Appendix 2 APPENDIX 2. EXAMPLES OF TYPE B ELECTRONIC FLIGHT BAG (EFB)
APPLICATIONS REQUIRING PRINCIPAL INSPECTOR (PI) AUTHORIZATION
FOR USE
• Airplane Flight Manuals (AFM) (or Rotorcraft Flight Manuals (RFM)) and Airplane Flight Manual Supplement (AFMS).
• Flight Attendant (F/A) manuals that include flight operating procedures.
• Flight Operations Manuals (FOM), including emergency procedures.
• Company FOMs.
• Takeoff, en route, approach and landing, missed approach, go-around, etc., performance calculations. Data derived from algorithmic data or performance calculations based on software algorithms.
• Power settings for reduced thrust settings.
• Runway limiting performance calculations.
• Cost index modeling.
• Master flight plan/updating.
• Interactive plotting for Class II navigation.
• Mission rehearsals.
• Weight and Balance (W&B) calculations.
• Maintenance discrepancy signoff logs. (Maintenance discrepancy logs need to be downloaded into a permanent record at least weekly.)
• Cabin maintenance discrepancy reporting forms/location codes. (Maintenance discrepancy logs need to be downloaded into a permanent record at least weekly.)
• Non-interactive electronic approach charts in a precomposed format from accepted sources.
• Panning, zooming, scrolling, and rotation for approach charts.
• Precomposed or dynamic interactive electronic aeronautical charts (e.g., en route, area, approach, and airport charts) including, but not limited to, centering and page turning, but without display of airborne aircraft/own-ship position.
• Precomposed or dynamic interactive airport surface electronic aeronautical charts (e.g., airport moving maps) including, but not limited to, centering, page turning, and airport surface aircraft/own-ship position at speeds less than 40 knots (kts), but without display of airborne aircraft/own-ship position (i.e., not appropriate for: surface navigation, surface alerting, time-based operations, guidance, maneuvering, and control functions, etc.).
• Electronic checklists (ECL), including normal, abnormal, and emergency. Refer to the current edition of Advisory Circular (AC) 120-64, Operational Use and Modification of Electronic Checklists, for additional guidance. EFB ECLs cannot be interactive with other aircraft systems.
• Applications that make use of the Internet and/or other Aeronautical/Airline Operational Control (AOC) or company maintenance-specific data links to collect, process, and then disseminate data for uses such as spare parts and budget management, spares/inventory control, unscheduled maintenance scheduling, etc. (Maintenance discrepancy logs need to be downloaded into a permanent record at least weekly.)
• Weather and aeronautical data.
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• Aircraft cabin and exterior video surveillance displays.
Appendix 3 APPENDIX 3. RELATED READING MATERIALS
1. ADVISORY CIRCULARS (AC) (current editions). You can find ACs on the MyFAA employee Web site at https://employees.faa.gov. Operators and the public may find this information at http://www.faa.gov/regulations_policies/advisory_circulars.
• AC 00-62, Internet Communications of Aviation Weather and NOTAMs.
• AC 20-115, Radio Technical Commission for Aeronautics, Inc., Document RTCA/DO-178.
• AC 20-140, Guidelines for Design Approval of Aircraft Data Link Communication Systems Supporting Air Traffic Services (ATS).
• AC 20-159, Obtaining Design and Production Approval of Airport Moving Map Display Applications Intended for Electronic Flight Bag Systems.
• AC 20-173, Installation of Electronic Flight Bag Components.
• AC 21-40, Guide for Obtaining a Supplemental Type Certificate.
• AC 23.1309-1, System Safety Analysis and Assessment for Part 23 Airplanes.
• AC 23.1311-1, Installation of Electronic Display in Part 23 Airplanes.
• AC 25-11, Electronic Flight Deck Displays.
• AC 25-16, Electrical Fault and Fire Prevention and Protection.
• AC 25.1523-1, Minimum Flightcrew.
• AC 25.1581-1, Airplane Flight Manual.
• AC 91-78, Use of Class 1 or Class 2 Electronic Flight Bag (EFB).
• AC 91.21-1, Use of Portable Electronic Devices Aboard Aircraft.
• AC 120-64, Operational Use & Modification of Electronic Checklists.
• AC 120-71, Standard Operating Procedures for Flight Deck Crewmembers.
2. FAA ORDERS, POLICY STATEMENTS (PS), AND TECHNICAL STANDARD ORDERS (TSO) (current editions). You can find orders, policy statements, and TSOs on the MyFAA employee Web site at https://employees.faa.gov. Inspectors can access orders and notices through the Flight Standards Information Management System (FSIMS) at http://fsims.avs.faa.gov. Operators and the public may find this information at http://www.faa.gov/regulations_policies/orders_notices.
• Order 8110.4, Type Certification.
• Order 8150.1, Technical Standard Order Program.
• Order 8260.3, United States Standard for Terminal Instrument Procedures (TERPS).
• Order 8900.1, Flight Standards Information Management System (FSIMS).
• PS ANM100-01-03A, Factors to Consider when Reviewing an Applicant’s Proposed Human Factors Methods of Compliance for Flight Deck Certification.
• PS ANM111-1999-99-2, Guidance for Reviewing Certification Plans to Address Human Factors for Certification of Transport Airplane Flight Decks.
• TSO-C113, Airborne Multipurpose Electronic Displays.
• TSO-C165, Electronic Map Display Equipment for Graphical Depiction of Aircraft Position.
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3. INDUSTRY DOCUMENTS (current editions).
• RTCA/DO-160, Environmental Conditions and Test Procedures for Airborne Equipment.
• RTCA, Software Considerations in Airborne Systems and Equipment Certification.
• RTCA/DO-199, Potential Interference to Aircraft Electronic Equipment From Devices Carried Aboard.
• RTCA/DO-200, Standards for Processing Aeronautical Data.
• RTCA/DO-201, Standards for Aeronautical Information.
• RTCA/DO-208, Minimum Operational Performance Standards for Airborne Supplemental Navigation Equipment Using Global Positioning System (GPS).
• RTCA/DO-233, Portable Electronic Devices Carried Onboard Aircraft.
• RTCA/DO-242, Minimum Aviation System Performance Standards for Automatic Dependent Surveillance Broadcast (ADS-B).
• RTCA/DO-249, Development and Implementation Planning Guide for Automatic Dependent Surveillance Broadcast (ADS-B) Applications.
• RTCA/DO-254, Design Assurance Guidance for Airborne Electronic Hardware.
• RTCA/DO-255, Requirements Specification for Avionics Computer Resource (ACR).
• RTCA/DO-257, Minimum Operational Performance Standards for the Depiction of Navigational Information on Electronic Maps.
• RTCA, Minimum Operational Performance Standards for 1090 MHz Extended Squitter Automatic Dependent Surveillance-Broadcast (ADS-B) and Traffic Information Services-Broadcast (TIS-B).
• RTCA/DO-264, Guidelines for Approval of the Provision and Use of Air Traffic Services Supported by Data Communications.
• RTCA/DO-267, Minimum Aviation System Performance Standards (MASPS) for Flight Information Service-Broadcast (FIS-B) Data Link.
• RTCA/DO-272, User Requirements for Aerodrome Mapping Information.
• RTCA/DO-276, User Requirements for Terrain and Obstacle Data.
• RTCA/DO-282, Minimum Operational Performance Standards for Universal Access Transceiver (UAT) Automatic Dependent Surveillance-Broadcast.
• RTCA/DO-294, Guidance on Allowing Transmitting Portable Electronic Devices (T-PEDs) on Aircraft.
• RTCA/DO-311, Minimum Operational Performance Standards for Rechargeable Lithium Battery Systems.
• ARINC 424, Navigation System Data Base.
• ARINC 653, Avionics Application Software Standard Interface.
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• ARINC 653P1-3, Avionics Application Software Interface, Part 1, Required Services.
• ARINC 653P2-1, Avionics Application Software Standard Interface, Part 2 - Extended Services.
• ARINC 653P3, Avionics Application Software Standard Interface, Part 3, Conformity Test Specification.
• ARINC 660, CNS/ATM Avionics, Functional Allocation and Recommended Architectures.
• ARINC 661-4, Cockpit Display System Interfaces to User System.
• ARINC 828-3, Electronic Flight Bag (EFB) Standard Interface.
• ARINC 834-2, Aircraft Data Interface Function (ADIF).
• ARINC 840-1, Electronic Flight Bag (EFB) Application Control Interface (ACI) Standard.
• Aerospace Recommended Practice (ARP) 4754A, Guidelines for Development of Civil Aircraft and Systems.
• ARP4761, Guidelines and Methods for Conducting the Safety Assessment Process on Civil Airborne Systems and Equipment.
• ARP5289A, Electronic Aeronautical Symbols.
• ARP5621, Electronic Display of Aeronautical Information (Charts).
• UN ST/SG/AC.10/11/Rev.5, Recommendations on the Transport of Dangerous Goods-Manual of Tests and Criteria.
• UN ST/SG/AC.10/34/Add.2, Amendments to the Fourth Revised Edition of the Recommendations on the Transport of Dangerous Goods, Manual of Tests and Criteria.
• National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) Special Publication 800-30, Risk Management Guide for Information Technology Systems.
4. ADDITIONAL GUIDANCE.
• Human Factors Considerations in the Design and Evaluation of Electronic Flight Bags (EFBs), Version 2: Basic Functions, Chandra, Divya C., Mangold, Susan J., Riley, Vic, and Yeh, Michelle, DOT-VNTSC-FAA-03-07, September 2003.
• FAA and Industry Guide to Product Certification, September 2004.
• Human Factors for Flight Deck Certification Personnel, Final Report DOT/FAA/RD-93/5, July 1993. Available at:
http://www.hf.faa.gov/HFPortalNew/Search/DOCs/DOT-VNTSC-FAA-93-4.pdf.