89 FR 67 pgs. 23907-23908 - Accepted Means of Compliance for Small Unmanned Aircraft Category 2 and Category 3 Operations Over Human Beings; Aerial Vehicle Safety Solutions Inc. (AVSS)
Type: RULEVolume: 89Number: 67Pages: 23907 - 23908
Pages: 23907, 23908Docket number: [Docket No. FAA-2024-0268]
FR document: [FR Doc. 2024-07266 Filed 4-4-24; 8:45 am]
Agency: Transportation Department
Sub Agency: Federal Aviation Administration
Official PDF Version: PDF Version
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Federal Aviation Administration
14 CFR Part 107
[Docket No. FAA-2024-0268]
Accepted Means of Compliance for Small Unmanned Aircraft Category 2 and Category 3 Operations Over Human Beings; Aerial Vehicle Safety Solutions Inc. (AVSS)
AGENCY:
Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), Department of Transportation (DOT).
ACTION:
Notification of availability.
SUMMARY:
This document announces the acceptance of a means of compliance with FAA regulations for small unmanned aircraft (sUA) Category 2 and Category 3 operations over human beings. The Administrator finds that AVSS's means of compliance for small unmanned aircraft, revision 5.0, dated January 10, 2024, provides an acceptable means, but not the only means, of showing compliance with FAA regulations.
DATES:
The means of compliance is accepted effective April 5, 2024.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
FAA Contact: Kimberly Luu, Cabin Safety Section, AIR-624, Technical Policy Branch, Policy and Standards Division, Aircraft Certification Service, Federal Aviation Administration, 2200 South 216th Street, Des Moines, Washington 98198; telephone and fax 206-231-3414; email Kimberly.H.Luu@faa.gov.
AVSS Contact: Josh Ogden, CEO, AVSS, 570 Queen Street, Suite 600, Fredericton, New Brunswick, E3B-6Z6, Canada, +1 (650) 741-1326; Info@avss.co.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background
[top] Title 14, Code of Federal Regulations, part 107, subpart D, prescribes the eligibility and operating requirements for civil sUA to operate over human beings in the United States. To be eligible for use, the sUA must meet the requirements of §?107.120(a) for Category 2 operations or §?107.130(a) for Category 3 operations. These sections require the sUA to be designed, produced, or modified such that it will not cause injury to a human being above
Means of Compliance Accepted
This notification of availability serves as a formal acceptance by the FAA of the AVSS's "Means of Compliance with §§?107.120(a) and 107.130(a) for Small Unmanned Aircraft," revision 5.0, as an acceptable means of compliance, but not the only means of compliance with §§?107.120(a) and 107.130(a). Applicants may also propose alternative means of compliance for FAA review and possible acceptance.
Revisions
Revisions to AVSS's "Means of Compliance (MOC) with §§?107.120(a) and 107.130(a) for Small Unmanned Aircraft (sUA)," revision 5.0, will not be automatically accepted, and will require further FAA acceptance for any revisions to be considered an accepted means of compliance.
Issued in Kansas City, Missouri, on April 2, 2024.
Patrick R. Mullen,
Manager, Technical Policy Branch, Policy and Standards Division, Aircraft Certification Service.
[FR Doc. 2024-07266 Filed 4-4-24; 8:45 am]
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