ETSO-C123c CS-ETSO 13
ETSO-C123c CS-ETSO 13
ETSO-C123c CS-ETSO 13
Annex II
ETSO-C123c
Date: 21.2.2018
European
Aviation
Safety
Agency
European Technical Standard Order
Subject: Cockpit Voice Recorder Systems
1– Applicability
This ETSO provides the requirements that cockpit voice recorder (CVR) systems that are designed and
manufactured on or after the date of this ETSO must meet in order to be identified with the applicable
ETSO marking.
2- Procedures
2.1 - General
Applicable procedures are detailed in CS-ETSO, Subpart A.
2.2 - Specific
None
3- Technical Conditions
3.1 - Basic
3.1.1 - Minimum Performance Standard
Standards set forth in EUROCAE document ED-112A, MOPS for Crash Protected Airborne Recorder
Systems, dated September 2013, that pertain to the CVR type, except Chapters I-1 and I-6, and
Sections 2-1.1 , 2-1.5 , 2-1.6 , 2-1.11 , 2-1.12 , 2-3.1 , 2-5 , 3-1.1, 3-1.2, 3-1.3, 3-1.4, 3-1.5 , 3-1.7, Annex
I-A, Annex I-C, and other ED-112A requirements related to installation, flight testing, aircraft
maintenance
Table 1 lists CVR types and the ED-112A section and part containing the MPS for each type:
Table 1. CVR MPS Requirements
CVR Type ED-112A Reference
Single function CVR Section 2 and Part I
CVR function in a deployable recorder Section 2, Section 3 and Part I
CVR function in a combined recorder Section 2, Section 4, and Part I
Note: a CVR article may cover multiple types. A CVR may be a combined CVR and may also be
deployable, in which case the applicable MOPS are Sections 2, 3, 4 and Part I, following the table
above.
3.1.2 - Environmental Standard
See CS-ETSO, Subpart A, paragraph 2.1
3.1.3 - Software
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See CS-ETSO, Subpart A, paragraph 2.2
3.1.4 - Airborne Electronic Hardware
See CS-ETSO, Subpart A, paragraph 2.3.
3.2 - Specific
3.2.1 - Failure Condition Classification
See CS-ETSO, Subpart A, paragraph 2.4.
Failure of the function defined in paragraph 3.1.1 of this ETSO is a minor failure condition.
Loss of the function defined in paragraph 3.1.1 of this ETSO is a minor failure condition.
The applicant must develop the system to at least the development assurance level commensurate
with these failure conditions.
Note: The failure classification requirement is driven by the use of CVRs in accident investigations.
4- Marking
4.1 - General
Marking is detailed in CS-ETSO, Subpart A, paragraph 1.2
4.2 - Specific
4.2.1 - Lettering identification
The equipment shall comply with the identification requirement in EUROCAE ED-112A, Section 2-1,
paragraph 2-1.16.3.
5- Availability of Referenced Document
See CS-ETSO, Subpart A, paragraph 3.
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