---
kind: "section"
citation: "14 C.F.R. § 135.607"
title: "14"
number: "135.607"
heading: "Flight Data Monitoring System."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/14/135.607"
---

# §135.607. Flight Data Monitoring System.


After April 23, 2018, no person may operate a helicopter in air ambulance operations unless it is equipped with an approved flight data monitoring system capable of recording flight performance data. This system must:

- (a) Receive electrical power from the bus that provides the maximum reliability for operation without jeopardizing service to essential or emergency loads, and
- (b) Be operated from the application of electrical power before takeoff until the removal of electrical power after termination of flight.

## Notes

### Source

Source: Docket FAA-2010-0982, 79 FR 9975, Feb. 21, 2014, unless otherwise noted.

### Authority

Authority: 49 U.S.C. 106(f), 40113, 41706, 44701-44702, 44705, 44709, 44711-44713, 44715-44717, 44722, 44730, 45101-45105; Pub. L. 112-95, 126 Stat. 58 (49 U.S.C. 44730).

### Source

Source: Docket 16097, 43 FR 46783, Oct. 10, 1978, unless otherwise noted.