress assist
means and escape routes
(a) Each non-over-wing landplane emergency
exit more than 6 feet from the ground with the
aeroplane on the ground and the landing gear
extended and each non-over-wing Type A exit
must have an approved means to assist the
occupants in descending to the ground.
(1) The assisting means for each
passenger emergency exit must be a self-supporting
slide or equivalent; and, in the case
of a Type A exit, it must be capable of carrying
simultaneously two parallel lines of evacuees.
In addition, the assisting means must be
designed to meet the following requirements.
(i) It must be automatically
deployed and deployment must begin
during the interval between the time the
exit opening means is actuated from
inside the aeroplane and the time the exit
is fully opened. However, each
passenger emergency exit which is also a
passenger entrance door or a service door
must be provided with means to prevent
deployment of the assisting means when
it is opened from either the inside or the
outside under non-emergency conditions
for normal use.
(ii) It must be automatically
erected within 10 seconds after
deployment is begun.
(iii) It must be of such length after
full deployment that the lower end is self-supporting
on the ground and provides
safe evacuation of occupants to the
ground after collapse of one or more legs
of the landing gear.
(iv) It must have the capability, in
25-knot winds directed from the most
critical angle, to deploy and, with the
assistance of only one person, to remain
usable after full deployment to evacuate
occupants safely to the ground.
(v) For each system installation
(mock-up or aeroplane installed), five
consecutive deployment and inflation
tests must be conducted (per exit) without
failure, and at least three tests of each
such five-test series must be conducted
using a single representative sample of
the device. The sample devices must be
deployed and inflated by the system’s
primary means after being subjected to
the inertia forces specified in JAR
25.561(b). If any part of the system fails
or does not function properly during the
required tests, the cause of the failure or
malfunction must be corrected by positive
means and after that, the full series of
five consecutive deployment and inflation
tests must be conducted without failure.
(2) The assisting means for flight crew
emergency exits may be a rope or any other
means demonstrated to be suitable for the
purpose. If the assisting means is a rope, or an
approved device equivalent to a rope, it must
be –
(i) Attached to the fuselage
structure at or above the top of the
emergency exit opening, or, for a device
at a pilot’s emergency exit window, at
another approved location if the stowed
device, or its attachment, would reduce
the pilot’s view in flight.
(ii) Able (with its attachment) to
withstand a 400-lb (181·6 kg) static load.
(b) Assist means from the cabin to the wing
are required for each Type A exit located above
the wing and having a step-down unless the exit
without an assist means can be shown to have a
rate of passenger egress at least equal to that of
the same type of non-over-wing exit. If an assist
means is required, it must be automatically
deployed and automatically erected, concurrent
with the opening of the exit and self-supporting
within 10 seconds.
(c) An escape route must be established from
each over-wing emergency exit, and (except for
flap surfaces suitable as slides) covered with a
slip resistant surface. Except where a means for
channelling the flow of evacuees is provided –
(1) The escape route must be at least
42 inches (1·067 m) wide at Type A passenger
emergency exits and must be at least 2 feet
(609·6 mm) wide at all other passenger
emergency exits, and
(2) The escape route surface must have
a reflectance of at least 80%, and must be
defined by markings with a surface-to-marking
contrast ratio of at least 5:1. (See ACJ 25.810
(c) (2).)
(d) If the place on the aeroplane structure at
which the escape route required in sub-paragraph
(c) of this paragraph terminates, is more than
6 feet (1·829 m) from the ground with the
aeroplane on the ground and the landing gear
extended, means to reach the ground must be
provided to assist evacuees who have used the
escape route. If the escape route is over a flap,
the height of the terminal edge must be measured
with the flap in the take-off or landing position,
whichever is higher from the ground. The
assisting means must be usable and self-supporting
with one or more landing gear legs
collapsed and under a 25-knot wind directed from
the most critical angle. The assisting means
provided for each escape route leading from a
Type A emergency exit must be capable of
carrying simultaneously two parallel lines of
evacuees. For other than Type A exits, the assist
means must be capable of carrying simultaneously
as many parallel lines of evacuees as there are
required escape routes.
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