[Federal Register Volume 71, Number 17 (Thursday, January 26, 2006)]
[Notices]
[Pages 4395-4396]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 06-723]


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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: [email protected].

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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