CS 23.2600 Flight crew compartment

Normal-Category Aeroplanes (CS-23) · CS-23 · EAR revision 13 May 2026

IRImplementing rule

CS 23.2600Flight crew compartment

(a)The pilot compartment arrangement, including pilot view, and its equipment must allow the flight crew to perform their duties within the operating envelope of the aeroplane, without excessive concentration, skill, alertness, or fatigue.

(b)The applicant must install flight, navigation, surveillance, and powerplant installation controls and displays so that a qualified flight crew can monitor and perform defined tasks associated with the intended functions of systems and equipment. The system and equipment design must minimise flight crew errors, which could result in additional hazards.

(c)For Level-4 aeroplanes, the flight crew interface design must allow for continued safe flight and landing after the loss of vision through any one of the windshield panels.

IR · CS 23.2600 — CS-23 · ED Decision 2017/013/R · CS-23 Easy Access Rules · EAR revision 13 May 2026

AMCAcceptable means of compliance

AMC1 23.2600Flight crew compartment

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ASTM F44 F3264 Standard Specification for Normal Category Aeroplanes Certification

10.1 Flight Crew Compartment Interface F3061/F3061M-24a Standard Specification for Systems and Equipment in Small Aircraft F3232/F3232M-25 Standard Specification for Flight Controls in Small Aircraft F3062/F3062M-20 Standard Specification for Aircraft Powerplant Installation F3063/F3063M-21 Standard Specification for Aircraft Fuel Storage and Delivery F3064/F3064M-21 Standard Specification for Aircraft Powerplant Control, Operation, and Indication F3114-21 Standard Specification for Structures F3408/F3408M-21 Standard Specification for Aircraft Emergency Parachute Recovery Systems

Remarks F3117/F3117M-24a Standard Specification for Crew Interface in Aircraft Hydrophobic coating is not completely covered in current ASTM standards. At variance, additional means of compliance have been developed by EASA for this specific application. ASTM F3264-24 does not contain standards that ensure that the required pilot compartment view is provided in conditions of fog or frost formation on the internal portion of the windshield and side windows. Pilot compartment view with formation of fog or frost must be addressed in showing compliance with CS 23.2600(a). Applicants may use the provisions of CS 23.773(b) at Amendment 4 as a means of complying with this aspect of CS 23.2600(a), or may propose a different means of compliance in accordance with CS 23.2010. [AMC & GM to CS-23: Issue 4] [AMC & GM to CS-23: Issue 5]

AMC · AMC1 23.2600 — CS-23 · ED Decision 2026/003/R · CS-23 Easy Access Rules · EAR revision 13 May 2026

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AMC2 23.2600Flight crew compartment

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CS-23 Amdt 4

23.671 Control systems - General

23.677(a) Trim systems

23.699 Wing flap position indicator

23.729(e) Landing gear extension and retraction system

23.745 Nose/Tail wheel steering

23.771(a) Pilot compartment

23.773 Pilot compartment view

23.775(e), (h)(2) Windshields and windows

23.777 Cockpit controls

23.779 Motion and effect of cockpit controls

23.781 Cockpit control knob shape

23.831(c) Ventilation

23.1141(g) Powerplant controls: general

23.1142 Auxiliary power unit controls

23.1143(a) through (f) Engine controls

23.1145 Ignition switches

23.1147 Mixture controls

23.1149 Propeller speed and pitch controls

23.1153 Propeller feathering controls

23.1155 Turbine engine reverse thrust and propeller pitch settings below the flight regime

23.1157 Carburettor air temperature controls

23.1203(d) Fire detector system

23.1329(d) Automatic pilot system

23.1335 Flight director systems

23.1367 Switches

23.1381(a), (b) Instrument lights

23.1419(d) Ice protection

23.1435(a)(2) Hydraulic Systems

23.1523 Minimum Flight Crew

AMC · AMC2 23.2600 — CS-23 · ED Decision 2017/025/R · CS-23 Easy Access Rules · EAR revision 13 May 2026

AMCAcceptable means of compliance

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CS VLA Amdt 1 VLA.671 Control systems - General VLA.677 Trim systems VLA.699 Wing flap position indicator VLA.729 Landing gear extension and retraction system VLA.745 Nose/Tail wheel steering VLA.771 Pilot compartment VLA.773 Pilot compartment view VLA.775 Windshields and windows VLA.777 Cockpit controls VLA.779 Motion and effect of cockpit controls VLA.781 Cockpit control knob shape VLA.831 Ventilation VLA.1141 Powerplant controls: general VLA.1143 Engine controls VLA.1145 Ignition switches VLA.1147 Mixture controls VLA.1367 Switches

AMC · AMC3 23.2600 — CS-23 · ED Decision 2017/025/R · CS-23 Easy Access Rules · EAR revision 13 May 2026

All rules in SUBPART G — FLIGHT CREW INTERFACE AND OTHER INFORMATION

Consolidated from the EASA Easy Access Rules (revision 13 May 2026, extracted 17 Aug 2026) for convenience. Not the official publication — verify against the Official Journal of the European Union and the EASA publications before operational use.

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