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Regulation OTAR Part 125 - Complex General Aviation

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(1) FDRs shall be capable of retaining the information recorded during at least the last 25
hours of their operation; except
(2) Type IV, IVA and V FDRs shall be capable of retaining the information recorded during
at least the last 10 hours of their operation; and
(3) Type IIA FDRs shall be capable of retaining the information recorded during the last 30
minutes of their operation.
(n) The use of the following FDRs shall be discontinued:
(1) Engraving metal foil FDRs.
(2) Photographic film FDRs.
(3) Analogue FDRs using frequency modulation (FM).
(4) Magnetic tape FDRs by 1 January 2016.

OTAR.125.760 Flight recorders – cockpit voice recorder (CVR) and cockpit audio recording system (CARS)
(a) A turbine-engined aeroplane with MTOM exceeding 5,700 kg for which the application for type
certification is submitted to an ICAO Contracting State on or after 1 January 2016 and required to
be operated by more than one pilot shall be equipped with a CVR.
(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 and required to be operated by more than one
pilot shall be equipped with either a CVR or a CARS.
(c) Cockpit voice recorders – aeroplanes for which the first certificate of airworthiness, for that
individual aeroplane, was issued on or after 1 January 1987:
(1) An aeroplane with MTOM exceeding 27,000 kg shall be equipped with a CVR.
(2) An aeroplane with MTOM exceeding 5,700 kg, up to and including 27,000 kg, shall be
equipped with a CVR.
(d) Cockpit voice recorders – helicopters for which the first certificate of airworthiness, for that
individual helicopter, was issued on or after 1 January 1987:
(1) A helicopter with MTOM exceeding 7,000 kg shall be equipped with a CVR. For
helicopters not equipped with an FDR, at least main rotor speed shall be recorded on
the CVR.
(2) A helicopter with MTOM exceeding 3,180 kg shall be equipped with a CVR. For
helicopters not equipped with an FDR, at least main rotor speed shall be recorded on
the CVR.
(e) Cockpit voice recorders - helicopters for which the first certificate of airworthiness, for that
individual helicopter, was issued before 1 January 1987:
(1) A helicopter with MTOM exceeding 7,000 kg shall be equipped with a CVR. For
helicopters not equipped with an FDR, at least main rotor speed shall be recorded on
the CVR.
(f) All CVRs shall be capable of retaining the information recorded during at least the last 30
minutes of their operation; with the following exceptions:
(1) From 1 January 2016, all required CVRs shall be capable of retaining the information
recorded during at least the last two hours of their operation;
(2) An aeroplane for which the first certificate of airworthiness, for that individual
aeroplane, was issued on or after 1 January 1990, and that is required to be equipped
with a CVR, shall have a CVR capable of retaining the information recorded during at
least the last two hours of its operation; and
(3) A helicopter for which the first certificate of airworthiness, for that individual helicopter,
was issued on or after 1 January 1990, and that is required to be equipped with a CVR,
shall have a CVR capable of retaining the information recorded during at least the last
two hours of its operation
(4) All aeroplanes of a maximum certificated take-off mass of over 27 000 kg for which the
first certificate of airworthiness, for that individual aeroplane, was issued on or after 1
January 2021 shall be equipped with a CVR capable of retaining the information
recorded during at least the last 25 hours of its operation.
(g) The use of magnetic tape and wire CVRs shall be discontinued by 1 January 2016.
OTAR.125.765 Flight recorders – data link recorders
Note: Data link recorders performance requirements are as contained in the EUROCAE ED-112,
Minimum Operational Performance Specification (MOPS) for Crash Protected Airborne Recorder
Systems, or equivalent documents.
(a) An aeroplane for which the first certificate of airworthiness, for that individual aeroplane, was
issued on or after 1 January 2016, which utilizes any of the data link communications
applications listed in 5.1.2 of Appendix 2.3 to ICAO Annex 6 Part II and is required to carry a
CVR, shall record on a flight recorder the data link communications messages.
(b) An aeroplane which is modified on or after 1 January 2016 to install and utilize any of the data link
communications applications listed in 5.1.2 of Appendix 2.3 to ICAO Annex 6 Part II (aeroplanes)
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