[Federal Register Volume 71, Number 50 (Wednesday, March 15, 2006)]
[Notices]
[Page 13445]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 06-2493]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Aviation Administration


Notice of Intent To Request Approval From the Office of 
Management and Budget of a Currently Approved Information Collection 
Activity, Request for Comments; Revisions to Digital Flight Data 
Recorders

AGENCY: Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), DOT.

ACTION: Notice and request for comments.

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SUMMARY: The FAA invites public comments about our intention to request 
the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) to approve a current 
information collection. This rule request that certain airplanes be 
equipped to accommodate additional digital flight data recorder 
parameters. The revisions require additional information to be 
collected to enable more thorough accident or incident investigation 
and to enable industry to predict certain trends and make necessary 
modifications before an accident or incident happens.

DATES: Please submit comments by May 15, 2006.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Judy Street on (202) 267-9895, or by 
e-mail at: [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Federal Aviation Administration (FAA)

    Title: Revisions to Digital Flight Data Recorders.
    Type of Request: Approval of a currently approved collection.
    OMB Control Number: 2120-0616.
    Forms(s): NA.
    Affected Public: An estimated 2,960 Respondents.
    Frequency: This is a passive information collection.
    Estimated Average Burden Per Response: This is a passive 
information collection activity. Responses are recorded automatically 
in the aircraft's digital flight data recorder.
    Estimated Annual Burden Hours: 1 hour annually.
    Abstract: This rule requires that certain airplanes be equipped to 
accommodate additional digital flight data recorder parameters. The 
revisions require additional information to be collected to enable more 
thorough accident or incident investigation and to enable industry to 
predict certain trends and make necessary modification before an 
accident or incident happens.

ADDRESSES: Send comments to the FAA at the following address: Ms. Judy 
Street, Room 1033, Federal Aviation Administration, Standards and 
Information Division, ABA-20, 800 Independence Ave., SW., Washington, 
DC 20591.
    Comments are invited on: Whether the proposed collection of 
information is necessary for the proper performance of the functions of 
the Department, including whether the information will have practical 
utility; the accuracy of the Department's estimates of the burden of 
the proposed information collection; ways to enhance the quality, 
utility and clarity of the information to be collected; ;and ways to 
minimize the burden of the collection of information on respondents, 
including the use of automated collection techniques or other forms of 
information technology.

    Issued in Washington, DC, on March 9, 2006.
Judith D. Street,
FAA Information Collection Clearance Officer, Information Systems and 
Technology Services Staff, ABA-20.
[FR Doc. 06-2493 Filed 3-14-06; 8:45 am]
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