2017-02582: Revisions to Operational Requirements for the Use of Enhanced Flight Vision Systems (EFVS) and to Pilot Compartment View Requirements for Vision Systems

Summary

On December 13, 2016, the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) published a final rule to permit operators to use an enhanced flight vision system in lieu of natural vision to continue descending from 100 feet above the touchdown zone elevation to the runway and to land on certain straight-in instrument approach procedures under instrument flight rules. The FAA is delaying the effective date of this final rule.

The agency’s own summary, as published.

What this changes

Amends 10 parts of the Code of Federal Regulations — the standing rules this notice rewrites.

• 14 CFR 1 Definitions and Abbreviations
• 14 CFR 23 Airworthiness Standards: Normal Category Airplanes
• 14 CFR 25 Airworthiness Standards: Transport Category Airplanes
• 14 CFR 27 Airworthiness Standards: Normal Category Rotorcraft
• 14 CFR 29 Airworthiness Standards: Transport Category Rotorcraft
• 14 CFR 61 Certification: Pilots, Flight Instructors, and Ground Instructors
• 14 CFR 91 General Operating and Flight Rules
• 14 CFR 121 Operating Requirements: Domestic, Flag, and Supplemental Operations
• 14 CFR 125 Certification and Operations: Aircraft Having a Seating Capacity of 20 or More Passengers or a Maximum Payload Capacity of 6,000 Pounds or More; and Rules Governing Persons on Board Such Aircraft
• 14 CFR 135 Operating Requirements: Commuter and on Demand Operations and Rules Governing Persons on Board Such Aircraft