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Final ruleTook effect May 8, 2026

25-Hour Cockpit Voice Recorder (CVR) Requirement, New Aircraft Production; Correction Amendment

Built by the Tribune's code from the Federal Register. No AI wrote this page. Published in the Federal Register May 8, 2026. Document 2026-09143. Updated Nov. 11, 2026.

What it does

On February 2, 2026, FAA published a final rule titled "25- Hour Cockpit Voice Recorder (CVR) Requirement, New Aircraft Production." 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.

The Federal Aviation Administration's summary, as published in the Federal Register.

What changed in the regulation

3 parts of Title 14 of the Code of Federal Regulations:

14 CFR 91, 14 CFR 125, 14 CFR 135

Wording on eCFR: the day before it took effect and from the day it took effect (first part listed).

Compared with

The Federal Aviation Administration has published 485 final rules in 2026 so far, compared with 518 in all of 2025.

Counted by the Tribune from Federal Register records since Jan. 1, 2025.

Before this

1 earlier Federal Register document under regulation identifier 2120-AL92 since Jan. 1, 2025.

What happens next and when

Effective May 8, 2026.

The agency's dates, word for word.

Document number2026-09143
ActionCorrecting amendments.
AgenciesTransportation Department; Federal Aviation Administration
PublishedMay 8, 2026
Effective dateMay 8, 2026
Regulation identifier (RIN)2120-AL92
DocketFAA-2023-2270

Source: the Federal Register (public domain). The document in the Federal Register