Document ID: FAA-2013-0485-0057
Agency: faa
Document Type: Rule
Title: Revisions to Operational Requirements for the Use of Enhanced Flight Vision Systems (EFVS) and to Pilot Compartment View Requirements for Vision Systems; Correcting Amendment
Posted Date: 2018-01-31T05:00Z

[Federal Register Volume 83, Number 21 (Wednesday, January 31, 2018)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Pages 4420-4422]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: C1-2018-00225]

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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Aviation Administration

14 CFR Part 121

[Docket No.: FAA-2013-0485; Amdt. No. 121-376B]
RIN 2120-AJ94

Revisions to Operational Requirements for the Use of Enhanced 
Flight Vision Systems (EFVS) and to Pilot Compartment View Requirements 
for Vision Systems; Correcting Amendment

Correction

    In rule document 2018-00225 appearing on pages 1186-1188 in the 
issue of Wednesday, January 10, 2018, make the following correction:

Appendix F to Part 121

    On page 1187, beginning in the third column, Appendix F to Part 121 
should read as follows:

Appendix F to Part 121--Proficiency Check Requirements

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                                                                Required                                           Permitted
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                                                                                                                                              Waiver
               Maneuvers/Procedures                    Simulated                           Visual         Nonvisual                       Provisions of
                                                       Instrument        Inflight        Simulator        Simulator     Training Device        Sec.
                                                       Conditions                                                                           121.441(d)
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III. Instrument procedures:
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(a) Area departure and area arrival. During each                 B             ----             ----                B             ----               B*
 of these maneuvers the applicant must--
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(1) Adhere to actual or simulated ATC clearances              ----             ----             ----             ----             ----             ----
 (including assigned radials); and
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(2) Properly use available navigation facilities.             ----             ----             ----             ----             ----             ----
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Either area arrival or area departure, but not
 both, may be waived under Sec.   121.441(d).
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(b) Holding. This maneuver includes entering,                    B             ----             ----                B             ----                B
 maintaining, and leaving holding patterns. It may
 be performed in connection with either area
 departure or area arrival.
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(c) ILS and other instrument approaches. There
 must be the following:
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(1) At least one normal ILS approach.                            B             ----                B             ----             ----             ----
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(2) At least one manually controlled ILS approach                B             ----             ----             ----             ----             ----
 with a simulated failure of one powerplant. The
 simulated failure should occur before initiating
 the final approach course and must continue to
 touchdown or through the missed approach
 procedure.
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(3) At least one nonprecision approach procedure                 B             ----                B             ----             ----             ----
 that is representative of the non-precision
 approach procedures that the certificate holder
 is likely to use.
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(4) Demonstration of at least one nonprecision                   B             ----             ----             ----                B             ----
 approach procedure on a letdown aid other than
 the approach procedure performed under
 subparagraph (3) of this paragraph that the
 certificate holder is approved to use.
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(5) For each type of EFVS operation the                          B               B*
 certificate holder is authorized to conduct, at
 least one instrument approach must be made using
 an EFVS.
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Each instrument approach must be performed
 according to any procedures and limitations
 approved for the approach facility used. The
 instrument approach begins when the airplane is
 over the initial approach fix for the approach
 procedure being used (or turned over to the final
 approach controller in the case of a GCA
 approach) and ends when the airplane touches down
 on the runway or when transition to a missed
 approach configuration is completed. Instrument
 conditions need not be simulated below 100' above
 touchdown zone elevation.
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(d) Circling approaches. If the certificate holder            ----             ----               B*             ----             ----               B*
 is approved for circling minimums below 1000-3,
 at least one circling approach must be made under
 the following conditions.
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(1) The portion of the approach to the authorized                B             ----             ----             ----             ----             ----
 minimum circling approach altitude must be made
 under simulated instrument conditions.
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(2) The approach must be made to the authorized               ----             ----             ----             ----             ----             ----
 minimum circling approach attitude followed by a
 change in heading and the necessary maneuvering
 by visual reference to maintain a flight path
 that permits a normal landing on a runway at
 least 90[degrees] from the final approach course
 of the simulated instrument portion of the
 approach.
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(3) The circling approach must be performed                   ----             ----             ----             ----             ----             ----
 without excessive maneuvering, and without
 exceeding the normal operating limits of the
 airplane. The angle of bank should not exceed
 30[degrees]
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If local conditions beyond the control of the
 pilot prohibit the maneuver or prevent it from
 being performed as required, it may be waived as
 provided in Sec.   121.441(d): Provided, however,
 that the maneuver may not be waived under this
 provision for two successive proficiency checks.
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The circling approach maneuver is not required for
 a second-in-command if the certificate holder's
 manual prohibits a second-in-command from
 performing a circling approach in operations
 under this part.
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(e) Missed Approach                                           ----             ----             ----             ----             ----             ----
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(1) Each pilot must perform at least one missed               ----             ----               B*             ----             ----             ----
 approach from an ILS approach.
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(2) Each pilot in command must perform at least               ----             ----               P*             ----             ----             ----
 one additional missed approach.
A complete approved missed approach procedure must
 be accomplished at least once. At the discretion
 of the person conducting a check a simulated
 powerplant failure may be required during any of
 the missed approaches. These maneuvers may be
 performed either independently or in conjunction
 with maneuvers required under Sections III or V
 of this appendix. At least one missed approach
 must be performed in flight.
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[FR Doc. C1-2018-00225 Filed 1-30-18; 8:45 am]
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