Issued: 11-JAN-1999 | To: FAA | A-99-3 |
REQUIRE, ON AN EXPEDITED BASIS, AN INSPECTION OF ALL MD-11 AIRPLANES FOR DISCREPANCIES OF WIRING IN AND AROUND THE COCKPIT OVERHEAD CIRCUIT BREAKER PANEL (INCLUDING THE AREA JUST AFT OF THE TUB ENCLOSURE) AND THE AVIONICS CIRCUIT BREAKER PANEL. THE INSPECTION SHOULD INCLUDE EXAMINATIONS FOR LOOSE WIRE CONNECTIONS, INCONSISTENT WIRE ROUTINGS, BROKEN BONDING WIRES, SMALL WIRE BEND RADII, AND CHAFED AND CRACKED WIRE INSULATION. (Closed - Acceptable Action) |
Issued: 09-MAR-1999 | To: FAA | A-99-16 |
Require retrofit after January 1, 2005, of all cockpit voice recorders (CVRs) on all airplanes required to carry both a CVR and a flight data recorder (FDR) with a CVR that (a) meets technical standard order (TSO) c123a, (b) is capable of recording the last 2 hours of audio, and (c) is fitted with an independent power source that is located with the digital CVR and that automatically engages and provides 10 minutes of operation whenever aircraft power to the recorder ceases, either by normal shutdown or by a loss of power to the bus. (Closed - Acceptable Alternate Action) |
Issued: 09-MAR-1999 | To: FAA | A-99-17 |
Require all aircraft manufactured after January 1, 2003, that must carry both a cockpit voice recorder (CVR) and a digital flight data recorder (DFDR) to be equipped with two combination (CVR/DFDR) recording systems. One system should be located as close to the cockpit as practicable and the other as far aft as practicable. Both recording systems should be capable of recording all mandatory data parameters covering the previous 25 hours of operation and all cockpit audio including controller-pilot data link messages for the previous 2 hours of operation. The system located near the cockpit should be provided with an independent power source that is located with the combination recorder, and that automatically engages and provides 10 minutes of operation whenever normal aircraft power ceases, either by normal shutdown or by a loss of power to the bus. The aft system should be powered by the bus that provides the maximum reliability for operation without jeopardizing service to essential or emergency loads, whereas the system near the cockpit should be powered by the bus that provides the second highest reliability for operation without jeopardizing service to essential or emergency loads. (Closed - Unacceptable Action) |
Issued: 09-MAR-1999 | To: FAA | A-99-18 |
Amend title 14 Code of Federal Regulations parts 25.1457 (cockpit voice recorders) and 25.1459 (flight data recorders) to require that CVRs, FDRs, and redundant combination flight recorders be powered from separate generator buses with the highest reliability. (Closed - Acceptable Action) |
Issued: 28-SEP-1999 | To: MD11 | AD 99-20-08 |
This amendment adopts a new airworthiness directive (AD), applicable to all McDonnell Douglas Model MD-11 series airplanes. This action prohibits installation of a certain In-flight Entertainment Network system. This amendment is prompted by the results of a special certification review of the in-flight entertainment system installed on a Model MD 11 series airplane that was involved in a recent accident. The actions specified in this AD are intended to prevent possible confusion as the flightcrew performs their duties in response to a smoke/fumes emergency, which could impair their ability to correctly identify the source of the smoke/fumes and subsequently affect the continued safe flight and landing of the airplane. |
Issued: 26-MAY-2000 | To: MD11 | AD 2000-11-02 |
This amendment adopts a new airworthiness directive (AD), applicable to certain McDonnell Douglas Model DC-10-10F, DC-10-15, DC-10-30, DC-10-30F, and DC-10-40 series airplanes, and Model MD-11 and -11F series airplanes, that requires a determination be made of whether, and at what locations, metallized polyethyleneteraphthalate (MPET) insulation blankets are installed, and replacement of MPET insulation blankets with new insulation blankets. This amendment is prompted by reports of in-flight and ground fires on certain airplanes manufactured with insulation blankets covered with MPET, which may contribute to the spread of a fire when ignition occurs from small ignition sources such as electrical arcing or sparking. The actions specified by this AD are intended to ensure that insulation blankets constructed of MPET are removed from the fuselage. Such insulation blankets could propagate a small fire that is the result of an otherwise harmless electrical arc and could lead to a much larger fire. |
Issued: 27-MAR-2003 | To: | A00-16 |
Appropriate regulatory authorities, in conjunction with the aviation community, review the adequacy of in-flight firefighting as a whole, to ensure that aircraft crews are provided with a system whose elements are complementary and optimized to provide the maximum probability of detecting and suppressing any in-flight fire. (Satisfactory in part) |
Issued: 27-MAR-2003 | To: | A00-17 |
Appropriate regulatory authorities, together with the aviation community, review the methodology for establishing designated fire zones within the pressurized portion of the aircraft, with a view to providing improved detection and suppression capability. (Satisfactory in part) |
Issued: 27-MAR-2003 | To: | A00-18 |
Appropriate regulatory authorities take action to ensure that industry standards reflect a philosophy that when odour/smoke from an unknown source appears in an aircraft, the most appropriate course of action is to prepare to land the aircraft expeditiously. (Fully satisfactory) |
Issued: 27-MAR-2003 | To: | A00-19 |
Appropriate regulatory authorities ensure that emergency checklist procedures for the condition of odour/smoke of unknown origin be designed so as to be completed in a timeframe that will minimize the possibility of an in-flight fire being ignited or sustained. (Satisfactory in part) |
Issued: 27-MAR-2003 | To: | A00-20 |
Appropriate regulatory authorities review current in-flight firefighting standards including procedures, training, equipment, and accessibility to spaces such as attic areas to ensure that aircraft crews are prepared to respond immediately, effectively and in a coordinated manner to any in flight fire. (Satisfactory in part) |
Issued: 27-MAR-2003 | To: | A01-02 |
For the pressurized portion of an aircraft, flammability standards for material used in the manufacture of any aeronautical product be revised, based on realistic ignition scenarios, to prevent the use of any material that sustains or propagates fire. (Fully satisfactory) |
Issued: 27-MAR-2003 | To: | A01-03 |
A certification test regime be mandated that evaluates aircraft electrical wire failure characteristics under realistic operating conditions and against specified performance criteria, with the goal of mitigating the risk of ignition. (Unable to Assess) |
Issued: 27-MAR-2003 | To: | A01-04 |
As a prerequisite to certification, all aircraft systems in the pressurized portion of an aircraft, including their sub-systems, components, and connections, be evaluated to ensure that those systems whose failure could exacerbate a fire in progress are designed to mitigate the risk of fire-induced failures. (Satisfactory in part) |
Issued: 27-MAR-2003 | To: | A03-01 |
Regulatory authorities quantify and mitigate the risks associated with in service thermal acoustic insulation materials that have failed the Radiant Panel Test. (Satisfactory in part) |
Issued: 27-MAR-2003 | To: | A03-02 |
Regulatory authorities develop a test regime that will effectively prevent the certification of any thermal acoustic insulation materials that, based on realistic ignition scenarios, would sustain or propagate a fire. (Satisfactory in part) |
Issued: 27-MAR-2003 | To: | A03-03 |
Regulatory authorities take action to ensure the accurate and consistent interpretation of the regulations governing material flammability requirements for aircraft materials so as to prevent the use of any material with inappropriate flammability characteristics. (Fully satisfactory) |
Issued: 27-MAR-2003 | To: | A03-04 |
Regulatory authorities require that every system installed through the STC process undergo a level of quantitative analysis to ensure that it is properly integrated with aircraft type-certified procedures, such as emergency load-shedding. (Satisfactory in part) |
Issued: 27-MAR-2003 | To: | A03-05 |
Regulatory authorities establish the requirements and industry standard for circuit breaker resetting. (Fully satisfactory) |
Issued: 27-MAR-2003 | To: | A03-06 |
Regulatory authorities, in concert with the aviation industry, take measures to enhance the quality and intelligibility of CVR recordings. (Satisfactory in part) |
Issued: 27-MAR-2003 | To: | A03-07 |
Regulatory authorities require, for all aircraft manufactured after 1 January 2007 which require an FDR, that in addition to the existing minimum mandatory parameter lists for FDRs, all optional flight data collected for non-mandatory programs such as FOQA/FDM, be recorded on the FDR. (Unsatisfactory) |
Issued: 27-MAR-2003 | To: | A03-08 |
Regulatory authorities develop harmonized requirements to fit aircraft with image recording systems that would include imaging within the cockpit. (Unsatisfactory) |
Issued: 27-MAR-2003 | To: | A03-09 |
Regulatory authorities harmonize international rules and processes for the protection of cockpit voice and image recordings used for safety investigations. (Fully satisfactory) |
Issued: 27-MAR-2003 | To: | A99-01 |
As of 01 January 2003, any CVR installed on an aircraft as a condition of that aircraft receiving an original certificate of airworthiness be required to have a recording capacity of at least two hours. (Fully satisfactory) |
Issued: 27-MAR-2003 | To: | A99-02 |
As of 01 January 2005, all aircraft that require both an FDR and a CVR be required to be fitted with a CVR having a recording capacity of at least two hours. (Unsatisfactory) |
Issued: 27-MAR-2003 | To: | A99-03 |
As of 01 January 2005, for all aircraft equipped with CVRs having a recording capacity of at least two hours, a dedicated independent power supply be required to be installed adjacent or integral to the CVR, to power the CVR and the cockpit area microphone for a period of 10 minutes whenever normal aircraft power sources to the CVR are interrupted. (Unsatisfactory) |
Issued: 27-MAR-2003 | To: | A99-04 |
Aircraft required to have two flight recorders be required to have those recorders powered from separate generator buses. (Fully satisfactory) |
Issued: 27-MAR-2003 | To: | A99-07 |
Regulatory authorities confirm that sufficient action is being taken, on an urgent basis, to reduce or eliminate the risk associated with the use of metallized PET-covered insulation blankets in aircraft. (Satisfactory in part) |
Issued: 27-MAR-2003 | To: | A99-08 |
On an urgent basis, regulatory authorities validate all thermal acoustical insulation materials in use, or intended for use, in applicable aircraft, against test criteria that are more rigorous than those in Appendix F of FAR 25.853, and similar regulations, and that are representative of actual in-service system performance. (Satisfactory in part) |