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14 CFR Ch. I (1–1–19 Edition) 

§ 135.153 

(87) Ground spoiler position and speed 

brake selection; and 

(88) All cockpit flight control input 

forces (control wheel, control column, 
rudder pedal). 

(i) For all turbine-engine powered 

airplanes with a seating configuration, 
excluding any required crewmember 
seat, of 10 to 30 passenger seats, manu-
factured after August 18, 2000— 

(1) The parameters listed in para-

graphs (h)(1) through (h)(57) of this sec-
tion must be recorded within the 
ranges, accuracies, resolutions, and re-
cording intervals specified in Appendix 
F of this part. 

(2) Commensurate with the capacity 

of the recording system, all additional 
parameters for which information 
sources are installed and which are 
connected to the recording system 
must be recorded within the ranges, ac-
curacies, resolutions, and sampling in-
tervals specified in Appendix F of this 
part. 

(j) For all turbine-engine-powered 

airplanes with a seating configuration, 
excluding any required crewmember 
seat, of 10 to 30 passenger seats, that 
are manufactured after August 19, 2002 
the parameters listed in paragraph 
(a)(1) through (a)(88) of this section 
must be recorded within the ranges, ac-
curacies, resolutions, and recording in-
tervals specified in Appendix F of this 
part. 

(k) For aircraft manufactured before 

August 18, 1997, the following aircraft 
types need not comply with this sec-
tion: Bell 212, Bell 214ST, Bell 412, Bell 
412SP, Boeing Chinook (BV–234), Boe-
ing/Kawasaki Vertol 107 (BV/KV–107– 
II), deHavilland DHC–6, Eurocopter 
Puma 330J, Sikorsky 58, Sikorsky 61N, 
Sikorsky 76A. 

(l) By April 7, 2012, all aircraft manu-

factured before April 7, 2010, must also 
meet the requirements in § 23.1459(a)(7), 
§ 25.1459(a)(8), § 27.1459(e), or § 29.1459(e) 
of this chapter, as applicable. 

(m) All aircraft manufactured on or 

after April 7, 2010, must have a flight 
data recorder installed that also— 

(1) Meets the requirements of 

§ 23.1459(a)(3), (a)(6), and (a)(7), 
§ 25.1459(a)(3), (a)(7), and (a)(8), 
§ 27.1459(a)(3), (a)(6), and (e), or 
§ 29.1459(a)(3), (a)(6), and (e) of this 
chapter, as applicable; and 

(2) Retains the 25 hours of recorded 

information required in paragraph (d) 
of this section using a recorder that 
meets the standards of TSO–C124a, or 
later revision. 

[Doc. No. 25530, 53 FR 26151, July 11, 1988, as 
amended by Amdt. 135–69, 62 FR 38396, July 
17, 1997; 62 FR 48135, Sept. 12, 1997; Amdt. 135– 
89, 68 FR 42939, July 18, 2003; Amdt. 135–113, 73 
FR 12570, Mar. 7, 2008; Amdt. 135–113, 74 FR 
32801, July 9, 2009] 

§ 135.153

[Reserved] 

§ 135.154

Terrain awareness and warn-

ing system. 

(a) 

Airplanes manufactured after March 

29, 2002: 

(1) No person may operate a turbine- 

powered airplane configured with 10 or 
more passenger seats, excluding any 
pilot seat, unless that airplane is 
equipped with an approved terrain 
awareness and warning system that 
meets the requirements for Class A 
equipment in Technical Standard Order 
(TSO)–C151. The airplane must also in-
clude an approved terrain situational 
awareness display. 

(2) No person may operate a turbine- 

powered airplane configured with 6 to 9 
passenger seats, excluding any pilot 
seat, unless that airplane is equipped 
with an approved terrain awareness 
and warning system that meets as a 
minimum the requirements for Class B 
equipment in Technical Standard Order 
(TSO)–C151. 

(b) 

Airplanes manufactured on or before 

March 29, 2002: 

(1) No person may operate a turbine- 

powered airplane configured with 10 or 
more passenger seats, excluding any 
pilot seat, after March 29, 2005, unless 
that airplane is equipped with an ap-
proved terrain awareness and warning 
system that meets the requirements 
for Class A equipment in Technical 
Standard Order (TSO)–C151. The air-
plane must also include an approved 
terrain situational awareness display. 

(2) No person may operate a turbine- 

powered airplane configured with 6 to 9 
passenger seats, excluding any pilot 
seat, after March 29, 2005, unless that 
airplane is equipped with an approved 
terrain awareness and warning system 

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