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Regulation OTAR Part 125 - Complex General Aviation

EUROCAE ED-112A, Minimum Operational Performance Specifications (MOPS), or equivalent
documents.
Note 3: Specifications applicable to lightweight flight recorders may be found in EUROCAE ED-155,
Minimum Operational Performance Specification (MOPS), or equivalent documents.

Note 4: Parameters to be recorded are listed in Table 2.3-1 and 2.3-3 of Appendix 2.3 to ICAO
Annex 6 Part II (for aeroplanes), and Table A5-1 and A5-3 of Appendix 5 to Annex 6 Part III (for
helicopters).

(a) Where an aircraft is required to be equipped with flight recorder systems, the requirements may
be met singly or in combination, as follows:
(1) An aeroplane with MTOM exceeding 5,700 kg, required to be equipped with a FDR and
a CVR, may alternatively be equipped with two combination recorders (FDR/CVR).
(2) A multi-engined turbine-powered aeroplane with MTOM of 5,700 kg or less, required to
be equipped with a FDR and/or a CVR, may alternatively be equipped with one
combination recorder (FDR/CVR).
(3) Combination recorders (FDR/CVR) may be used to meet the flight recorder equipage
requirements for helicopters.
(b) A turbine-engined aeroplane with a seating configuration of more than 5 passenger seats and a
MTOM of 5,700 kg or less for which the first certificate of airworthiness for that individual
aeroplane, was issued on or after 1 January 2016 shall be equipped with:
(1) a Type II FDR; or
(2) a Class C AIR or AIRS capable of recording flight path and speed parameters
displayed to the pilot(s); or
(3) an ADRS capable of recording the essential parameters. (See Note 4 above, regarding
the parameters to be recorded.)
(c) An aeroplane for which the application for type certification is submitted to an ICAO Contracting
State on or after 1 January 2016 and which is required to be fitted with an FDR, shall record the
following parameters at a maximum recording interval of 0.125 seconds:
(1) Pilot input and/or control surface position – primary controls (pitch, roll, yaw).

Note 4: For aeroplanes with control systems in which movement of a control surface will back
drive the pilot’s control, “or” applies. For aeroplanes with control systems in which movement of
a control surface will not back drive the pilot’s control, “and” applies. In aeroplanes with
independent moveable surfaces, each surface needs to be recorded separately. In aeroplanes
with independent pilot input on primary controls, each pilot input on primary controls needs to be
recorded separately.

Note 5: “The application for type certification is submitted to an ICAO Contracting State” refers to
the date of application of the original “Type certificate” for the aeroplane type, not the date of
certification of particular aeroplane variation or derivative models.

(d) An aeroplane with MTOM exceeding 5,700 kg for which the first certificate of airworthiness, for
that individual aeroplane, was issued after 1 January 2005 shall be equipped with a Type IA
FDR.
(e) Flight data recorders - aeroplanes for which the first certificate of airworthiness, for that
individual aeroplane, was issued on or after 1 January 1989:
(1) An aeroplane with MTOM exceeding 27,000 kg shall be equipped with a Type I FDR.
(2) An aeroplane with MTOM exceeding 5,700 kg, up to and including 27,000 kg, shall be
equipped with a Type II FDR.
(f) A helicopter with MTOM exceeding 3,180 kg for which the first certificate of airworthiness, for
that individual helicopter, was issued on or after 1 January 2016 shall be equipped with a Type
IVA FDR.
(g) Flight data recorders - helicopters for which the first certificate of airworthiness, for that
individual helicopter, was issued on or after 1 January 1989:
(1) A helicopter with MTOM exceeding 7,000 kg, or with a maximum approved passenger
seating configuration of more than 19 shall be equipped with a Type IV FDR.
(2) A helicopter with MTOM exceeding 3,180 kg, up to and including 7,000 kg, shall be
equipped with a Type V FDR.
(h) Types I and IA FDRs shall record the parameters required to determine accurately the
aeroplane flight path, speed, attitude, engine power, configuration and operation.
(i) Types II and IIA FDRs shall record the parameters required to determine accurately the
aeroplane flight path, speed, attitude, engine power and configuration of lift and drag devices.
(j) A Type IV FDR shall record the parameters required to determine accurately the helicopter flight
path, speed, attitude, engine power and operation.
(k) A Type IVA FDR shall record the parameters required to determine accurately the helicopter
flight path, speed, attitude, engine power, operation and configuration.
(l) A Type V FDR shall record the parameters required to determine accurately the helicopter flight
path, speed, attitude and engine power.
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