Refreshing the Certification Strategy

To refresh the certification strategy AIR is ensuring appropriate support of standards activities, minimizing unnecessary involvement in the critical path, and implementing risk-based systems oversight.

• Shift FAA Focus: Current and Future (PDF)
• Published and began instituting the FAA & Industry Certification Process Guide (CPG)
• Accepted National Aerospace Standards (NAS) 9927: Basis for recognition of voluntary implementation of Safety Management System (SMS) (PDF)
• Deployed the Applicant Showing Memo on Standard Certification and ODA Projects
  • Provides criterion for allowing Aircraft Certification Offices (ACOs) to exercise their discretionary function to determine the level of FAA or designee involvement necessary. Criterion is used to determine when applicants and their substantiating data are good candidates for "Applicant Showing Only."
  • Risk-based approach applies to new or amended type certificate (TC), supplemental type certificate (STC), amended STC, or parts manufacturer approval (PMA) projects
• Issued No Project Notification Letter Policies
  • Project Notification Letter (PNL) Requirements for ADS-B Out Certification Projects
  • PNL Requirements for Supplemental Type Certificate (STC) Organization Designation Authorization (ODA) Projects
  • ODA Procedures on PNL Requirements for ADS-B Out Certification Projects
• Revised Part 21
• Instituted General Aviation Fleet Modernization Efforts (PDF)
• Published Non-Required Safety Enhancing Equipment (NORSEE) Policy (PDF) and established webpage for approved equipment
• Instituted Efforts to Get the Lead out of General Aviation Fuel
• Implementing Part 21 Rulemaking Effort to improve the effectiveness and efficiency of existing certification procedures and incorporate Safety Management Systems (SMS) in the design and manufacturing environment
• Rewriting Airworthiness Standards for Normal, Utility, Acrobatic, and Commuter Category Airplanes (Part 23 Notice of Proposed Rulemaking)
• Published the Certificate Management Team (CMT) Collaboration Strategy (PDF), a collaborative international effort to establish a dialogue and promote common solutions and approaches to certification issues
• Released the EASA-FAA Validation Implementation Roadmap (VIR) (PDF), a risk-based approach to enhancing the acceptance of certificating authority approvals and findings of compliance without further technical review by the validating authority
• Videos
  • Revitalizing General Aviation: The Future Part 23
  • Reciprocal Acceptance: What does it mean for me?
  • The Safety Continuum (MS PowerPoint)

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