This advisory circular (AC) provides background information and describes fractional ownership programs and the application approval process for obtaining management specifications (MSpecs) to operate under 14 CFR part 91 subpart K (part 91K).

References:

Title 14 of the Code of Federal Regulations (14 CFR):

• Part 21, Certification Procedures for Products and Articles.
• Part 61, Certification: Pilots, Flight Instructors, and Ground Instructors.
• Part 91, General Operating and Flight Rules.t
• Part 91 subpart F, Large and Turbine-Powered Multiengine Airplanes and Fractional Ownership Program Aircraft.
• Part 91 subpart K, Fractional Ownership Operations.
• Part 119, Certification: Air Carriers and Commercial Operators.
• Part 121, Operating Requirements: Domestic, Flag, and Supplemental Operations.
• Part 125, Certification and Operations: Aircraft Having a Seating Capacity of 20 or More Passengers or a Maximum Payload Capacity of 6,000 Pounds or More; and Rules Governing Persons On Board Such Aircraft.
• Part 135, Operating Requirements: Commuter and On Demand Operations and Rules Governing Persons On Board Such Aircraft.
• Part 142, Training Centers.
   

This AC provides guidance for establishing and operating an effective Aviation Safety Action Program (ASAP). The objective of an ASAP is to encourage employees (eligible individuals) of aviation organizations (e.g., air carriers and repair stations) to voluntarily report safety information that may be critical to identifying potential precursors to accidents. The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has determined that identifying these precursors is essential to further reducing the already low accident rate. The establishment of an ASAP is available to any aviation organization that has the resources and ability to effectively implement and operate an ASAP and is contingent upon the FAA’s capacity to effectively manage such an aviation organization’s program. Under an ASAP, safety issues are resolved through corrective action rather than through punishment or discipline. The ASAP provides for the collection, analysis, and retention of the safety data obtained through the reporting process. ASAP participants use ASAP safety data, much of which would otherwise be unobtainable, to develop corrective actions for identified safety concerns, and to educate the appropriate parties to prevent a recurrence of the same type of safety event.

References:

Title 14 of the Code of Federal Regulations (14 CFR):

• Part 5, Safety Management Systems.
• Part 91, General Operating and Flight Rules.
• Part 193, Protection of Voluntarily Submitted Information.

Title 49 of the United States Code (49 U.S.C.) § 40123, Protection of Voluntarily Submitted Information.

FAA Order 8000.82, Amended Designation of Aviation Safety Action Program (ASAP) Information as Protected from Public Disclosure Under 14 CFR Part 193.

This advisory circular (AC) describes acceptable ways in which an aircraft can be operated under Title 14 of the Code of Federal Regulations (14 CFR) part 91, 133, or 137 (including 14 CFR part 91 operations conducted by 14 CFR parts 141 and 142 certificate holders (CH)) with certain inoperative instruments and equipment items that are not essential for safe operations, in accordance with 14 CFR § 91.213.

References:

Title 14 of the Code of Federal Regulations (14 CFR):

• Part 21, Certification Procedures for Products and Articles.
• Part 39, Airworthiness Directives.
• Part 43, Maintenance, Preventive Maintenance, Rebuilding, and Alteration.
• Part 91, General Operating and Flight Rules.
• Part 133, Rotorcraft External-Load Operations.
• Part 137, Agricultural Aircraft Operations.
   

Title 49 of the United States Code (49 U.S.C.) § 44704.

Advisory Circular (AC) 43-9, Maintenance Records and FAA Form 8130-3 Return to Service.

AC 43-12, Preventive Maintenance.