Number | Title | Status | Office | Date |
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120-114 |
Pilot Training and Checking (14 CFR Part 121 Subparts N and O, including Appendices E and F)
This advisory circular (AC) provides information regarding pilot training and checking under Title 14 of the Code of Federal Regulations (14 CFR) part 121 subparts N and O, including part 121 appendices E and F. |
Active | AFS-200 | 2016-09-29 |
120-79A |
Developing and Implementing an Air Carrier Continuing Analysis and Surveillance System
This advisory circular (AC) provides information for developing and implementing a Continuing Analysis and Surveillance System (CASS). |
Active | AFS-300 | 2010-09-07 |
120-60B |
Ground Deicing and Anti-icing Program
Provides one means, but not the only means, for obtaining approval of a Ground Deicing and Anti-icing Program, and for ensuring compliance with FAR Section 121.629. |
Active | AFS-220 | 2004-12-20 |
120-42B |
Extended Operations (ETOPS and Polar Operations)
States an acceptable means but not the only means for obtaining approval under FAR Section 121.161 for two-engine airplanes to operate over a route that contains a point farther than one hour flying time at the normal one-engine inoperative cruise speed (in still air) from an adequate airport. |
Active | AFS-220 | 2008-06-13 |
120-84 |
Aging Aircraft Inspections and Records Reviews
This advisory circular (AC) provides guidance pertaining to aging aircraft inspections and records reviews accomplished to satisfy the requirements of the Aging Aircraft Safety Final Rule. |
Active | AFS-309 | 2004-10-22 |
120-83 |
Flight Deck Observer Seat and Associated Equipment
Provides guidance for 14 CFR parts 121, 125, and 135 certificate holders for obtaining an FAA finding regarding the operational safety/suitability of the Flight Deck Observer Seat and Associated Equipment. |
Active | AFS-220 | 2004-06-03 |
120-93 |
Damage Tolerance Inspections for Repairs and Alterations
This AC will give guidance on developing compliance documents, schedules and plans that will assist in developing and incorporating damage tolerance inspections into maintenance programs of certain transport category airplanes with respect to repairs and alterations. |
Active | ANM-100 | 2007-11-20 |
120-111 |
Upset Prevention and Recovery Training - with Changes
This advisory circular (AC) describes the recommended training for airplane Upset Prevention and Recovery Training (UPRT). The goal of this AC is to provide recommended practices and guidance for academic and flight simulation training device (FSTD) training for pilots to prevent developing upset conditions and ensure correct recovery responses to upsets. |
Active | AFS-200 | 2015-04-14 |
120-109A |
Stall Prevention and Recovery Training with Change 1
This advisory circular (AC) provides guidance for training, testing, and checking pilots to ensure correct responses to impending and full stalls. |
Active | AFS-200 | 2015-11-24 |
120-104 |
Establishing and Implementing Limit of Validity to Prevent Widespread Fatigue Damage
This advisory circular (AC)offers guidance on compliance with Title 14 Code of Federal Regulations (14 CFR) 26.21, 26.23, 121.1115, and 129.115. It tells design approval holders of transport category airplanes how to establish a limit of validity of the engineering data that supports the structural maintenance program (hereafter referred to as LOV) for those airplanes. |
Active | ANM-100 | 2011-01-10 |
120-74B |
Parts 91, 121, 125, and 135 Flightcrew Procedures During Taxi Operations
Operators may integrate the information contained in Appendices 1 and 2 into their fleet-specific, route-specific, and equipment-specific operations and checklists. |
Active | AFS-200 | 2012-07-30 |
120-71B |
Standard Operating Procedures and Pilot Monitoring Duties for Flight Deck Crewmembers
This advisory circular (AC) provides guidance for the design, development, implementation, evaluation, and updating of standard operating procedures (SOP), and for pilot monitoring (PM) duties. |
Active | AFS-200 | 2017-01-10 |
120-29A |
Criteria for Approval of Category I and Category II Weather Minima for Approach
This AC provides an acceptable means, but not the only means, for obtaining and maintaining approval of CAT I & II Weather Minima including the installation and approval of associated aircraft systems. |
Active | AFS-400 | 2002-08-12 |
120-28D |
Criteria for Approval of Category III Weather Minima for Takeoff, Landing, and Rollout
States an acceptable means, not the only means, for obtaining approval of Category III Landing Weather Minima and low visibility takeoff, including the installation and approval of associated aircraft systems. |
Active | AFS-400 | 1999-07-13 |
120-53B |
Guidance for Conducting and Use of Flight Standardization Board Evaluations - With Change 1
(2) Directly relating pilot training and qualification requirements to fleet characteristics, operating concepts, and pilot assignments. |
Active | AFS-100 | 2013-11-05 |
120-88A |
Preventing Injuries Caused by Turbulence
This AC provides information and practices that can be used to prevent injuries caused by turbulence. |
Active | AFS-200 | 2006-01-19 |
120-103A |
Fatigue Risk Management Systems for Aviation Safety
(4) Provides (in Appendix 2, Fatigue Risk Management System Development) the certificate holder with the necessary detailed guidance to prepare for the FRMS approval process, develop the required documentation, develop and apply fatigue risk management (FRM) and Safety Assurance (SA) processes, collect and analyze data, develop flightcrew FRMS operations procedures and a step-by-step process required for Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) evaluation and validation of the proposed FRMS application. |
Active | AFS-220 | 2013-05-06 |
120-96A |
Operations Control Center (OCC) for Helicopter Air Ambulance (HAA) Operations
This advisory circular (AC) provides information and recommendations to assist helicopter air ambulance (HAA) operators with the development, implementation, and integration of an Operations Control Center (OCC). |
Active | AFS-200 | 2016-01-07 |
120-115 |
Maintainer Fatigue Risk Management
Describes the basic concepts of human fatigue and how it relates to safety for aviation maintenance organizations and individual maintainers. |
Active | AFS-300 | 2016-12-02 |
120-97A |
Incorporation of Fuel Tank System Instructions for Continued Airworthiness into Operator Maintenance or Inspection Programs (Including Change 1)
On May 7, 2001, the Transport Airplane Fuel Tank System Design Review, Flammability Reduction and Maintenance and Inspection Requirements final rule was published in the Federal Register (FR). |
Active | AFS-300 | 2012-05-25 |
120-54A |
Advanced Qualification Program - (Change 1)
The AQP encourages innovation in the methods and technology that are used during instruction and evaluation, and efficient management of training systems. |
Active | AFS-280 | 2006-06-23 |
120-90 |
Line Operations Safety Audits
Provides the rationale and procedure for conducting an Line Operations Safety Audit (LOSA) at an airline. |
Active | AFS-230 | 2006-04-27 |
120-43 |
The Influence of Beards on Oxygen Mask Efficiency
Provides information about the effects of beards on masks in continuous flow and demand oxygen systems. |
Active | AFS-220 | 1987-01-27 |
120-63 |
Helicopter Simulator Qualification
Provides a suggested means of compliance with the FAR regarding the evaluation and qualification of helicopter simulators to be used in training and checking |
Active | AFS-205 | 1994-10-11 |
120-64 |
Operational Use & Modification of Electronic Checklists
Provides an acceptable means, but not the only means, to address the processes for approval, operational use, and modification of electronic checklists (ECL) and ECL data by air carriers. |
Active | AFS-200N | 1996-04-24 |
120-101 |
Part 121 Air Carrier Operational Control - Change 1
This advisory circular (AC) provides aviation safety inspectors (ASI) and air carrier management personnel with information to consider regarding certificate management and internal evaluation of operational control functions. |
Active | AFS-200 | 2010-06-28 |
120-12A |
Private Carriage Versus Common Carriage of Persons or Property
Furnishes FAA personal and interested segments of industry with general guidelines for determining whether current or proposed transportation operations by air constitute private or common carriage. |
Active | AFS-820 | 1986-04-24 |
120-89 |
Ground Deicing Using Infrared Energy
Provides guidelines and recommendation for deicing aircraft with infrared technology. Also provides means for obtaining approval for the use & inclusion of infrared technology in an operators deicing program. |
Active | AFS-220 | 2005-12-13 |
120-100 |
Basics of Aviation Fatigue
Summarizes the content of the FAA international symposium on fatigue, “Aviation Fatigue Management Symposium: Partnerships for Solutions”, June 17-19, 2008; Describes fundamental concepts of human cognitive fatigue and how it relates to safe Provides information on conditions that contribute to cognitive fatigue; and fatigue and/or mitigate the effects of fatigue. |
Active | AFS-200 | 2010-06-07 |
120-72A |
Maintenance Human Factors Training
1.Provides descriptions of references and training materials to ensure that thereader can assemble a Maintenance Human Factors (MxHF) training programmatched to the applicable needs of their specific organization. 2.Provides many sources of current information to develop, implement,reinforce, and assess MxHF training materials. 3.Streamlines MxHF training development at the local level. 4.Is not mandatory, like any AC, and does not constitute a regulation |
Active | AFS-300 | 2017-04-11 |
120-113 |
Best Practices for Engine Time In Service Interval Extensions - Change 1
The AC explains the background of engine time in service intervals as well as the Federal Aviation Administration’s (FAA) regulatory requirements for time limitations and time in service intervals for engine overhauls. The AC also provides aircraft operators with information on the best practices for an engine time in service interval extension program and how to obtain an engine time in service interval extension. |
Active | AFS-300 | 2016-01-06 |
120-82 |
Flight Operational Quality Assurance
Provides guidance on one means, but not necessarily the only means, of developing, implementing, and operating a voluntary Flight Operational Quality Assurance (FOQA) program that is acceptable to the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA). |
Active | AFS-230 | 2004-04-12 |
120-40B |
Airplane Simulator Qualification
Provides an acceptable means, but not the only means, of compliance with the Federal Aviation Regulations (FAR) regarding the evaluation of and qualification of airplane simulators used in training programs or airmen checking under Title 14 Code of Federal Regulations (CFR). |
Active | AFS-205 | 1991-07-29 |
120-35D |
Flightcrew Member Line Operational Simulations: Line-Oriented Flight Training, Special Purpose Operational Training, Line Operational Evaluation
This advisory circular (AC) presents guidelines for the design and implementation of Line Operational Simulations (LOS), including Line-Oriented Flight Training (LOFT), Special Purpose Operational Training (SPOT), and Line Operational Evaluation (LOE) for flightcrew members. |
Active | AFS-200 | 2015-03-13 |
120-87C |
Use of Child Restraint Systems on Aircraft
It is a part of the FAA’s ongoing commitment to educate and inform aircraft operators, crewmembers, and airline passengers regarding the use of CRSs on aircraft in order to encourage and increase the use of approved CRSs. |
Active | AFS-200 | 2015-09-24 |
120-58 |
Pilot Guide Large Aircraft Ground Deicing
Contains recommendations for ensuring safe operations of large airplanes during icing conditions and guidelines for the development of adequate procedures for the deicing of large airplanes. |
Active | AFS-200 | 1992-09-30 |
120-95A |
Portable Oxygen Concentrators
We intend for operators to use this AC as a resource during the development, implementation, and revision of standard operating procedures (SOP) and training programs regarding the use of POCs on board aircraft to increase the accessibility of air travel by passengers with disabilities. |
Active | AFS-200 | 2016-05-24 |
120-32 |
Air Transportation of Handicapped Persons
Identifies some of the problems handicapped air travelers face and provides some guidelines to airline personnel to help alleviate these problems. |
Active | AFS-223 | 1977-03-25 |
120-44A |
Air Carrier First Aid Programs
Provides guidance about first aid program resources, subjects, equipment, and pertinent regulations. This revision adds information about blood borne pathogen awareness programs. |
Active | AFS-203 | 2001-06-06 |
120-50A |
Guidelines for Operational Approval of Windshear Training Programs
Provides guidance for approval of low-altitude windshear training for operations under Title 14 of the Code of Federal Regulations, parts 121 and 135. |
Active | AFS-210 | 1996-02-09 |
120-62 |
Takeoff Safety Training Aid
Announces the availability of a joint industry/FAA Takeoff Safety Training Aid to help air carriers and pilots increase safety during the takeoff phase of flight. |
Active | AFS-210 | 1994-09-12 |
120-73 |
Damage Tolerance Assessment of Repairs to Pressurized Fuselages
The means of compliance described is intended to provide guidance to supplement the engineering and operational judgment that must form the basis of any compliance findings relative to repair assessments for pressurized fuselages. |
Active | ANM-100 | 2000-12-14 |
120-16G |
Air Carrier Maintenance Programs
Our explanation describes the scope and content of air carrier aircraft maintenance programs. This is important as there is a significant difference between an air carrier maintenance program and an inspection program used in non-air carrier maintenance operations. |
Active | AFS-300 | 2016-01-04 |
120-61B |
In-flight Radiation Exposure
This advisory circular (AC) provides basic background information and links to sources of more detailed information that can be used to improve air carrier programs that inform crewmembers about in-flight ionizing radiation exposure. |
Active | AFS-200 | 2014-11-21 |
120-112 |
Use of Liquid Water Equivalent System to Determine Holdover Times or Check Times for Anti-Icing Fluids
The LWE rate is used by the system with the appropriate endurance time (ET) regression equations and regression coefficients specified in an FAA-approved current database at http://66.46.192.186/RegressionInformation.html to determine the holdover time (HOT) or check time (CT) for an aircraft’s applied anti-icing fluid (Society of Automotive Engineer (SAE) Types I, II, III, and IV). |
Active | AFS-200 | 2015-07-14 |
120-98A |
Operator Information for Incorporating Fuel Tank Flammability Reduction Requirements into a Maintenance or Inspection Program (Including Change 1)
While these guidelines are not mandatory, they are derived from extensive FAA and industry experience in determining compliance with the relevant regulations. |
Active | AFS-300 | 2012-06-22 |
120-107 |
Use of Remote On-Ground Ice Detection System
The purpose of this system is to identify clear ice after deicing as a replacement for or to augment the post-deicing visual and tactile check of aircraft surfaces. This approval is essential to the ground-deicing/anti-icing program contained within Title 14 of the Code of Federal Regulations (14 CFR) part 121, § 121.629, part 135, § 135.227, or part 125, § 125.221 |
Active | AFS-200 | 2011-01-10 |