A-13-013
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 flight data recorder or 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 and images with 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 as specified in Technical Standard Order C197, “Information Collection and Monitoring Systems.”
In plain language (FlightFinder summary)
The Federal Aviation Administration is asked to mandate that existing turbine-powered, nonexperimental, nonrestricted-category aircraft operating under Parts 91, 121, or 135, which lack a flight data recorder or cockpit voice recorder, be retrofitted with a crash-resistant flight recorder system. This system must record cockpit audio and images, including as much of the outside view as possible, along with parametric data as specified in Technical Standard Order C197.
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 | Open - Unacceptable Response |
|---|---|
| Mode | Aviation |
| Closed | — |
| NTSB number | CEN11FA599 |
| Addressees | FAA |
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NTSB safety recommendations are advisory; addressees are not legally required to adopt them. Source: NTSB CAROL (public domain).