2023-26027

Document Headings Document headings vary by document type but may contain the following: • the agency or agencies that issued and signed a document • the number of the CFR title and the number of each part the document amends, proposes to amend, or is directly related to • the agency docket number / agency internal file number • the RIN which identifies each regulatory action listed in the Unified Agenda of Federal Regulatory and Deregulatory Actions See the Document Drafting Handbook for more details. Department of Transportation Federal Aviation Administration • 14 CFR Part 21 • [Docket No. FAA-2022-1378] ( printed page 83019) AGENCY: Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), DOT. ACTION: Issuance of final airworthiness criteria. SUMMARY: The FAA announces the primary category airworthiness design criteria for type certification of the ICON Aircraft Inc., (ICON) Model A5-8 airplane. DATES: These airworthiness criteria are effective December 28, 2023. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. Raymond N. Johnston, Avionics Navigation & Flight Deck Unit (AIR-626B), Avionics & Electrical Systems Section, Technical Policy Branch, Policy & Standards Division, Aircraft Certification Service, Federal Aviation Administration, 901 Locust Street, Room 301, Kansas City, MO 64106; phone (816) 329-4159, fax (816) 329-4090, email raymond.johnston@faa.gov. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Background ICON applied to the FAA on August 3, 2020, for a primary category type certificate (TC) under 14 CFR 21.17(f) for the Model A5-B airplanes. The ICON Model A5-B airplane consists of a Rotax 912 iS Sport piston engine certified by European Union Aviation Safety Agency (EASA TC E.121) with additional FAA validation requirements to account for differences between EASA CS-E requirements and FAA 14 CFR part 33 requirements. The ICON A5-B will utilize a Sensenich 3-blade composite propeller that conforms with the ASTM consensus standard for propellers identified in Tables 1 and 3 of these airworthiness design criteria. The FAA does not plan to issue TCs for the engine or the propeller. For continued operational safety (COS) requirements, the applicant would need to utilize the processes outlined in ASTM F3198-18 identified in Tables 1 and 7 of these airworthiness design criteria to develop a COS program. Some differences exist between FAA processes for COS for primary category aircraft and those outlined for LSA in ASTM F3198-18. The operational safety risk assessment information in the appendix of ASTM F3198-18 would need to be utilized by the TC holder, except notification to the FAA is required for reportable events identified in § 21.3. The FAA will then utilize a risk assessment process in determining if mandatory action is required. Under § 21.17(c), an application for type certification is effective for three years, unless the FAA approves a longer period. Section 21.17(d) provides that, where a TC has not been issued within the time limit established under § 21.17(c), the applicant may file for an extension and update the designated applicable regulations in the type certification basis. The effective date of the applicable airworthiness requirements for the updated type certification basis must not be earlier than 3 years before the date of issue of the type certificate. Since the project was not certificated within 3 years after the application date above, the FAA approved the applicant's request to extend the application for type certification. As a result, the extended date of application for type certification is September 26, 2022. The FAA issued a notice of proposed airworthiness criteria for the ICON Model A5-B airplane, which published in the Federal Register on August 31, 2023 (88 FR 60153). Discussion of Comments The FAA received no comments. Applicability These airworthiness criteria, established under the provision…

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