WTO notification · TBT
United StatesAdopted, according to its latest notice
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25-Hour Cockpit Voice Recorder (CVR) Requirement, New Aircraft Production
The United States issued a correction on 11 May 2026 to the earlier TBT notification G/TBT/N/USA/2075. The measure was first notified on 5 December 2023. The comment period closed on 2 February 2024.
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Cockpit voice recorders; On-board equipment and instruments
Notice of proposed rulemaking - This rulemaking would increase the recording time of cockpit voice recorders from the mandated 2 hours to a proposed 25-hour recording time for all future manufactured aircraft. This rulemaking would provide accident investigators, aircraft operators, and civil aviation authorities with substantially more cockpit voice recorder data to help find the probable causes of incidents and accidents, prevent future incidents and accidents, and make the FAA's regulations more consistent with existing international requirements.
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CorrigendumG/TBT/N/USA/2075/Add.1/Corr.1
25-Hour Cockpit Voice Recorder (CVR) Requirement, New Aircraft Production; Correction Amendment
On 2 February 2026, the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) published a final rule titled ''25-Hour Cockpit Voice Recorder (CVR) Requirement, New Aircraft Production.'' (notified as G/TBT/N/USA/2075/Add.1) That final rule contained typographical, grammatical, and formatting errors in three sections of Title 14 of the Code of Federal Regulations. This document corrects those errors in the final regulations. Effective 8 May 2026. 91 Federal Register (FR) 25108, 8 May 2026; Title 14 Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) Parts 91, 125, and 135: This action and previous actions notified under the symbol G/TBT/N/USA/2075 are identified by Docket Number FAA-2023-2270. The Docket Folder is available on Regulations.gov at and provides access to primary documents as well as comments received. Documents are also accessible from Regulations.gov by searching the Docket Number.
AddendumG/TBT/N/USA/2075/Add.1
25-Hour Cockpit Voice Recorder (CVR) Requirement, New Aircraft Production
This final rule increases the recording time of cockpit voice recorders (CVRs) from the currently mandated 2 hours to 25 hours for all affected future manufactured aircraft. This action provides accident investigators, aircraft operators, and civil aviation authorities with substantially more CVR data to help determine the probable causes of incidents and accidents and prevent future incidents and accidents. The action will also align the Federal Aviation Administration's (FAA) regulations more closely with existing international requirements. 91 Federal Register (FR) 4447, 2 February 2026; Title 14 Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) Parts 91, 121, 125, and 135: FAA is establishing three compliance timeframes for certain aircraft and operators in response to the 2024 FAA Reauthorization Act ('Act') and comments received on the associated notice of proposed rulemaking (G/TBT/N/USA/2075) with this final rule. First, per the Act, covered aircraft manufactured one year or more after the enactment of the Act, or 16 May 2025, and operating under 14 CFR part 121 or transport category aircraft designed for operations by an air carrier or foreign air carrier type-certificated with 30 or more passenger seats must be equipped with a CVR capable of recording 25 hours of information. Second, aircraft required to be equipped with a CVR, operating under parts 91, 125, or 135 with a Maximum Certificated Takeoff Weight (MCTOW) of 59,525lbs./27,000 kg with 29 or fewer passenger seats are…
Regular notificationG/TBT/N/USA/2075
Comment deadline: Closed on 2 February 2024
25-Hour Cockpit Voice Recorder (CVR) Requirement, New Aircraft Production
Notice of proposed rulemaking - This rulemaking would increase the recording time of cockpit voice recorders from the mandated 2 hours to a proposed 25-hour recording time for all future manufactured aircraft. This rulemaking would provide accident investigators, aircraft operators, and civil aviation authorities with substantially more cockpit voice recorder data to help find the probable causes of incidents and accidents, prevent future incidents and accidents, and make the FAA's regulations more consistent with existing international requirements.
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