The NTSB recommends that the Federal Aviation
Administration:
Require the
installation of a crash-protected image recording system on all
turbine-powered, nonexperimental, nonrestricted-category aircraft
that are manufactured after January 1, 2007, that are not equipped
with a flight data recorder, and that are operating under 14 Code
of Federal Regulations Parts 135 and 121 or that are being operated
full-time or part-time for commercial or corporate purposes under
Part 91. (A-03-62)
Amend the current regulations for 14 Code of Federal
Regulations Parts 91, 135, and 121 operations to require all
turbine-powered, nonexperimental, nonrestrictedcategory aircraft
that have the capability of seating six or more passengers to be
equipped with an approved 2-hour cockpit voice recorder that is
operated continuously from the start of the use of the checklist
(before starting engines for the purpose of flight), to completion
of the final checklist at the termination of the flight.
(A-03-63)
Require all turbine-powered, nonexperimental, nonrestricted-
category aircraft that are manufactured prior to January 1, 2007,
that are not equipped with a cockpit voice recorder, and that are
operating under 14 Code of Federal Regulations Parts 91, 135, and
121 to be retrofitted with a crash- protected image recording
system by January 1, 2007. (A-03-64)
Require all turbine-powered, nonexperimental, nonrestricted-
category aircraft, that are manufactured prior to January 1, 2007,
that are not equipped with a flight data recorder, and that are
operating under 14 Code of Federal Regulations Parts 135 and 121 or
that are being used full-time or part- time for commercial or
corporate purposes under Part 91 to be retrofitted with a
crash-protected image recording system by January 1, 2010.
(A-03-65)
The Safety Board is also reiterating A-99-59:
Incorporate the European Organization for Civil Aviation
Equipment's proposed standards for a crash-protective video
recording system into a technical standards order.
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