Avionics services provider Peregrine, in collaboration with Curtiss-Wright and SoCal Jets, has received validation from the civil aviation authority of Mexico (AFAC) to expand its approved model list (AML) for its supplemental type certificate covering cockpit voice recorders and flight data recorders.
The expanded STC covers additional legacy models including the Learjet 60, Hawker 400, and Cessna Citation 560, and is available now for installation. All equipment is ED-112A certified and includes an EASA (E)TSO-approved 25-hour CVR and (E)TSO-176a two-hour airborne image recorder.
The STCs are in response to the AFAC mandate requiring any U.S. or Mexican-registered Part 25 charter aircraft weighing more than 12,000 pounds operating and in Mexican airspace to have approved voice and data recorders.
“Under certain regulatory bodies, Class C recorders are allowed as a means for recording flight data where it is not practical or prohibitively expensive to record on an FDR, or where an FDR is not required,” said Peregrine president David Rankin. “This expanded AML STC offers an economical means, measured in cost and aircraft downtime, of complying with the new AFAC and [International Civil Aviation Organization] requirements for additional aircraft.”