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FAA Aircraft Certification Service and what it means for Iowa

Presented to: Congressional Members, Staffers & Other Interested Parties

By: FAA Small Airplane Directorate – Mark James, Acting Manager, Regulations and Policy

Date: July 26,2017

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Aircraft Manufacturing and the Iowa Economy • 1,800+ jobs with $76+ Million in payroll1

• $323+ Million in direct economic activity1

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Rockwell Collins Cedar Rapids, IA

1Source: The Economic Impact of Civil Aviation on the U.S. Economy, January 2015, U.S. Department of Transportation, FAA

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Standards Airplane Definition

Detail Definition Build Test Certification Production

•Preliminary Type Certification Board

•Certification Basis

•Issue papers

•Special conditions •Exemptions

•Equivalent Safety Findings

•Certification plans

•Detail–level compliance findings

•Airplane-level compliance findings

•Final Type Certification Board •Issue Type Certificate

•Issue Production Certificate •Familiarization Briefings

Compliance Findings Define Requirements

•Application for TC/ATC/STC •Certification Project Notification

•Application for Production Certificate

•Project Specific Certification Plan

•Conformity Inspections

•Safety Review Board

•Type Inspection Authorization & Conformity Inspection

•Flight Tests •Type Inspection Report

•Production Certification Board

•Final Production Certification Board

Aircraft Certification Process

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Safety Continuum • Highest safety expectations for

commercial service • Single level of safety not applicable

to all products and operations • AIR’s risk management approach

reflects expectations

• Optimal certification rigor is key to advancing safety

• Too little rigor safety escapes • Too much rigor innovative safety

enhancements don’t reach the fleet

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Small Airplane Directorate Kansas City, MO

Key Initiatives:

• Improve safety and reduce cost through reform of small airplane certification requirements (14 CFR Part 23)

• Modernize the existing fleet of general aviation aircraft

• Enable transformational general aviation flight to improve urban air mobility

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Part 23 Reform • Final rule issued in 2016; takes effect August 30, 2017 • Is expected to reduce certification costs, leading to new

safety enhancing designs for general aviation • Is anticipated to benefit the economy • Replaces prescriptive requirements with performance-

based regulations that focus on safety objectives • Is complemented by consensus-based standards used

as means of complying with the new rule • Provides flexibility in how aircraft manufacturers

achieve the required safety objectives • Directly addresses the leading cause of GA accidents --

loss of control

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General Aviation Fleet Modernization

• Our goal is to also improve the safety of the existing fleet of GA aircraft through equipment modernization

• We use a risk-based approach to establish appropriate certification requirements (safety continuum)

• FAA and industry focus our resources in areas that have the greatest safety impact

• Facilitating the installation of modern equipment is expected to enhance the safety of older airplanes

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Transformational Flight

• The Unmanned Aircraft System industry is pioneering technologies that will revolutionize GA: – Automation & Flight Control Technology – Auto Collision Avoidance - Air/Ground – Automatic Landing Systems – Refuse to Crash Logic – Propulsion Systems

• These technologies are expected to migrate into GA and may dramatically alter personal air travel (Uber)

• Part 23 and associated consensus standards provide a framework for FAA to support this transformation

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Questions?

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Vehicles on the Horizon

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•Lilium:

•https://youtu.be/ohig71bwRUE

•Joby S2:

•https://youtu.be/RwtySwWHu8Q

•EHange 184:

•https://youtu.be/2rNWbpOsOvI

•Uber:

•https://youtu.be/0Q85Zna_V4U