Section 135.153

14 CFR Ch. I (1-1-19 Edition)

(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, manufactured after August 18, 2000 - 
(1) The parameters listed in paragraphs (h)(1) through (h)(57) of this section must be recorded within the
ranges, accuracies, resolutions, and recording 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, accuracies, resolutions, and sampling intervals 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, accuracies, resolutions, and recording intervals specified in Appendix F of this
part.
(k) For aircraft manufactured before
August 18, 1997, the following aircraft
types need not comply with this section: Bell 212, Bell 214ST, Bell 412, Bell
412SP, Boeing Chinook (BV-234), Boeing/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 manufactured before April 7, 2010, must also
meet the requirements in Section 23.1459(a)(7),
Section 25.1459(a)(8), Section 27.1459(e), or Section 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
Section 23.1459(a)(3),
(a)(6),
and
(a)(7),
Section 25.1459(a)(3),
(a)(7),
and
(a)(8),
Section 27.1459(a)(3),
(a)(6),
and
(e),
or
Section 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]

Section 135.153

[Reserved]

Section 135.154 Terrain awareness and warning system.
(a) Airplanes manufactured after March
29, 2002:
(1) No person may operate a turbinepowered 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 include an approved terrain situational
awareness display.
(2) No person may operate a turbinepowered 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 turbinepowered airplane configured with 10 or
more passenger seats, excluding any
pilot seat, after March 29, 2005, 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 include an approved
terrain situational awareness display.
(2) No person may operate a turbinepowered 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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