Code of Federal Regulations - Title 14

Federal Aviation Administration, DOT

Pt. 60, App. A

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e. Other certificate holders or persons de-

siring to use an FFS may contract with FFS
sponsors to use FFSs previously qualified at
a particular level for an airplane type and
approved for use within an FAA-approved
flight training program. Such FFSs are not
required to undergo an additional qualifica-
tion process, except as described in § 60.16.

f. Each FFS user must obtain approval

from the appropriate TPAA to use any FFS
in an FAA-approved flight training program.

g. The intent of the requirement listed in

§ 60.17(b), for each FFS to have a SOQ within
6 years, is to have the availability of that
statement (including the configuration list
and the limitations to authorizations) to
provide a complete picture of the FFS inven-
tory regulated by the FAA. The issuance of
the statement will not require any addi-
tional evaluation or require any adjustment
to the evaluation basis for the FFS.

h. Downgrading of an FFS is a permanent

change in qualification level and will neces-
sitate the issuance of a revised SOQ to re-
flect the revised qualification level, as ap-
propriate. If a temporary restriction is
placed on an FFS because of a missing, mal-
functioning, or inoperative component or on-
going repairs, the restriction is not a perma-
nent change in qualification level. Instead,
the restriction is temporary and is removed
when the reason for the restriction has been
resolved.

i. The NSPM will determine the evaluation

criteria for an FFS that has been removed
from active status. The criteria will be based
on the number of continuing qualification
evaluations and quarterly inspections missed
during the period of inactivity. For example,
if the FFS were out of service for a 1 year pe-
riod, it would be necessary to complete the
entire QTG, since all of the quarterly evalua-
tions would have been missed. The NSPM
will also consider how the FFS was stored,
whether parts were removed from the FFS
and whether the FFS was disassembled.

j. The FFS will normally be requalified

using the FAA-approved MQTG and the cri-
teria that was in effect prior to its removal
from qualification. However, inactive periods
of 2 years or more will require requalifica-
tion under the standards in effect and cur-
rent at the time of requalification.

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a. The sponsor must conduct a minimum of

four evenly spaced inspections throughout

the year. The objective test sequence and
content of each inspection must be developed
by the sponsor and must be acceptable to the
NSPM.

b. The description of the functional pre-

flight check must be contained in the spon-
sor’s QMS.

c. Record ‘‘functional preflight’’ in the

FFS discrepancy log book or other accept-
able location, including any item found to be
missing, malfunctioning, or inoperative.

d. During the continuing qualification

evaluation conducted by the NSPM, the
sponsor must also provide a person knowl-
edgeable about the operation of the aircraft
and the operation of the FFS.

e. The NSPM will conduct continuing qual-

ification evaluations every 12 months unless:

(1) The NSPM becomes aware of discrep-

ancies or performance problems with the de-
vice that warrants more frequent evalua-
tions; or

(2) The sponsor implements a QMS that

justifies less frequent evaluations. However,
in no case shall the frequency of a con-
tinuing qualification evaluation exceed 36
months.

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f. The sponsor’s test sequence and the con-

tent of each quarterly inspection required in
§ 60.19(a)(1) should include a balance and a
mix from the objective test requirement
areas listed as follows:

(1) Performance.
(2) Handling qualities.
(3) Motion system (where appropriate).
(4) Visual system (where appropriate).
(5) Sound system (where appropriate).
(6) Other FFS systems.
g. If the NSP evaluator plans to accom-

plish specific tests during a normal con-
tinuing qualification evaluation that re-
quires the use of special equipment or tech-
nicians, the sponsor will be notified as far in
advance of the evaluation as practical; but
not less than 72 hours. Examples of such
tests include latencies, control dynamics,
sounds and vibrations, motion, and/or some
visual system tests.

h. The continuing qualification evalua-

tions, described in § 60.19(b), will normally re-
quire 4 hours of FFS time. However, flexi-
bility is necessary to address abnormal situ-
ations or situations involving aircraft with
additional levels of complexity (e.g., com-
puter controlled aircraft). The sponsor
should anticipate that some tests may re-
quire additional time. The continuing quali-
fication evaluations will consist of the fol-
lowing:

(1) Review of the results of the quarterly

inspections conducted by the sponsor since

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