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FAA Clarifies Part 135 FDR Seating Configuration Regs
The agency is seeing confusion surrounding FDR requirements
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The FAA has issued an information for operators (InFo 24003) document to remind Part 135 air taxi and commuter operators of the flight data recorder (FDR) equipage requirements specific to passenger seating configuration. “Recent inquiries to the FAA aircraft maintenance division has revealed confusion related to seating configurations and FDR installations,” according to the InFo.

Under Part 135.152 multi-engine, turbine airplanes and rotorcraft having a “passenger seating configuration” of 10 to 30 passenger seats must be equipped with an FDR that retains no fewer than 25 hours of aircraft operation.

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