2023-26144: 25-Hour Cockpit Voice Recorder (CVR) Requirement, New Aircraft Production
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This rulemaking would increase the recording time of cockpit voice recorders from the mandated 2 hours to a proposed 25-hour recording time for all future manufactured aircraft. This rulemaking would provide accident investigators, aircraft operators, and civil aviation authorities with substantially more cockpit voice recorder data to help find the probable causes of incidents and accidents, prevent future incidents and accidents, and make the FAA's regulations more consistent with existing international requirements.
The agency’s own summary, as published.
What this changes
Amends 4 parts of the Code of Federal Regulations — the standing rules this notice rewrites.
- 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
Rulemaking docket
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