[Federal Register: January 26, 2006 (Volume 71, Number 17)]
[Notices]
[Page 4395-4396]
From the Federal Register Online via GPO Access [wais.access.gpo.gov]
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Federal Aviation Administration
Proposed Technical Standard Order (TSO)-C176, Aircraft Image
Recorder Systems
AGENCY: Federal Aviation Administration (DOT).
ACTION: Notice of availability and request for public comment.
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SUMMARY: This notice announces the availability of, and requests
comments on a proposed Technical Standard Order (TSO) C-176, Aircraft
Image Recorder Systems. This proposed TSO tells persons seeking a TSO
authorization or letter or design approval what minimum performance
standards (MPS) their aircraft image recorder system (AIRS) must meet.
In it, we (the Federal Aviation Administration, or FAA) tell you what
minimum performance standard (MPS) your AIRS must first meet for
approval and identification with the applicable TSO marking.
DATES: Comments must be received on or before February 27, 2006.
ADDRESSES: Send all comments on the proposed technical standard order
to: Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), Aircraft Certification
Service, Aircraft Engineering Division, Avionic Systems Branch, AIR-
130, 470 L'Enfant Plaza, SW., Suite 4102, Washington, DC 20024. Attn:
Mrs. Veronica Gardner. Or deliver comments to: Federal Aviation
Administration, Suite 4102, 470 L'Enfant Plaza, SW., Washington, DC
20024.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mrs. Veronica Gardner, AIR-130, Suite
4102, Federal Aviation Administration, Aircraft Certification Service,
Aircraft Engineering Division, 470 L'Enfant Plaza, SW., Washington, DC
20024. Telephone (202) 385-4690, FAX: (202) 202-5340. Or, via e-mail
at: veronica.gardner@faa.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
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Comments Invited
Interested persons are invited to comment on the proposed TSO
listed in this notice by submitting such written data, views, or
arguments as they desire to the above specified address. Comments
received on the proposed TSO may be examined, before and after the
comment closing date, in Room 815, FAA Headquarters Building, 800
Independence Avenue, SW., Washington, DC 20591, weekdays except Federal
holidays, between 8:30 a.m. and 4:30 p.m. All communications received
on or before the closing date will be considered by the Director of the
Aircraft Certification Service before issuing the final TSO.
Background
The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) determined the
probable cause of a recent aircraft accident to be pilot error, stating
that the events that led to the accident were difficult for
investigators to determine because of limited data. As a result of the
limited data available to provide a more definitive cause of the
accident, the NTSB recommended among other things, that the Federal
Aviation Administration incorporate the European Organization for Civil
Aviation Equipment's proposed standards for a crash-protective video
recording system into a TSO. We concurred with the NTSB's
recommendation, by offering proposed TSO-C176 for a crash-protective
video recording system.
How to Obtain Copies
You may get a copy of the proposed TSO-C26d from the Internet at:
http://www.faa.gov/aircraft/draft_docs/. See section entitled FOR
FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT for the complete address if requesting a
copy by mail. Copies of SAE ARP5381 may be purchased from the Society
of Automotive Engineers, Inc., Department 331, 400 Commonwealth Drive,
Warrendale, PA 15096-0001. Copies can also be obtained through the SAE
Internet Web site at http://www.sae.org.
Issued in Washington, DC, on January 20, 2006.
Susan J.M. Cabler,
Assistant Manager, Aircraft Engineering Division, Aircraft
Certification Service.
[FR Doc. 06-723 Filed 1-25-06; 8:45 am]
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