RCW 14.16.080
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Any aircraft used to carry persons or property for compensation, or any aircraft that is rented or leased without a pilot, shall be equipped with a fully functional downed aircraft rescue transmitter and it shall be unlawful for any person to operate such aircraft without such a transmitter: PROVIDED, HOWEVER, Nothing in this section shall apply to
(1)instructional flights by an air school, with the exception of solo flights by students;
(2)aircraft owned by and used exclusively in the service of the United States government;
(3)aircraft registered under the laws of a foreign country;
(4)aircraft owned by the manufacturer thereof while being operated for test or experimental purposes, or for the purpose of training crews for purchasers of the aircraft; and
(5)aircraft used by any air carrier or supplemental air carrier operating in accordance with the provisions of a certificate of public conveyance and necessity under the provisions of the Federal Aviation Act of 1958, Public Law 85-726, as amended.
[ 1987 c 273 s 1 ; 1969 ex.s. c 205 s 2 .]