Title: (Optional) Describe regulations related to cockpit voice and flight data recorders.
Course: Aircraft Pilot Training I (20053-I) > Section: Identifying Safety and Emergency Regulations

Description should include the following:

- No person may operate a multiengine, turbine-powered airplane having a passenger seat configuration of 10 to19 seats unless it is equipped with an approved cockpit voice recorder. This is required for
  - large four-engine turbine-powered planes
  - large four-engine pressurized planes
  - multiengine turbine-powered planes seating 10 or more passengers
  - multiengine turbine-powered rotorcraft seating 20 or more passengers
  - multiengine turbine-powered planes and rotorcraft seating six or more passengers and requiring two pilots.
- Relevant regulations include 14 CFR § 121.359 and 14 CFR § 125.227.

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Process/Skill Questions:

- Why are flight data recorders important?