A-15-001

NTSB Safety Recommendation — Aviation

Recommendation text

TO THE FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINISTRATION: Require that all aircraft used in extended overwater operations and operating under Title 14 Code of Federal Regulations (1) Part 121 or (2) Part 135 that are required to have a cockpit voice recorder and a flight data recorder, be equipped with a tamper-resistant method to broadcast to a ground station sufficient information to establish the location where an aircraft terminates flight as the result of an accident within 6 nautical miles of the point of impact.

In plain language (FlightFinder summary)

The Federal Aviation Administration is asked to require that aircraft used in extended overwater operations under Part 121 or Part 135, which already must have a cockpit voice recorder and flight data recorder, be equipped with a tamper-resistant method to broadcast the location where the aircraft terminates flight after an accident, within 6 nautical miles of the impact point.

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

StatusOpen - Acceptable Response
ModeAviation
Closed
NTSB numberDCA14SS009
AddresseesFAA

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NTSB safety recommendations are advisory; addressees are not legally required to adopt them. Source: NTSB CAROL (public domain).