[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 129 (Tuesday, July 7, 2015)]
[Notices]
[Page 38799]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2015-16556]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Aviation Administration


Advisory Circular (AC) 20-159, Obtaining Design and Production 
Approval of Airport Moving Map Display Applications Intended for 
Electronic Flight Bag Systems

AGENCY: Federal Aviation Administration (DOT).

ACTION: Notice of intent to cancel AC 20-159, Obtaining Design and 
Production Approval of Airport Moving Map Display Applications Intended 
for Electronic Flight Bag Systems.

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SUMMARY: This notice announces the Federal Aviation Administration's 
(FAA) intent to cancel AC 20-159. This cancellation will result in no 
new approval of technical standard order authorizations (TSOA) for an 
``incomplete system'' issued for Technical Standard Order (TSO) C-165, 
Electronic Map Display Equipment for Graphical Depiction of Aircraft 
Position. Therefore, the guidance contained in AC 20-159 allowing 
applicants to obtain a design and production approval using the 
software and database for an airport moving map display (AMMD) intended 
for use on a Class 2 electronic flight bag (EFB) for ground operations, 
will no longer be available. FAA AC 120-76C, Guidelines for the 
Certification, Airworthiness, and Operational Use of Electronic Flight 
Bags, dated May 9, 2014, replaces AC 20-159 and provides guidance for 
applicants seeking authorization to display an own-ship symbol limited 
to the airport surface as a Type B application for use on any EFB.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: To obtain additional details, please 
contact: Mr. Brad Miller, AIR-130, Federal Aviation Administration, 
Aircraft Certification Service, Systems and Equipment Standards Branch, 
470 L'Enfant Plaza Suite 4102, Washington, DC 20024, Telephone (202) 
267-8533, FAX: (202) 267-267-8589, Email: [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background

    In mid-March 2007, the FAA Administrator directed FAA to publish 
guidance by the end of April 2007 to facilitate the use of an AMMD 
application on EFBs and to streamline the certification means to deploy 
this safety enhancement to address airport runway incursions. AC 20-159 
provided EFB AMMD applicant guidance to obtain TSO-C165 software-only 
TSO authorization requiring the need to obtain a design or production 
approval. However, AC 120-76C later introduced guidance to necessitate 
only an operator-based evaluation submitted to an FAA inspector for EFB 
hardware and software application authorization. The FAA envisions all 
new authorizations for use of AMMD functionality on EFBs be obtained 
under AC 120-76C as a Type B application.

    Issued in Washington, DC, on June 30, 2015.
Susan J.M. Cabler,
Acting Manager, Design, Manufacturing, & Airworthiness Division, 
Aircraft Certification Service.
[FR Doc. 2015-16556 Filed 7-6-15; 8:45 am]
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