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Type: General Information
Notice Date: Thursday, December 29, 2016
Notice Number: NOTC6968
FAAST Blast – Part 23 Rule, Inauguration Flight Advisory, V-band Coupling Failures, Logging PIC Time
This notice expired on
Sunday, January 29, 2017

FAAST Blast — Week of Dec 26, 2016 – Jan 01, 2017
Biweekly FAA Safety Briefing News Update

Part 23 Rule To Streamline Approval of New Technologies for GA

On Dec. 16, the FAA issued a final rule that overhauls the airworthiness standards for small GA airplanes. This rule will reduce the time it takes to move safety enhancing technologies for small airplanes into the marketplace and will also reduce costs for the aviation industry.

FAA’s new part 23 rule establishes performance-based standards for airplanes that weigh less than 19,000 pounds with 19 or fewer seats and recognizes consensus-based compliance methods for specific designs and technologies. It also adds new certification standards to address GA loss of control accidents and in-flight icing conditions. The rule affects airplane manufacturers, engine manufacturers, and operators of affected equipment. Click here for a video on the benefits of streamlined certification.

This regulatory change is a leading example of how the FAA is transforming its Aircraft Certification Service into an agile organization that can support aviation industry innovation in the coming years. The Service is focused on using risk-based oversight to refresh the certification strategy, investing in management systems to improve performance, and improving the overall organization.

The rule will be effective eight months from publication in the Federal Register. To view the FAA press release on part 23, click here.

Additional DC Area Flight Restrictions in Place for Inauguration

As part of airspace security measures for the upcoming presidential inauguration, the FAA will be modifying the Washington Special Flight Rules Area (SFRA) and Washington Metropolitan Flight Restriction Zone with additional flight restrictions between 0900 and 1900 local time on January 20, 2017. No GA IFR/VFR flights will be authorized to transit the DC SFRA during that time period. For details, see the Flight Advisory notice here

FAA Seeking Feedback on V-band Coupling Failures

The FAA is seeking feedback on V-band coupling failures on all turbocharged reciprocating engine powered aircraft. See the Airworthiness Concern Sheet here.

Who’s in Charge?

Pilots: Have you ever wondered about logging pilot in command (PIC) time when flying with friends or during pilot training? For more details on when you can, and can’t, log PIC, see the article “Who’s in Charge?” in the Nov/Dec issue of FAA Safety Briefing at www.faa.gov/news/safety_briefing. You can find a mobile-friendly version of the article here.

From all of us at the FAA Safety Briefing staff, we wish you a safe and prosperous New Year!

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