A-82-108
NTSB Safety Recommendation — Aviation
Recommendation text
TO THE FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINISTRATION: Require that all multiengine, turbine-powered rotor craft certificated to carry six or more passengers manufactured on or after a specified date, in any type of operation not currently required by 14 CFR 127.127 to have a cockpit voice recorder and/or a flight data recorder, be prewired to accept a "general aviation" cockpit voice recorder (if also certificated for two-pilot operation) with at least one channel for voice communications transmitted from or received in the aircraft by radio, and one channel for audio signals from a cockpit area microphone, and a "general aviation" flight data recorder to record sufficient data parameters to determine the information in table II (parameters, range, installed system minimum accuracy, sampling interval, engine power, flight control hydraulic pressure, flight controls) as a function of time. (Superseded by A-87-77 through -89)
In plain language (FlightFinder summary)
The Federal Aviation Administration is asked to require that multiengine, turbine-powered rotorcraft certificated to carry six or more passengers, manufactured on or after a specified date, and not already required to have recorders, be prewired to accept a 'general aviation' cockpit voice recorder and a 'general aviation' flight data recorder. The cockpit voice recorder must have at least one channel for radio communications and one for cockpit area microphone audio, and the flight data recorder must record enough parameters to determine information such as engine power, flight control hydraulic pressure, and flight controls over time.
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| Status | Closed - Superseded |
|---|---|
| Mode | Aviation |
| Closed | Jun 19, 1987 |
| NTSB number | DCA82AA001 |
| Addressees | FAA |
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NTSB safety recommendations are advisory; addressees are not legally required to adopt them. Source: NTSB CAROL (public domain).