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§ 60.15
and handling qualities during evalua-
tion for qualification, the data made
available to the responsible Flight
Standards office (the validation data
package) must include the aircraft
manufacturer’s flight test data and all
relevant data developed after the type
certificate was issued (
e.g., data devel-
oped in response to an airworthiness
directive) if such data results from a
change in performance, handling quali-
ties, functions, or other characteristics
of the aircraft that must be considered
for flight crewmember training, eval-
uation, or for meeting experience re-
quirements of this chapter.
(b) The validation data package may
contain flight test data from a source
in addition to or independent of the
aircraft manufacturer’s data in support
of an FSTD qualification, but only if
this data is gathered and developed by
that source in accordance with flight
test methods, including a flight test
plan, as described in the applicable
QPS.
(c) The validation data package may
also contain predicted data, engineer-
ing simulation data, data from pilot
owner or pilot operating manuals, or
data from public domain sources, pro-
vided this data is acceptable to the re-
sponsible Flight Standards office. If
found acceptable the data may then be
used in particular applications for
FSTD qualification.
(d) Data or other material or ele-
ments must be submitted in a form and
manner acceptable to the responsible
Flight Standards office.
(e) The responsible Flight Standards
office may require additional objective
data, which may include flight testing
if necessary, if the validation data
package does not support FSTD quali-
fication requirements as described in
this part and the applicable QPS ap-
pendix.
(f) When an FSTD sponsor learns, or
is advised by an aircraft manufacturer
or other data provider, that an addi-
tion to, an amendment to, or a revision
of data that may relate to FSTD per-
formance or handling characteristics is
available, the sponsor must notify the
responsible Flight Standards office as
described in the applicable QPS.
[Docket No. FAA–2002–12461, 71 FR 63426, Oct.
30, 2006, as amended by Docket No. FAA–
2022–1355, Amdt. No. 60–7, 87 FR 75711, Dec. 9,
2022]
§ 60.14
Special equipment and per-
sonnel requirements for qualifica-
tion of the FSTD.
When notified by the responsible
Flight Standards office, the sponsor
must make available all special equip-
ment and qualified personnel needed to
accomplish or assist in the accomplish-
ment of tests during initial qualifica-
tion, continuing qualification, or spe-
cial evaluations.
[Docket No. FAA–2002–12461, 71 FR 63426, Oct.
30, 2006, as amended by Docket No. FAA–
2022–1355, Amdt. No. 60–7, 87 FR 75711, Dec. 9,
2022]
§ 60.15
Initial qualification require-
ments.
(a) For each FSTD, the sponsor must
submit a request to the responsible
Flight Standards office to evaluate the
FSTD for initial qualification at a spe-
cific level and simultaneously request
the Training Program Approval Au-
thority (TPAA) forward a concurring
letter to the responsible Flight Stand-
ards office. The request must be sub-
mitted in the form and manner de-
scribed in the applicable QPS.
(b) The management representative
described in § 60.9(c) must sign a state-
ment (electronic signature is accept-
able for electronic transmissions) after
confirming the following:
(1) The performance and handling
qualities of the FSTD represent those
of the aircraft or set of aircraft within
the normal operating envelope. This
determination must be made by a
pilot(s) meeting the requirements of
paragraph (d) of this section after hav-
ing flown all of the Operations Tasks
listed in the applicable QPS appendix
relevant to the qualification level of
the FSTD. Exceptions, if any, must be
noted. The name of the person(s) mak-
ing this determination must be avail-
able to the responsible Flight Stand-
ards office upon request.
(2) The FSTD systems and sub-sys-
tems (including the simulated aircraft
systems) functionally represent those
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§ 60.15
in the aircraft or set of aircraft. This
determination must be made by the
pilot(s) described in paragraph (b)(1) of
this section, or by a person(s) trained
on simulator systems/sub-systems and
trained on the operation of the simu-
lated aircraft systems, after having ex-
ercised the operation of the FSTD and
the pertinent functions available
through the Instructor Operating Sta-
tion(s). Exceptions, if any, must be
noted. The name of the person(s) mak-
ing this determination must be avail-
able to the responsible Flight Stand-
ards office upon request.
(3) The cockpit represents the con-
figuration of the specific type; or air-
craft make, model, and series aircraft
being simulated, as appropriate. This
determination must be made by the
pilot(s) described in paragraph (b)(1) of
this section, or by a person(s) trained
on the configuration and operation of
the aircraft simulated. Exceptions, if
any, must be noted. The name of the
person(s) making this determination
must be available to the responsible
Flight Standards office upon request.
(c) Except for those FSTDs pre-
viously qualified and described in
§ 60.17, each FSTD evaluated for initial
qualification must meet the standard
that is in effect at the time of the eval-
uation. However—
(1) If the FAA publishes a change to
the existing standard or publishes a
new standard for the evaluation for ini-
tial qualification, a sponsor may re-
quest that the responsible Flight
Standards office apply the standard
that was in effect when an FSTD was
ordered for delivery if the sponsor—
(i) Within 30 days of the publication
of the change to the existing standard
or publication of the new standard, no-
tifies the responsible Flight Standards
office that an FSTD has been ordered;
(ii) Within 90 days of the responsible
Flight Standards office notification de-
scribed in paragraph (c)(1)(i) of this
section, requests that the standard in
effect at the time the order was placed
be used for the evaluation for initial
qualification; and
(iii) The evaluation is conducted
within 24 months following the publica-
tion of the change to the existing
standard or publication of the new
standard.
(2) This notification must include a
description of the FSTD; the antici-
pated qualification level of the FSTD;
the make, model, and series of aircraft
simulated; and any other pertinent in-
formation.
(3) Any tests, tolerances, or other re-
quirements that are current at the
time of the evaluation may be used
during the initial evaluation, at the re-
quest of the sponsor, if the sponsor pro-
vides acceptable updates to the re-
quired qualification test guide.
(4) The standards used for the evalua-
tion for initial qualification will be
used for all subsequent evaluations of
the FSTD.
(5) An FSTD sponsor or FSTD manu-
facturer may submit a request to the
Administrator for approval of a devi-
ation from the QPS requirements as
defined in Appendix A through Appen-
dix D of this part.
(i) Requests for deviation must be
submitted in a form and manner ac-
ceptable to the Administrator and
must provide sufficient justification
that the deviation meets or exceeds the
testing requirements and tolerances as
specified in the part 60 QPS or will oth-
erwise not adversely affect the fidelity
and capability of the FSTDs evaluated
and qualified under the deviation.
(ii) The Administrator may consider
deviation from the minimum require-
ments tables, the objective testing ta-
bles, the functions and subjective test-
ing tables, and other supporting tables
and requirements in the part 60 QPS.
(iii) Deviations may be issued to an
FSTD manufacturer for the initial
qualification of multiple FSTDs, sub-
ject to terms and limitations as deter-
mined by Administrator. Approved de-
viations will become a part of the per-
manent qualification basis of the indi-
vidual FSTD and will be noted in the
FSTD’s Statement of Qualification.
(iv) If the FAA publishes a change to
the existing part 60 standards as de-
scribed in paragraph (c)(1) of this sec-
tion or issues an FSTD Directive as de-
scribed in § 60.23(b), which conflicts
with or supersedes an approved devi-
ation, the Administrator may termi-
nate or revise a grant of deviation au-
thority issued under this paragraph.
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§ 60.16
(d) The pilot(s) who contributes to
the confirmation statement required
by paragraph (b) of this section must—
(1) Be designated by the sponsor; and
(2) Be qualified in—
(i) The aircraft or set of aircraft
being simulated; or
(ii) For aircraft not yet issued a type
certificate, or aircraft not previously
operated by the sponsor or not having
previous FAA-approved training pro-
grams conducted by the sponsor, an
aircraft similar in size and configura-
tion.
(e) The subjective tests that form the
basis for the statements described in
paragraph (b) of this section and the
objective tests referenced in paragraph
(f) of this section must be accom-
plished at the sponsor’s training facil-
ity or other sponsor designated loca-
tion where training will take place, ex-
cept as provided for in the applicable
QPS.
(f) The person seeking to qualify the
FSTD must provide the responsible
Flight Standards office access to the
FSTD for the length of time necessary
for the responsible Flight Standards of-
fice to complete the required evalua-
tion of the FSTD for initial qualifica-
tion, which includes the conduct and
evaluation of objective and subjective
tests, including general FSTD require-
ments, as described in the applicable
QPS, to determine that the FSTD
meets the standards in that QPS.
(g) When the FSTD passes an evalua-
tion for initial qualification, the re-
sponsible Flight Standards office issues
a Statement of Qualification that in-
cludes all of the following:
(1) Identification of the sponsor.
(2) Identification of the make, model,
and series of the aircraft or set of air-
craft being simulated.
(3) Identification of the configuration
of the aircraft or set of aircraft being
simulated (
e.g., engine model or mod-
els, flight instruments, or navigation
or other systems).
(4) A statement that the FSTD is
qualified as either a full flight simu-
lator or a flight training device.
(5) Identification of the qualification
level of the FSTD.
(6) A statement that (with the excep-
tion of the noted exclusions for which
the FSTD has not been subjectively
tested by the sponsor or the respon-
sible Flight Standards office and for
which qualification is not sought) the
qualification of the FSTD includes the
tasks set out in the applicable QPS ap-
pendix relevant to the qualification
level of the FSTD.
(7) A statement referencing any devi-
ations that have been granted and in-
cluded in the permanent qualification
basis of the FSTD.
(h) After the responsible Flight
Standards office completes the evalua-
tion for initial qualification, the spon-
sor must update the Qualification Test
Guide (QTG), with the results of the
FAA-witnessed tests together with the
results of all the objective tests de-
scribed in the applicable QPS.
(i) Upon issuance of the Statement of
Qualification the updated QTG be-
comes the Master Qualification Test
Guide (MQTG). The MQTG must be
made available to the responsible
Flight Standards office upon request.
[Docket No. FAA–2002–12461, 71 FR 63426, Oct.
30, 2006, as amended by Docket FAA–2014–
0391, Amdt. 60–4, 81 FR 18217, Mar. 30, 2016;
Docket No. FAA–2022–1355, Amdt. No. 60–7, 87
FR 75711, Dec. 9, 2022]
§ 60.16
Additional qualifications for a
currently qualified FSTD.
(a) A currently qualified FSTD is re-
quired to undergo an additional quali-
fication process if a user intends to use
the FSTD for meeting training, evalua-
tion, or flight experience requirements
of this chapter beyond the qualifica-
tion issued for that FSTD. This process
consists of the following:
(1) The sponsor:
(i) Must submit to the responsible
Flight Standards office all modifica-
tions to the MQTG that are required to
support the additional qualification.
(ii) Must describe to the responsible
Flight Standards office all modifica-
tions to the FSTD that are required to
support the additional qualification.
(iii) Must submit to the responsible
Flight Standards office a confirmation
statement as described in § 60.15(c) that
a pilot, designated by the sponsor in
accordance with § 60.15(d), has subjec-
tively evaluated the FSTD in those
areas not previously evaluated.
(2) The FSTD must successfully pass
an evaluation—
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