ETSO-2C124c

Flight Data Recorder Systems

1 Applicability

This ETSO provides the requirements that flight data recorder (FDR) systems that are designed and manufactured on or after the date of this ETSO must meet in order to be identified with the applicable ETSO marking.

2 Procedures

2.1 General

The applicable procedures are detailed in CS-ETSO, Subpart A.

2.2 Specific

All the information specified in EUROCAE ED-112A, Section 2-1, 2-1.3.4 excluding item 6, shall be documented in a manual and be made available to the accident investigation authorities on request. In addition, if special tools or recovery techniques are used to retrieve recorded information from any memory device used within the crash-protected memory module removed from a crash-damaged recorder, these tools/recovery techniques shall be also made available to the accident investigation authorities on request.

Note: Requests from accident investigation authorities can be independent of any ongoing investigation.

3 Technical Conditions

3.1 Basic

3.1.1 Minimum Performance Standard

The applicable standards are those provided in the applicable sections of EUROCAE ED-112A, MOPS for Crash Protected Airborne Recorder Systems, dated September 2013, that pertain to the FDR type, except Chapters II-1 and II-6, and Sections 2-1.1, 2-1.5, 2-1.6, 2-1.11, 2-1.12, 2-3.1, 2-5, 3, Annex II-A, Annex II-B, and other ED-112A requirements related to for aircraft-level equipment installation, flight testing, and aircraft maintenance as amended by Appendix 1 to this ETSO.

Table 1 lists FDR types and the ED-112A Section and Part containing the MPS for each type:

Table 1. Recorder MPS Requirements

Recorder Type	ED-112A Reference
Single-function FDR in a non-deployable recorder	Section 2 and Part II.
FDR function in a deployable recorder	Section 2 (except for tests covered by ETSO 2C517) and Part II. The recorder shall also comply with ETSO 2C517.
FDR function in a combined non-deployable recorder	Section 2, Section 4, and Part II.
FDR function in a combined deployable recorder	Section 2 (except for tests covered by ETSO 2C517), Section 4 and Part I. The recorder shall also comply with ETSO 2C517.

Note: An FDR article may cover multiple types. An FDR may be a combined FDR and may also be deployable, in which case the applicable MOPS are Sections 2, 4, Part I and the MOPS of ETSO 2C517, following the table above.

3.1.2 Environmental Standard

See CS-ETSO, Subpart A, paragraph 2.1.

3.1.3 Software

See CS-ETSO, Subpart A, paragraph 2.2.

3.1.4 Airborne Electronic Hardware

See CS-ETSO, Subpart A, paragraph 2.3.

3.2 Specific

3.2.1 Failure Condition Classification

See CS-ETSO, Subpart A, paragraph 2.3.

A failure of the function defined in paragraph 3.1.1 of this ETSO is a minor failure condition.

A loss of the function defined in paragraph 3.1.1 of this ETSO is a minor failure condition.

The applicant must develop the system to be at least the development assurance level that is commensurate with this failure condition.

Note: The failure classification requirement is driven by the use of FDRs in accident investigations.

4 Marking

4.1 General

See CS-ETSO, Subpart A, paragraph 1.2.

4.2 Specific

4.2.1 Lettering Identification

The equipment shall comply with the identification requirement in EUROCAE ED-112A, Section 2-1, paragraph 2-1.16.3, if it is fixed, and those of ETSO-2C517, if it is deployable.

5 Availability of Referenced Documents

See CS-ETSO, Subpart A, paragraph 3.

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