Improving the Continued Airworthiness of Civil Aircraft A Strategy for the FAA's Aircraft Certification Service (1998) / Chapter Skim
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7 Small Airplanes and Rotorcraft
7 Small Airplanes and Rotorcraft
Pages 50-54
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For example, small airplanes and rotorcraft operate as air taxis, corporate aircraft, business aircraft, personal aircraft, and instructional aircraft. Other roles include sightseeing, pipeline patrol, law enforcement, emergency rescue, scientific experimentation, transport of external loads, crop dusting, and firefighting.
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Flying hours are presently estimated by the FAA using statistical forecasting techniques from its "General Aviation and Air Taxi Activity and Avionics Survey," which is distributed annually to a sample population of aircraft owners. Responses are not mandatory, and small operators engaged in varied operations may not have accurate records of flight hours broken down by type of operation.
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The FAA should establish cooperative agreements that define the IMPROVING THE CONTINUED AIRWORTHINESS OF CIVIL AIRCRAFT roles of individual operators, individual manufacturers, their associations, and AIR. These agreements should define the following: responsibilities of operators for submitting data · responsibilities of operators, manufacturers, associations of operators and manufacturers, and AIR for data collection, database management, risk analysis, risk management/action, and monitoring effectiveness processes for the routine exchange of data and risk analysis results between operators, manufacturers, associations, and AIR to facilitate effective risk management/action a publicity program to inform the small airplane and rotorcraft communities of the new safety management process ADDITIONAL SMALL Al RPLAN E CONCERNS As already noted, small airplanes include a broad spectrum of airplane designs, operators, and missions.
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Because of these differences, special efforts including some procedural changes will be needed to implement the recommended safety management process in a way that accommodates unique rotorcraft safety considerations and the capability of the rotorcraft industry to identify safety issues based on operator reports. Certification of Surplus Military Helicopters The certification of military surplus helicopters is currently an area of particular concern to the rotorcraft industry.
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Unfortunately, FAA certification offices have little IMPROVING THE CONTINUED AIRWORTHINESS OF CIVIL AIRCRAFT specific guidance for evaluating applications for restricted category type certificates involving military surplus helicopters. Different aircraft of the same military model have received different restricted category type certificates from different FAA offices.
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