Originally Posted by
atakacs
No FDR ? Even if not required it seems surprising in such a high end aircraft.
The Latitude has 9 pax seats, FDR's are required with 10 or more seats under § 91.609(c)(1) so it's indeed not required.
(1) No person may operate a U.S. civil registered, multiengine, turbine-powered airplane or rotorcraft having a passenger seating configuration, excluding any pilot seats of 10 or more that has been manufactured after October 11, 1991, unless it is equipped with one or more approved flight recorders that utilize a digital method of recording and storing data and a method of readily retrieving that data from the storage medium, that are capable of recording the data specified in appendix E to this part, for an airplane, or appendix F to this part, for a rotorcraft, of this part within the range, accuracy, and recording interval specified, and that are capable of retaining no less than 8 hours of aircraft operation.
https://www.law.cornell.edu/cfr/text/14/91.609