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CS 25.1381 Instrument lights

Large Aeroplanes (CS-25) · CS-25 · EAR revision 26 Jan 2023

IRImplementing rule

CS 25.1381Instrument lights

(a)The instrument lights must –

(1)Provide sufficient illumination to make each instrument, switch and other device necessary for safe operation easily readable unless sufficient illumination is available from another source; and

(2)Be installed so that –

(i)Their direct rays are shielded from the pilot’s eyes; and

(ii)No objectionable reflections are visible to the pilot.

(b)Unless undimmed instrument lights are satisfactory under each expected flight condition, there must be a means to control the intensity of illumination.

IR · CS 25.1381 — CS-25 · ED Decision 2003/2/RM · CS-25 Easy Access Rules · EAR revision 26 Jan 2023

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Consolidated from the EASA Easy Access Rules (revision 26 Jan 2023, extracted 17 Aug 2026) for convenience. Not the official publication — verify against the Official Journal of the European Union and the EASA publications before operational use.

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