NTSB Makes Recommendations to European Aviation Safety Agency.
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Press Release Summary:
NTSB made several recommendations, A-11-75 through A-11-78, to European Aviation Safety Agency. Among these, 2 address certification requirement amendments for aircraft requiring fuel additives: that limitations be highlighted by warning in airplane flight manual. Further suggestions deal with amending aircraft certification fuel placarding requirements so that aircraft requiring fuel additives have fuel filler placard noting limitation and referring to airplane flight manual.
Original Press Release:
NTSB Safety Recommendations A-11-75 through -78
The National Transportation Safety Board recommends that the European Aviation Safety Agency:
Amend certification requirements for aircraft requiring fuel additives, including fuel system icing inhibitors, so that those limitations are highlighted by a warning in the limitations section of the airplane flight manual. (A-11-75)
Require all existing certificated aircraft (both newly manufactured and in-service aircraft) that require fuel additives, including fuel system icing inhibitors, to have those limitations highlighted by a warning in the limitations section of the airplane flight manual. (A-11-76)
Amend aircraft certification fuel placarding requirements so that aircraft requiring fuel additives, including fuel system icing inhibitors, have a fuel filler placard that notes this limitation and refers to the airplane flight manual for specific information about the limitation. (A-11-77)
Require all existing certificated aircraft (both newly manufactured and in-service aircraft) that require fuel additives, including fuel system icing inhibitors, to have a fuel filler placard that notes this limitation and refers to the airplane flight manual for specific information about the limitation. (A-11-78)
http://www.ntsb.gov/doclib/recletters/2011/A-11-075-078.pdf
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