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Technical Standard Orders (TSO) - TSOs establish detailed minimum performance standards for specified articles, materials, parts, appliances, etc., used on civil aircraft.

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Doc Number Title
TSO.C1D C1d Cargo Compartment Fire Detection Instruments
TSO.C2D C2d Airspeed Instruments
TSO.C3D C3d Turn and Slip Instrument
TSO.C4C C4c Bank and Pitch Instruments (Indicating Gyro-Stabilized Type) (Gyroscopic Horizon, Attitude Gyro)
TSO.C5E C5e Direction Instrument, Non-Magnetic (Gyroscopically Stabilized)
TSO.C6D C6d Direction Instrument, Magnetic (Gyroscopically Stabilized)
TSO.C7D C7d Direction Instrument Magnetic Non-Stabilized Type (Magnetic Compass)
TSO.C8D C8d Vertical Velocity Instruments (Rate-of-Climb)
TSO.C9C C9c Automatic Pilots
TSO.C10B C10b Altimeter, Pressure Actuated, Sensitive Type
TSO.C10C C10c Pressure Altimeter Systems
TSO.C11E C11e Powerplant Fire Detection Instruments (Thermal and Flame Contact Types)
TSO.C13F C13f Life Preservers
TSO.C14B C14b Aircraft Fabric, Intermediate Grade
TSO.C15D C15d Aircraft Fabric, Grade A
TSO.C16.A.1 Amendment-1, Airspeed Tubes (Electrically Heated)
TSO.C16.ART C16 Air-Speed Tubes (Electrically Heated) - Article
TSO.C19B C19b Portable Water-Solution Type Fire Extinguishers
TSO.C20.A.1 Amendment-1, Combustion Heaters
TSO.C20.ART C20 Combustion Heaters - Article
TSO.C21B C21b Aircraft Turnbuckle Assemblies and/or Turnbuckle Safetying Devices
TSO.C22G C22g Safety Belts
TSO.C23D C23d Personnel Parachute Assemblies
TSO.C25A C25a Aircraft Seats and Berths (Type I Transport, 6g Forward Load)
TSO.C26C C26c Aircraft Wheels and Wheel-Brake Assemblies, with Addendum I
TSO.C26D C26d Aircraft Wheels, Brakes and Wheel/Brake Assemblies for Parts 23, 27 and 29 Aircraft
TSO.C27 C27 Twin Seaplane Floats (Amendment 2 dated June 30,1955 incorporated)
TSO.C28 C28 Aircraft Skis
TSO.C30C C30c Aircraft Position Lights
TSO.C31D C31d High Frequency (HF) Radio Communications Transmitting Equipment Operating within the Radio Frequency Range 1.5 - 30 Megahertz
TSO.C32D C32d High Frequency (HF) Radio Communications Receiving Equipment Operating within the Radio Frequency Range 1.5 - 30 Megahertz
TSO.C34E C34e ILS Glide Slope Receiving Equipment Operating within the Radio Frequency Range of 328.6 - 335.4 Megahertz (MHz)
TSO.C35D C35d Airborne Radio Marker Receiving Equipment
TSO.C36E C36e Airborne ILS Localizer Receiving Equipment Operating within the Radio Frequency Range of 108 - 112 Megahertz (MHz)
TSO.C37D C37d VHF Radio Communications Transmitting Equipment Operating within the Radio Frequency Range 117.975 to 137.000 Megahertz
TSO.C38D C38d VHF Radio Communications Receiving Equipment Operating within the Radio Frequency Range 117.975 to 137.000 Megahertz
TSO.C39B C39b Aircraft Seats and Berths
TSO.C39C C39c 9g Transport Airplane Seats Certififed By Static Testing
TSO.C40C C40c VOR Receiving Equipment Operating Within the Radio Frequency Range of 108 - 117.95 Megahertz (MHz)
TSO.C41D C41d Airborne Automatic Direction Finding (ADF) Equipment
TSO.C42 C42 Propeller Feathering Hose Assemblies (Rubber and Wire Braid Construction)
TSO.C43C C43c Temperature Instruments
TSO.C44B C44b Fuel Flowmeters
TSO.C44C C44c Fuel Flowmeters
TSO.C45A C45a Manifold Pressure Instruments
TSO.C45B C45b Manifold Pressure Instruments
TSO.C46A C46a Maximum Allowable Airspeed Indicator Systems
TSO.C47A C47a Fuel, Oil, and Hydraulic Pressure Instruments
TSO.C48 C48 Carbon Monoxide Detector Instruments
TSO.C49B C49b Electric Tachometer: Magnetic Drag (Indicator And Generator)
TSO.C52B C52b Flight Director Equipment
TSO.C53A C53a Fuel and Engine Oil System Hose Assemblies
TSO.C54 C54 Stall Warning Instruments
TSO.C55 C55 Fuel and Oil Quantity Instruments (For Reciprocating Engine Aircraft)
TSO.C56A C56a Engine-Driven Direct Current Generators/Starter-Generators
TSO.C56B C56B Engine-Driven Direct Current Generators/Starter Generators
TSO.C59A C59a Airborne Selective Calling (SELCAL) Equipment
TSO.C60B C60b Airborne Area Navigation Equipment Using Loran C Inputs
TSO.C62D C62d Tires
TSO.C62E C62e Aircraft Tires
TSO.C63C C63c Airborne Weather and Ground Mapping Pulsed Radars
TSO.C64A C64a Oxygen Mask Assembly, Continuous Flow, Passenger
TSO.C65A C65a Airborne Doppler Radar Ground Speed and/or Drift Angle Measuring Equipment (For Air Carrier Aircraft)
TSO.C66C C66c Distance Measuring Equipment (DME) Operating within the Radio Frequency Range of 960 - 1215 Megahertz
TSO.C67 C67 Airborne Radar Altimeter Equipment (For Air Carrier Aircraft)
TSO.C68A C68a Airborne Automatic Dead Reckoning Computer Equipment Utilizing Aircraft Heading and Doppler Ground Speed and Drift Angle Data (For Air Carrier Aircraft)
TSO.C69C.APX1 Appendix 1 Federal Aviation Administration Minimum Performance Standard For Emergency Evacuation Slides, Ramps, Ramp/Slides And Slide/Rafts
TSO.C69C.APX2 Appendix 2. Glossary of Terms
TSO.C69C.APX3 Appendix 3. Measurement of Loads on The Attachment(s) to The Airplane
TSO.C69C.APX4 Appendix 4. Calorimeter Specification And Calibration Procedure
TSO.C69C.ART C69c Emergency Evacuation Slides, Ramps, Ramp/Slides, And Slide/Rafts - Article
TSO.C70A C70a Liferafts (Reversible and Nonreversible)
TSO.C71 C71 Airborne Static ('DC to DC') Electrical Power Converter (For Air Carrier Aircraft)
TSO.C72C C72c Individual Flotation Devices
TSO.C73 C73 Static Electrical Power Inverter
TSO.C74C C74c Airborne ATC Transponder Equipment
TSO.C75 C75 Hydraulic Hose Assemblies
TSO.C76 C76 Fuel Drain Valves
TSO.C77 C77b Gas Turbine Auxiliary Power Units
TSO.C78 C78 Crewmember Demand Oxygen Masks
TSO.C79 C79 Fire Detectors (Radiation Sensing Type)
TSO.C80 C80 Flexible Fuel and Oil Cell Material
TSO.C85A C85a Survivor Locator Lights
TSO.C87 C87 Airborne Low-Range Radio Altimeter
TSO.C88A C88a Automatic Pressure Altitude Reporting Code Generating Equipment
TSO.C89 C89 Oxygen Regulators, Demand
TSO.C90C C90c Cargo Pallets, Nets, and Containers
TSO.C91A C91a Emergency Locator Transmitter (ELT) Equipment
TSO.C92C C92C Airborne Ground Proximity Warning Equipment
TSO.C93 C93 Airborne Interim Standard Microwave Landing System Converter Equipment
TSO.C94A C94a Omega Receiving Equipment Operating Within the Radio Frequency Range of 10.2 to 13.6 Kilohertz
TSO.C95 C95 Mach Meters
TSO.C96A C96a Anticollision Light Systems
TSO.C97 C97 Lithium Sulfur Dioxide Batteries
TSO.C99 C99 Protective Breathing Equipment
TSO.C100B C100b - Child Restraint Systems (CRS)
TSO.C101 C101 Over Speed Warning Instruments
TSO.C102 C102 Airborne Radar Approach and Beacon Systems For Helicopters
TSO.C103 C103 Continuous Flow Oxygen Mask Assembly (For Non-Transport Category Aircraft)
TSO.C104 C104 Microwave Landing System (MLS) Airborne Receiving Equipment
TSO.C105 C105 Optional Display Equipment For Weather and Ground Mapping Radar Indicators
TSO.C106 C106 Air Data Computer
TSO.C109 C109 Airborne Navigation Data Storage System
TSO.C110A C110a Airborne Passive Thunderstorm Detection Equipment
TSO.C112 C112 Air Traffic Control Radar Beacon System/Mode Select (ATCRBS/Mode S) Airborne Equipment
TSO.C113 C113 Airborne Multipurpose Electronic Displays
TSO.C114 C114 Torso Restraint Systems
TSO.C115B C115b Airborne Area Navigation Equipment Using Multi-Sensor Inputs
TSO.C116 C116 Crewmember Protective Breathing Equipment
TSO.C117A.A.1 Appendix 1
TSO.C117A.A.2 Appendix 2
TSO.C117A.A.3 Appendix 3
TSO.C117A.A.4 Appendix 4
TSO.C117A.ART C117A - Article
TSO.C118 C118 Traffic Alert and Collision Avoidance System (TCAS) Airborne Equipment, TCAS I
TSO.C119B C119b Traffic Alert and Collision Avoidance System (TCAS) Airborne Equipment, TCAS II
TSO.C120 C120 Airborne Area Navigation Equipment Using Omega/VLF Inputs
TSO.C121A C121a Underwater Locating Devices (Acoustic) (Self-Powered)
TSO.C122 C122 Devices That Prevent Blocked Channels Used in Two-Way Radio Communications Due to Simultaneous Transmissions
TSO.C122A C122a Equipment that Prevents Blocked Channels Used in Two-Way Radio Communications Due to Simultaneous Transmissions
TSO.C123A C123a Cockpit Voice Recorder Systems
TSO.C123B C123b Cockpit Voice Recorder Systems
TSO.C124A C124a Flight Data Recorder Systems
TSO.C126 C126 406 MHz Emergency Locator Transmitter (ELT),
TSO.C127 C127 Rotorcraft and Transport Airplane Seating Systems
TSO.C127A.A.1 Appendix 1 Minimum Performance Standard (MPS) for Rotorcraft, Transport Airplane, and Normal and Utility Airplane Seating Systems
TSO.C127A.A.2 Appendix 2. Test Conditions
TSO.C127A.ART C127a - Article
TSO.C128 C128 Devices That Prevent Blocked Channels Used in Two-Way Radio Communications Due to Unintentional Transmissions
TSO.C128A C128a Equipment that Prevents Blocked Channels used in Two-Way Radio Communications Due to Unintentional Transmissions
TSO.C129A C129a Airborne Supplemental Navigation Equipment Using the Global Positioning System (GPS)
TSO.C132 C132 Geosynchronous Orbit Aeronautical Mobile Satellite Services Aircraft Earth Station Equipment
TSO.C135 C135 Transport Airplane Wheels and Wheel and Brake Assemblies
TSO.C137.A.1 Appendix 1. Minimum Performance Standard For Aircraft Portable Megaphones
TSO.C137.ART C137 - Article
TSO.C139 C139 Aircraft Audio Systems And Equipment
TSO.C140 C140 Aerospace Fuel, Engine Oil, And Hydraulic Fluid Hose Assemblies
TSO.C141 C141 - Aircraft Fluorescent Lighting Ballast/Fixture Equipment
TSO.C142A C142a Non-Rechargeable Lithium Cells and Batteries
TSO.C144 C144 Airborne Global Positioning System Antenna
TSO.C145A C145a - Airborne Navigation Sensors Using The Global Positioning System (GPS) Augmented By The Wide Area Augmentation System (WAAS)
TSO.C146A C146a - Stand-alone Airborne Navigation Equipment Using The Global Positioning System (GPS) Augmented By The Wide Area Augmentation System (WAAS)
TSO.C147.A.1 Appendix 1. Changes to RTCA/DO-197A, "Minimum Operational Performance Standards For An Active Traffic Alert And Collision Avoidance System I (Active TCAS I)" Applicable To Traffic Advisory System (TAS) Airborne Equipment.
TSO.C147.ART C147 Traffic Advisory System (TAS) Airborne Equipment - Article
TSO.C148 C148 Aircraft Mechanical Fastener
TSO.C149.APP.1 Appendix 1. Aircraft Bearing Property Test Requirements
TSO.C149.ART C149 - Article
TSO.C150.APP.1 Appendix 1 Aircraft Seal Property Test Requirements
TSO.C150.ART C150 - Article
TSO.C151B C151b Terrain Awareness And Warning System
TSO.C153 C153 Integrated Modular Avionics Hardware Elements
TSO.C154A C154a Universal Access Transceiver (UAT) Automatic Dependent Surveillance - Broadcast (ADS-B) Equipment Operating on the Frequency of 978 MHz
TSO.C155 C155 Recorder Independent Power Supply
TSO.C157 C157 Aircraft Flight Information Services-Broadcast (FIS-B) Data Link Systems And Equipment
TSO.C158 C158 Aeronautical Mobile High Frequency Data Link (HFDL) Equipment
TSO.C159 C159 Avionics Supporting Next Generation Satellite Systems (NGSS)
TSO.C161 C161 Ground Based Augmentation System Positioning and Navigation Equipment
TSO.C162 C162 Ground Based Augmentation System Very High Frequency Data Broadcast Equipment
TSO.C163 C163 VDL Mode 3 Communications Equipment Operating Within the Frequency Range 117.975-137.000 Megahertz
TSO.C164 C164 Night Vision Goggles
TSO.C165 C165 Electronic Map Display Equipment for Graphical Depiction of Aircraft Position
TSO.C166 C166 Extended Squitter Automatic Dependent Surveillance - Broadcast (ADS-B) and Traffic Information Service - Broadcast (TIS-B) Equipment Operating on the Radio Frequency of 1090 Megahertz (MHz)
TSO.C167 C167 Personnel Carrying Device Systems (PCDS), Also Known As Human Harnesses
TSO.C168 C168 Aviation Visual Distress Signals
TSO.C169 C169 VHF Radio Communications Transceiver Equipment Operating Within the Radio Frequency Range 117.975 To 137.00 Megahertz
TSO.C170 C170 High Frequency (HF) Radio Communications Transceiver Equipment Operating Within The Radio Frequency Range 1.5 To 30 Megahertz
TSO.C171 C171 Aircraft Clamps
TSO.C173 C173 Nickel-Cadmium and Lead-Acid Batteries
TSO.C174 C174 Battery Based Emergency Power Unit (BEPU)
TSO.C175 C175 Galley Carts, Containers and Associated Components
TSO.C176 C176 Aircraft Cockpit Image Recorder Systems
TSO.C177 C177 Data Link Recorder Systems
TSO.C178 C178 Single Phase 115 VAC, 400 Hz Arc Fault Circuit Breakers
TSO.C179 C179 Rechargeable Lithium Cells and Lithium Batteries

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