Federal Aviation Administration, DOT

Pt. 60, App. B

END QPS REQUIREMENTS
[Doc. No. FAA-2002-12461, 73 FR 26490, May 9,
2008, as amended by Docket FAA-2014-0391,
Amdt. 60-4, 81 FR 18218, 18219, 18240, 18283,
18300, and 18303, Mar. 30, 2016; 81 FR 32016 and
32066, May 20, 2016; Docket FAA-2018-0119,
Amdt. 60-5, 83 FR 9170, Mar. 5, 2018; Amdt. 60-
6, 83 FR 30275, June 27, 2018]

APPENDIX B TO PART 60 - QUALIFICATION
PERFORMANCE STANDARDS FOR AIRPLANE FLIGHT TRAINING DEVICES
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BEGIN INFORMATION
This appendix establishes the standards for
Airplane FTD evaluation and qualification
at Level 4, Level 5, or Level 6. The Flight
Standards Service, NSPM, is responsible for
the development, application, and implementation of the standards contained within this
appendix. The procedures and criteria specified in this appendix will be used by the
NSPM, or a person or persons assigned by
the NSPM when conducting airplane FTD
evaluations.

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TABLE OF CONTENTS
1. Introduction
2. Applicability (SectionSection 60.1 and 60.2).
3. Definitions (Section 60.3).
4. Qualification Performance Standards
(Section 60.4).
5. Quality Management System (Section 60.5).
6.
Sponsor
Qualification
Requirements
(Section 60.7).
7. Additional Responsibilities of the Sponsor
(Section 60.9).
8. FTD Use (Section 60.11).
9. FTD Objective Data Requirements (Section 60.13).
10. Special Equipment and Personnel Requirements for Qualification of the FTD
(Section 60.14).
11. Initial (and Upgrade) Qualification Requirements (Section 60.15).
12. Additional Qualifications for Currently
Qualified FTDs (Section 60.16).
13. Previously Qualified FTDs (Section 60.17).
14. Inspection, Continuing Qualification
Evaluation, and Maintenance Requirements (Section 60.19).
15. Logging FTD Discrepancies (Section 60.20).
16. Interim Qualification of FTDs for New
Airplane Types or Models (Section 60.21).
17. Modifications to FTDs (Section 60.23).
18. Operations with Missing, Malfunctioning,
or Inoperative Components (Section 60.25).
19. Automatic Loss of Qualification and Procedures for Restoration of Qualification
(Section 60.27).
20. Other Losses of Qualification and Procedures for Restoration of Qualification
(Section 60.29).
21. Record Keeping and Reporting (Section 60.31).

22. Applications, Logbooks, Reports, and
Records: Fraud, Falsification, or Incorrect Statements (Section 60.33).
23. [Reserved]
24. Levels of FTD.
25. FTD Qualification on the Basis of a Bilateral Aviation Safety Agreement (BASA)
(Section 60.37).
Attachment 1 to Appendix B to Part 60 - General FTD Requirements.
Attachment 2 to Appendix B to Part 60 - 
Flight Training Device (FTD) Objective
Tests.
Attachment 3 to Appendix B to Part 60 - 
Flight Training Device (FTD) Subjective
Evaluation.
Attachment 4 to Appendix B to Part 60 - 
Sample Documents.
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1. INTRODUCTION
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a. This appendix contains background information as well as regulatory and informative material as described later in this section. To assist the reader in determining
what areas are required and what areas are
permissive, the text in this appendix is divided into two sections:  - QPS Requirements -  and  - Information. -  The QPS Requirements sections contain details regarding compliance with the part 60 rule language. These details are regulatory, but are
found only in this appendix. The Information
sections contain material that is advisory in
nature, and designed to give the user general
information about the regulation.
b. Questions regarding the contents of this
publication should be sent to the U.S. Department of Transportation, Federal Aviation Administration, Flight Standards Service, National Simulator Program Staff,
AFS-205, P.O. Box 20636, Atlanta, Georgia
30320. Telephone contact numbers for the
NSP are: Phone, 404-474-5620; fax, 404-474-
5656. The NSP Internet Web site address is:
http://www.faa.gov/about/initiatives/nsp/.
On
this Web site you will find an NSP personnel
list with telephone and email contact information for each NSP staff member, a list of
qualified flight simulation devices, advisory
circulars (ACs), a description of the qualification process, NSP policy, and an NSP
 - In-Works -  section. Also linked from this
site are additional information sources,
handbook bulletins, frequently asked questions, a listing and text of the Federal Aviation Regulations, Flight Standards Inspector-s handbooks, and other FAA links.
c. The NSPM encourages the use of electronic media for all communication, including any record, report, request, test, or

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