Summit Aviation Blog – Federal Aviation Regulations

Here are the titles of documents that have been modified in the last two weeks:

New or Updated Publications:

1. Airworthiness Directives and associated AD Preambles. Updated through June 19, 2010.
2. 2 AC 20-140A, Guidelines for Design Approval of Aircraft Data Link Communication Systems Supporting Air Traffic Services (ATS), dated 4/7/10.
3. AC 20-142, Eligibility and Evaluation of U.S. Military Surplus Flight Safety Critical Aircraft Parts, Engines, and Propellers, dated 2/25/00.
4. AC 21-42, Transition Document for 14 CFR Parts 1, 21, 43, and 45, dated 10/16/09.
5. AC 33-7A, Guidance for 30-second and 2-minute One-Engine-Inoperative (OEI) Ratings for Rotorcraft Turbine 111 Engines, dated 6/11/09.
6. AC 45-2D, Application for U.S. Airworthiness Certificate, FAA Form 8130-6, dated 10/16/09.
7. AC 150/5300-13, Airport Design. Incorporated Change 15, dated 12/31/09.
8. AC 150/5345-54B, Specification for L-884, Power and Control Unit for Land and Hold Short Lighting Systems, dated 9/30/2009.
9. AC 150/5380-9, Guidelines and Procedures for Measuring Airfield Pavement Roughness, dated 9/30/2009.
10. SAFO – Safety Alert for Operators. Added new SAFOs.
11. TSO-C196, Airborne Supplemental Navigation Sensors for Global Positioning System Equipment Using Aircraft-Based Augmentation, dated 9/21/09.

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14 CFR Parts 1-199, particularly

• Part 91 – General Operating and Flight Rules
• Part 119 – Certification: Air Carriers and Commercial Operators
• Part 121 – Operating Requirements: Domestic, Flag, and Supplemental Operations
• Part 135 – Operating Requirements: Commuter and On Demand Operations and Rules Governing Persons on Board Such Aircraft and associated Preambles

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14 CFR Parts 200-299

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• Part 249 – Preservation of Air Carrier Records
• Part 294 – Canadian Charter Air Taxi Operators
• Part 298 – Exemptions for Air Taxi and Commuter Air Carrier Operations
• Part 380 – Public Charters

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19 CFR

• Part 122 – Air Commerce Regulations

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49 CFR

• Part 1510 – Passenger Civil Aviation Security Service Fees
• Part 1544 — Aircraft Operator Security: Air Carriers and Commercial Operators
• Part 1550 – Aircraft Security Under General Operating and Flight Rules

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Handbooks

• FAA-H-8083-2 – Risk Management Handbook
• FAA-H-8083-25A – Pilot’s Handbook of Aeronautical Knowledge
• FAA-H-8083-30 – Aviation Maintenance Technician Handbook – General

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Advisory Circulars

• AC 20-140 – Guidelines for Design Approval of Aircraft Data Communications Systems
• AC 21-23B – Airworthiness Certifications of Civil Aircraft Engines, Propellers and Related Products Imported to the United States.
• AC 34-1B – Fuel Venting and Exhaust Emission Requirements for Turbine Engine Powered Airplanes.
• AC 43-16A – Aviation Maintenance Alerts
• AC 61-134 – General Aviation Controlled Flight into Terrain Awareness
• AC 91-37A – Truth in Leasing
• AC 91-70 – Oceanic Operations
• AC 91-74A – Pilot Guide: Flight in Icing Conditions
• AC 91-84 – Fractional Ownership Programs
• AC 108-1 – Air Carrier Security
• AC 108-2 – Security Rules – Carriage of Weapons and Escorted Persons
• AC 120-12A – Private Carriage Versus Common Carriage of Persons or Property
• AC 120-27E – Aircraft Weight and Balance Control
• AC 120-28D – Criteria for Approval of Category III Weather Minima for Takeoff, Landing, and Rollout
• AC 120-29A – Criteria for Approval of Category I and Category II Weather Minima for Approach
• AC 120-82 – Flight Operational Quality Assurance
• AC 120-95 – Portable Oxygen Concentrators
• AC 129-3 – Foreign Air Carrier Security
• AC 135-15 – Emergency Medical Services/Airplane (EMS/A)
• AC 150/5190-7 – Minimum Standards for Commercial Aeronautical Activities

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Accident Prevention Program Publications

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Orders

• Order 4040.9D – FAA Aircraft Management Program
• Order 8020.11B – Aircraft Accident and Incident Notification, Investigation, and Reporting
• Order 8900.1 – Flight Standards Information Management System (FSIMS)

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Legal Interpretations

Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 (ADA)

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The FAA has made 494 changes to the FARs so far in 2009; and they’re apparently not done yet if this goes into effect before the end of the year.
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NOVEMBER 23, 2009, 12:44 P.M. ET

FAA to Require De-Icing Systems On Commuter Planes

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By JOSH MITCHELL and ANDY PASZTOR

WASHINGTON — The Federal Aviation Administration moved Monday to require small commuter airplanes be retrofitted with enhanced ice-protection systems, action long advocated by government crash investigators and outside safety experts.
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The proposed rule would apply to airplanes weighing less than 60,000 pounds at takeoff — essentially small turboprops and some regional jets. Most larger airplanes already have the systems, which automatically shed ice or at least warn pilots they need to turn on such equipment, the FAA said.
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The decision follows more than a decade of arguments and stalemate over the need to install enhanced ice-protection systems, and it comes amid a renewed focus in Washington on airline safety.

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