1AD/GENERAL/53 - Flight Data Recorder Underwater Locating Device - Installation

COMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA (Civil Aviation Regulations 1998), PART 39 - 105 CIVIL AVIATION SAFETY AUTHORITY

SCHEDULE OF AIRWORTHINESS DIRECTIVES

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Aircraft - General

AD/GENERAL/53 Flight Data Recorder Underwater

Locating Device - Installation

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Applicability: All aircraft with a maximum take-off weight in excess of 5700 kg which are either turbine powered or of a type first certificated in their country of origin on or after 1st January 1965 and which are fitted with an approved flight data recorder.

Requirement: Install an approved underwater locating device on the flight data recorder in such a manner that it is not likely to be separated during crash impact.

Note: Acceptable performance standards for an underwater locating device are described in Advisory Circular AC No. 21-10 “Flight Recorder Underwater Locating Device” issued by the Federal Aviation Administration of the United States of America.

Compliance: Before 1 January 1979.