Simulator Technical Issues Group (STIG) Meeting Part 60 NPRM Questions from Industry August 20, 2014 Attended by (FAA): Larry McDonald, Jim Knezevich, and Scott Goccia Attended by (non

- FAA): Multiple STIG member organizations including representatives from several part 121 airlines, part 142 training centers, aircraft manufacturers, simulator manufacturers, and simulator data providers. The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) also had a staff member present. Meeting Summary: The Simulator Technical Issues Group (STIG) is a joint industry/FAA group of organizations that meet twice annually with representatives of the FAA National Simulator Program (NSP) to discuss technical and regulato ry topics concerning flight simulation training devices. The STIG group is organized by the industry group, Airlines for America (A4A) and has been meeting on a regular basis for many years. Due to the recently release of the part 60 NPRM, the STIG called a special meeting with its members to conduct a joint discussion and review of the NPRM. The STIG chairperson requested that the FAA attend the meeting for a short period of time to be available for questions from its members. The STIG chairperson was adv ised that the FAA was limited in what could be discussed due to the open comment period, but agreed to answer questions where we could. We agreed that any discussion had to limited to what information was available on the public docket, the FAA could not s peculate on what will be in the final rule, and that any comments/questions would have to also be submitted to the public docket for formal considerations in the final rule. The FAA representatives opened up the session by presenting an overview of the pr oposed rule (see attached power point slides). The floor was then opened up to questions by the STIG members. The FAA provided answers to questions that involved general clarification of the proposed rule requirements as well as the current part 60 rule re quirements. Most of the questions were addressed by direction to the either the appropriate sections of the NPRM or to the relevant ARC reports on the public docket. In areas where more in

- depth interpretation and clarification was required, the FAA reques ted that these questions and comments be submitted to the public docket for formal consideration.Presented to: By: Date: Federal Aviation Administration 

# Simulator Standards Update Part 60 NPRM

STIG Larry McDonald, AFS

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# **** Important Information ****

• Discussion must be limited to publicly available information in the NPRM and public docket

• Cannot speculate on what might be in the final rule

• Questions and comments must be submitted to the docket for formal consideration as part of the final rule

• A summary of this event will be written up and placed in the public docket

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# Overview

• Objectives of the Part 60 NPRM

• Applicability

• Stall Maneuver Evaluation

• Upset Recognition and Recovery Evaluation

• Engine and Airframe Icing Evaluation

• ICAO Alignment

• FSTD Directive #2

• Projected Compliance Period

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# Objectives for Rule Change

• Define new and updated simulator evaluation criteria for safety critical training maneuvers

– Addresses new training tasks required by P.L. 111

- 216 and Part 121 N&O

– Other safety recommendations (NTSB and ARC recommendations)



## • Partial alignment with ICAO 9625 Edition 3

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# A Note on Applicability

• Part 60 QPS Appendices

– Generally applicable only for new FSTD qualifications

– Previously qualified FSTDs hold grandfather rights under § 60.17

– Part 60 grace period can allow up to 24 months before new FSTDs must meet standard



### • FSTD Directive #2

– Provision in § 60.23 to supersede grandfather rights for “safety of flight” issues

– Proposed requirements are a subset of those for new FSTDs

– Three year compliance period for FSTDs used to conduct affected training tasks.

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# Stall Maneuver Evaluation (Appendix A)

• Table A1A (General Requirements)

o 2.1.7.S

- High angle of attack



### • Table A1B (Table of Task vs FSTD Level)

o 3.b.2

- Qualified task



### • Table A2A (Objective Testing)

o 2.a.10

- Stick pusher force test
o 2.c.8.b

- Stall characteristics test
o 3.f.8

- Stall buffet tests



### • Table A3A (Functions and Subjective Testing)

o 5.b.1.b (High angle of attack)



### • Attachment 7 (additional requirements and information)

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# UPRT Evaluation (Appendix A)

• Table A1A (General Requirements)

o 2.1.6.S

– Upset recognition and recovery



## • Table A1B (Table of Task vs FSTD Level)

o 3.f.

- Qualified task



## • Table A3A (Functions and Subjective Testing)

o 5.b.15

– Upset recognition and recovery



## o Attachment 7 (additional requirements and information)

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# Engine and Airframe Icing Evaluation (Appendix A)

• Table A1A (General Requirements)

o 2.1.5.S

– Engine and Airframe Icing



## • Table A2A (Objective Testing)

o 2.i.

– Icing Effects Demonstration Test



## • Attachment 7 (Additional requirements and information)

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# Other Requirements (Appendix A)

• Table A1A (General Requirements)

o 3.1.S

– Ground reaction modeling for bounced landing

o 3.1.S

– Ground handling characteristics for gusting crosswind

o 11.4.R

– Gusting crosswind profiles



### • Table A3A (Functions and Subjective Testing)

o 3.a.3

– Takeoff with gusting crosswind

o 8.d.

– Approach and landing with gusting crosswind

o 9.3.

– Missed Approach, b ounced landing

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# ICAO 9625 Alignment

• Appendix A: Rewrote Tables A1A, A2A, A3A, A3B, and A3D to incorporate the Type VII standards into Level C and Level D where appropriate. No significant changes to Level A and Level B standards.

• Appendix B: Rewrote all tables to create a Level 7 FTD that is consistent with the ICAO Type V device and the part 60 Level 7 helicopter FTD.

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# Notable Changes Due to ICAO 9625 Alignment

• Allowance for electronically displayed representations of cockpit instrumentation

• Visual system FOV (200x40 degrees)

• Visual lightpoint brightness

• Visual resolution (both vertical and horizontal axis)

• LCoS /LCD visual display testing (consistent with the current NSP guidance bulletin)

• Transport delay testing (150 ms to 100 ms )

• Objective motion cueing tests

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# FSTD Directive #2

• Retroactive requirements are a subset of the proposed QPS requirements:

– Stall

– UPRT

– Engine and airframe i cing

– Bounced l anding recovery

– Takeoff and landing in gusting crosswind

• Some cost relieving provisions have been proposed for previously qualified devices

– SME pilot assessment of objective test cases

– Use of engineering simulation data

– Additional stall buffet tests not required (subjective assessment)

• Only FSTDs used to accomplish the above training tasks will require modification/evaluation.

• Proposed three year compliance period

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# Estimated Timeline

• Close of Comment Period: October 2014

• Final Rule: 16 months from the close of comment period (maximum statutory requirement)

• Proposed FSTD Directive #2 Compliance Date: 3 years from the date of final rule

• Part 121 Compliance Date: March 12, 2019

– March 12, 2020

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# Questions?

Larry McDonald 404
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- 5642 larry.e.mcdonald@faa.gov

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