A-09-010
NTSB Safety Recommendation — Aviation
Recommendation text
TO THE FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINISTRATION: Require all existing turbine-powered, nonexperimental, nonrestricted-category aircraft that are not equipped with a cockpit voice recorder and are operating under 14 Code of Federal Regulations Parts 91, 121, or 135 to be retrofitted with a crash-resistant flight recorder system. The crash-resistant flight recorder system should record cockpit audio, a view of the cockpit environment to include as much of the outside view as possible, and parametric data per aircraft and system installation, all to be specified in European Organization for Civil Aviation Equipment document ED-155, Minimum Operational Performance Specification for Lightweight Flight Recorder Systems, when the document is finalized and issued. (Supersedes Safety Recommendation A-03-064)
In plain language (FlightFinder summary)
The Federal Aviation Administration is asked to mandate that certain turbine-powered aircraft operating under Parts 91, 121, or 135 be retrofitted with a crash-resistant flight recorder system. The system must record cockpit audio, a view of the cockpit including the outside view, and parametric data as specified in European Organization for Civil Equipment document ED-155 once finalized. This recommendation supersedes a previous one.
This plain-language summary is written by FlightFinder to explain the recommendation above. It is not the official wording — the verbatim NTSB text is quoted above.
Details
| Status | Closed - Unacceptable Action |
|---|---|
| Mode | Aviation |
| Closed | Jun 11, 2012 |
| NTSB number | LAX07MA231AB |
| Addressees | FAA |
External links
NTSB safety recommendations are advisory; addressees are not legally required to adopt them. Source: NTSB CAROL (public domain).