Federal Aviation Administration, DOT

Section 60.23

(ii) A description of the corrective
action taken for each discrepancy, the
identity of the individual taking the
action, and the date that action is
taken is entered in the log.
(iii) The discrepancy log is kept in a
form and manner acceptable to the Administrator and is kept in or adjacent
to the FSTD. An electronic log that
may be accessed by an appropriate terminal or display in or adjacent to the
FSTD is satisfactory.

by the aircraft manufacturer, but no
later than two years after the issuance
of the interim qualification status, the
sponsor must apply for initial qualification in accordance with Section 60.15 based
on the final aircraft data package approved by the aircraft manufacturer,
unless the NSPM determines that specific conditions warrant otherwise.
(d) An FSTD with interim qualification may be modified only in accordance with Section 60.23.

[Docket No. FAA-2002-12461, 71 FR 63426, Oct.
30, 2006, as amended by Docket FAA-2014-
0391, Amdt. 60-4, 81 FR 18218, Mar. 30, 2016]

Section 60.23

Section 60.20 Logging FSTD discrepancies.
Each instructor, check airman, or
representative of the Administrator
conducting training, evaluation, or
flight experience, and each person conducting the preflight inspection who
discovers a discrepancy, including any
missing, malfunctioning, or inoperative components in the FSTD, must
write or cause to be written a description of that discrepancy into the discrepancy log at the end of the FSTD
preflight or FSTD use session.

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Modifications to FSTDs.

(a) Description of a modification. For
the purposes of this part, an FSTD is
said to have been modified when:
(1) Equipment or devices intended to
simulate aircraft appliances are added
to or removed from FSTD, which
change the Statement of Qualification
or the MQTG; or
(2) Changes are made to either software or hardware that are intended to
impact flight or ground dynamics;
changes are made that impact performance or handling characteristics of the
FSTD (including motion, visual, control loading, or sound systems for
those FSTD levels requiring sound
tests and measurements); or changes
are made to the MQTG. Changes to the
MQTG which do not affect required objective testing results or validation
data approved during the initial evaluation of the FSTD are not considered
modifications under this section.
(b) FSTD Directive. When the FAA determines that FSTD modification is
necessary for safety of flight reasons,
the sponsor of each affected FSTD
must ensure that the FSTD is modified
according to the FSTD Directive regardless of the original qualification
standards applicable to any specific
FSTD.
(c) Using the modified FSTD. The sponsor may not use, or allow the use of, or
offer the use of, the FSTD with the
proposed modification for flight crewmember training or evaluation or for
obtaining flight experience for the
flight crewmember to meet any requirement of this chapter unless:
(1) The sponsor has notified the
NSPM and the TPAA of their intent to
incorporate the proposed modification,
and one of the following has occurred;

Section 60.21 Interim qualification of FSTDs
for new aircraft types or models.
(a) A sponsor may apply for and the
NSPM may issue an interim qualification level for an FSTD for a new type
or model of aircraft, even though the
aircraft manufacturer-s aircraft data
package is preliminary, if the sponsor
provides the following to the satisfaction of the NSPM - 
(1) The aircraft manufacturer-s data,
which consists of at least predicted
data, validated by a limited set of
flight test data;
(2) The aircraft manufacturer-s description of the prediction methodology used to develop the predicted
data; and
(3) The QTG test results.
(b) An FSTD that has been issued interim qualification is deemed to have
been issued initial qualification unless
the NSPM rescinds the qualification.
Interim qualification terminates two
years after its issuance, unless the
NSPM determines that specific conditions warrant otherwise.
(c) Within twelve months of the release of the final aircraft data package

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