Safety recommendation A-06-17 and -18

Citation

(2006), "Safety recommendation A-06-17 and -18", Aircraft Engineering and Aerospace Technology, Vol. 78 No. 4. https://doi.org/10.1108/aeat.2006.12778dab.017

Safety recommendation A-06-17 and -18

Safety recommendation A-06-17 and -18

Keywords: Aircraft safety, Aircraft industry

The safety board recommends the following to the FAA:

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  Require all rotorcraft operating under 14 Code of Federal Regulations Parts 91 and 135 with a transport-category certification to be equipped with a cockpit voice recorder (CVR) and a flight data recorder (FDR). For those transport- category rotorcraft manufactured before October 11, 1991, require a CVR and an FDR or an onboard cockpit image recorder with the capability of recording cockpit audio, crew communications, and aircraft parametric data. (A-06-17).

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  Do not permit exemptions or exceptions to the flight recorder regulations that allow transport – category rotorcraft to operate without flight recorders, and withdraw the current exemptions and exceptions that allow transport- category rotorcraft to operate without flight recorders (A-06-18).