{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2012-965/annex-IV/division-subpart+d/division-section+1/division-catidea191",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2012-965/annex-IV/division-subpart+d/division-section+1/division-catidea191.json",
  "legislation": "eur/2012/965",
  "legislation_title": "Commission Regulation (EU) No 965/2012 of 5 October 2012 laying down technical requirements and administrative procedures related to air operations pursuant to Regulation (EC) No 216/2008 of the European Parliament and of the Council",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2012-965",
  "path": "annex/IV/division/subpart+d/division/section+1/division/catidea191",
  "kind": "division",
  "number": "CAT.IDE.A.191",
  "heading": "Lightweight flight recorder",
  "text": "(a) Turbine-engined aeroplanes with an MCTOM of 2 250 kg or more and aeroplanes with an MOPSC of more than 9 shall be equipped with a flight recorder if all of the following conditions are met:\n(1) they are not within the scope of point CAT.IDE.A.190(a);\n(2) they are first issued with an individual CofA on or after 5 September 2022 .\n(b) The flight recorder shall record, by means of flight data or images, information that is sufficient to determine the flight path and aircraft speed.\n(c) The flight recorder shall be capable of retaining the flight data and the images recorded during at least the preceding 5 hours.\n(d) The flight recorder shall automatically start to record prior to the aeroplane being capable of moving under its own power and shall stop automatically after the aeroplane is no longer capable of moving under its own power.\n(e) If the flight recorder records images or audio of the flight crew compartment, then a function shall be provided which can be operated by the commander and which modifies image and audio recordings made before the operation of that function, so that those recordings cannot be retrieved using normal replay or copying techniques.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Inserted by Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2019/1387 of 1 August 2019 amending Regulation (EU) No 965/2012 as regards requirements for aeroplane landing performance calculations and the standards for assessing the runway surface conditions, update on certain aircraft safety equipment and requirements and operations without holding an extended range operational approval."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eur/2012/965/annex/IV/division/subpart+d/division/section+1/division/catidea191",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-11-01T14:49:05.762953+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}