NTSB Issues Recitation A-90-074 Regarding Flight Recorder Maintenance Timelines
The National Transportation Safety Board urges the Federal Aviation Administration to tighten repair windows for inoperative cockpit voice and digital flight data recorders.
The National Transportation Safety Board has issued recitation number eight zero six six three, designated as A-90-074. This official document contains a specific recommendation directed at the Federal Aviation Administration. The board advises that the agency should revise its Master Minimum Equipment List policy. This revision must address the handling of cockpit voice recorders and digital flight data recorders. Specifically, the NTSB wants to ensure that an inoperative recorder is repaired or replaced within a more stringent timeframe than what is currently authorized under existing rules. The goal is to improve safety standards by reducing the time aircraft operate with these critical recording systems non-functional.
Original regulatory source: https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-main-public/sr-details/A-90-074