Agency Information Collection Activities: Requests for Comments; Clearance of Reinstated Approval of Information Collection: Flight Simulation Device Initial and Continuing Qualification and Use, 50740 [2018-21885]

Agencies

• Federal Aviation Administration
• DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

[Federal Register Volume 83, Number 195 (Tuesday, October 9, 2018)]
[Notices]
[Page 50740]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2018-21885]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Aviation Administration


Agency Information Collection Activities: Requests for Comments; 
Clearance of Reinstated Approval of Information Collection: Flight 
Simulation Device Initial and Continuing Qualification and Use

AGENCY: Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), DOT.

ACTION: Notice and request for comments.

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SUMMARY: In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, FAA 
invites public comments about our intention to request the Office of 
Management and Budget (OMB) approval to renew an information 
collection. This request for clearance reflects requirements necessary 
under regulations to ensure safety-of-flight by ensuring that complete 
and adequate training, testing, checking, and experience is obtained 
and maintained by those who operate under regulation and use flight 
simulation in lieu of aircraft for these functions. The Federal 
Register Notice with a 60-day comment period soliciting comments on the 
following collection of information was published on November 30, 2017.

DATES: Written comments should be submitted by November 8, 2018.

ADDRESSES: Interested persons are invited to submit written comments on 
the proposed information collection to the Office of Information and 
Regulatory Affairs, Office of Management and Budget. Comments should be 
addressed to the attention of the Desk Officer, Department of 
Transportation/FAA, and sent via electronic mail to 
[email protected], or faxed to (202) 395-6974, or mailed to 
the Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs, Office of Management 
and Budget, Docket Library, Room 10102, 725 17th Street NW, Washington, 
DC 20503.
    Public Comments Invited: You are asked to comment on any aspect of 
this information collection, including (a) Whether the proposed 
collection of information is necessary for FAA's performance; (b) the 
accuracy of the estimated burden; (c) ways for FAA to enhance the 
quality, utility and clarity of the information collection; and (d) 
ways that the burden could be minimized without reducing the quality of 
the collected information. The agency will summarize and/or include 
your comments in the request for OMB's clearance of this information 
collection.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Barbara Hall by email at: 
[email protected]; phone: 940-594-5913.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 
    OMB Control Number: 2120-0680.
    Title: Flight Simulation Device Initial and Continuing 
Qualification and Use.
    Form Numbers: (Pending) Forms T001A, T002, T004, T011, T011-FD2, 
T012, T023, T024, T025.
    Type of Review: This is a reinstatement of an information 
collection.
    Background: This information collection requires sponsors of flight 
simulation training devices (FSTD) to systematically plan for and 
implement the requirements of part 60 and the associated Qualification 
Performance Standard (QPS). Sponsors have been sub-grouped into small, 
medium, and large based on the number of training centers. A sponsor 
will be guided through the administrative requirements by the local 
principal operations inspector or training center program manager and 
by representatives of the National Simulator Program staff regarding 
any FSTD for which the sponsor applicant seeks qualification.
    The FAA has determined this information collection is necessary to 
amend the Qualification Performance Standards for FSTDs for the primary 
purpose of improving existing technical standards and introducing new 
technical standards for full stall and stick pusher maneuvers, upset 
recognition and recovery maneuvers, maneuvers conducted in airborne 
icing conditions, takeoff and landing maneuvers in gusting crosswinds, 
and bounced landing recovery maneuvers. These new and improved 
technical standards are intended to fully define FSTD fidelity 
requirements for conducting new flight training tasks introduced 
through changes to the air carrier training requirements. This 
information collection also addresses updated FSTD technical standards 
to better align with the current international FSTD evaluation guidance 
and introduces a new FSTD level that expands the number of qualified 
flight training tasks in a fixed base flight training device. This 
information collection will help ensure that the training and testing 
environment is accurate and realistic, in accordance with regulations. 
The specific regulations are Title 14 CFR part 61, part 63, part 91, 
part 121, part 135, part 141, and part 142.
    Respondents: The estimate is based on a current sponsor count of 68 
that changes on a continuous basis.
    Frequency: Annual.
    Estimated Average Burden per Response: 44 minutes.
    Estimated Total Annual Burden: 93,385 hours.

     Issued in Fort Worth, TX, on September 4, 2018.
Barbara L. Hall,
FAA Information Collection Clearance Officer, Performance, Policy, and 
Records Management Branch, ASP-110.
[FR Doc. 2018-21885 Filed 10-5-18; 8:45 am]
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