![]() ![]() On October 28, 2014, AGC-200 received a request for an interpretation regarding the applicability of §135.151 to a requestor’s Beech 200 operated under Part 135. In the Swenson Memorandum, AGC-200 reasoned that the need for a cockpit voice recorder should not be based on the least common denominator of a sophisticated aircraft, i.e., the autopilot system. The 2012 interpretation by AGC-200 was a memorandum to Jack Swenson from Rebecca MacPherson of Febru(the “Swenson Memorandum”). The Cessna 525 is unique in that the Type Certificate Data Sheet specifies that the airplane requires two pilots or one pilot with a specified autopilot system. AGC-200 concluded that a Cessna 525 was required to have a CVR based upon its seating configuration and the Type Certificate Data Sheet requirement for two pilots. In responding to that interpretation, AGC-200 clarified the training requirements for the SIC, but also noted that CVR Rules have nothing to do with the weight of the aircraft. ![]() In 2012, AGC-200 received a request for an interpretation from the Technical Support Branch in the Central Region regarding the SIC Rules applicable to a Cessna 525 aircraft. On its face, §135.105 provides an exception to the rule found in §135.101. To be clear, when discussing a multiengine, turbine-powered airplane or rotorcraft having a passenger seating configuration of six or more, there are two reasons a cockpit voice recorder would be required, the first being if it is required by virtue of the Type Certificate Date Sheet, and the second if it is by virtue of an operating rule such as §135.101. §135.105(a) which provides:Įxcept as provided in §§135.99 and 135.119, unless two pilots are required by this chapter for operations under VFR, a person may operate an aircraft without a second-in-command, if it is equipped with an operative approved autopilot system and the use of that system as authorized by appropriate operation specifications. However, there is an exception to the operation rule requirement in the form of 14 C.F.R. §135.101, which addresses SIC requirements for operations under instrument flight rules and provides:Įxcept as provided in §135.105, no person may operate an aircraft carrying passengers under IFR unless there is a second-in-command in the aircraft.Ĭonsidering §135.151 and §135.101 in isolation, one would conclude that a cockpit voice recorder is generally required for multiengine, turbine-powered airplane or rotorcraft operations having a passenger seating configuration of six or more. No person may operate a multiengine, turbine-powered airplane or rotorcraft having a passenger seating configuration of six or more and for which two pilots are required by certification or operating rules unless it is equipped with an approved cockpit voice recorder…Ī cockpit voice recorder is required if two pilots are required for the aircraft on its type certificate data sheet (TCDS) or if required by an appropriate operating rule for a particular operation. ![]()
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