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14 CFR Ch. I (1–1–14 Edition) 

§ 60.16 

(iii) The evaluation is conducted 

within 24 months following the publica-
tion of the change to the existing 
standard or publication of the new 
standard. 

(2) This notification must include a 

description of the FSTD; the antici-
pated qualification level of the FSTD; 
the make, model, and series of aircraft 
simulated; and any other pertinent in-
formation. 

(3) Any tests, tolerances, or other re-

quirements that are current at the 
time of the evaluation may be used 
during the initial evaluation, at the re-
quest of the sponsor, if the sponsor pro-
vides acceptable updates to the re-
quired qualification test guide. 

(4) The standards used for the evalua-

tion for initial qualification will be 
used for all subsequent evaluations of 
the FSTD. 

(d) The pilot(s) who contributes to 

the confirmation statement required 
by paragraph (b) of this section must— 

(1) Be designated by the sponsor; and 
(2) Be qualified in— 
(i) The aircraft or set of aircraft 

being simulated; or 

(ii) For aircraft not yet issued a type 

certificate, or aircraft not previously 
operated by the sponsor or not having 
previous FAA-approved training pro-
grams conducted by the sponsor, an 
aircraft similar in size and configura-
tion. 

(e) The subjective tests that form the 

basis for the statements described in 
paragraph (b) of this section and the 
objective tests referenced in paragraph 
(f) of this section must be accom-
plished at the sponsor’s training facil-
ity, except as provided for in the appli-
cable QPS. 

(f) The person seeking to qualify the 

FSTD must provide the NSPM access 
to the FSTD for the length of time nec-
essary for the NSPM to complete the 
required evaluation of the FSTD for 
initial qualification, which includes 
the conduct and evaluation of objective 
and subjective tests, including general 
FSTD requirements, as described in the 
applicable QPS, to determine that the 
FSTD meets the standards in that 
QPS. 

(g) When the FSTD passes an evalua-

tion for initial qualification, the NSPM 

issues a Statement of Qualification 
that includes all of the following: 

(1) Identification of the sponsor. 
(2) Identification of the make, model, 

and series of the aircraft or set of air-
craft being simulated. 

(3) Identification of the configuration 

of the aircraft or set of aircraft being 
simulated (

e.g., engine model or mod-

els, flight instruments, or navigation 
or other systems). 

(4) A statement that the FSTD is 

qualified as either a full flight simu-
lator or a flight training device. 

(5) Identification of the qualification 

level of the FSTD. 

(6) A statement that (with the excep-

tion of the noted exclusions for which 
the FSTD has not been subjectively 
tested by the sponsor or the NSPM and 
for which qualification is not sought) 
the qualification of the FSTD includes 
the tasks set out in the applicable QPS 
appendix relevant to the qualification 
level of the FSTD. 

(h) After the NSPM completes the 

evaluation for initial qualification, the 
sponsor must update the Qualification 
Test Guide (QTG), with the results of 
the FAA-witnessed tests together with 
the results of all the objective tests de-
scribed in the applicable QPS. 

(i) Upon issuance of the Statement of 

Qualification the updated QTG be-
comes the Master Qualification Test 
Guide (MQTG). The MQTG must be 
made available to the NSPM upon re-
quest. 

§ 60.16

Additional qualifications for a 

currently qualified FSTD. 

(a) A currently qualified FSTD is re-

quired to undergo an additional quali-
fication process if a user intends to use 
the FSTD for meeting training, evalua-
tion, or flight experience requirements 
of this chapter beyond the qualifica-
tion issued for that FSTD. This process 
consists of the following: 

(1) The sponsor: 
(i) Must submit to the NSPM all 

modifications to the MQTG that are re-
quired to support the additional quali-
fication. 

(ii) Must describe to the NSPM all 

modifications to the FSTD that are re-
quired to support the additional quali-
fication. 

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