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BILLING CODE 6450–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Federal Aviation Administration 

14 CFR Part 21 

[Docket No.: FAA–2022–1378] 

Proposed Primary Category Design 

Criteria; ICON Aircraft, Inc., Model A5– 

B Airplane 

AGENCY: Federal Aviation 

Administration (FAA), DOT. 

ACTION: Notice of availability; request 

for comments. 

SUMMARY: This document announces the 

existence of and requests comments on 

the proposed airworthiness design 

criteria for acceptance for the type 

certification of the ICON Aircraft, Inc., 

Model A5–B airplane under the 

regulations for primary category aircraft. 

DATES: The FAA must receive comments 

by October 2, 2023. 

ADDRESSES: Send comments identified 

by Docket No. FAA–2022–1378 using 

any of the following methods: 

• Federal eRulemaking Portal: Go to 

https://www.regulations.gov and follow 

the online instructions for sending your 

comments electronically. 

• Mail: Send comments to Docket 

Operations, M–30; U.S. Department of 

Transportation (DOT), 1200 New Jersey 

Avenue SE, Room W12–140, West 

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1FAA Accepted LSA Standards, FAA NOA 

Information, https://www.faa.gov/aircraft/gen_av/ 

light_sport. The LSA NOA information maintained 

on the FAA website includes historical information 

about the NOA issued February 23, 2022, for ASTM 

consensus standards that the FAA accepted for 

certification under the provisions of the 

Certification of Aircraft and Airmen for the 

Operation of Light-Sport Aircraft rule. 

• Hand Delivery of Courier: Take 

comments to Docket Operations in 

Room W12–140 of the West Building 

Ground Floor at 1200 New Jersey 

Avenue SE, Washington, DC, between 9 

a.m. and 5 p.m., Monday through 

Friday, except Federal holidays. 

• Fax: Fax comments to Docket 

Operations at 202–493–2251. 

Privacy: The FAA will post all 

comments it receives, without change, 

to https://www.regulations.gov, 

including any personal information the 

commenter provides. Using the search 

function of the docket website, anyone 

can find and read the electronic form of 

all comments received into any FAA 

docket, including the name of the 

individual sending the comment (or 

signing the comment for an association, 

business, labor union, etc.). DOT’s 

complete Privacy Act Statement can be 

found in the Federal Register published 

on April 11, 2000 (65 FR 19477–19478), 

as well as at https://www.dot.gov/ 

privacy. 

Docket: Background documents or 

comments received may be read at 

https://www.regulations.gov at any time. 

Follow the online instructions for 

accessing the docket or go to Docket 

Operations in Room W12–140 of the 

West Building Ground Floor at 1200 

New Jersey Avenue SE, Washington, 

DC, between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m., Monday 

through Friday, except Federal holidays. 

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: 

Comments Invited 

The FAA invites interested people to 

take part in this rulemaking by sending 

written comments, data, or views. 

Please identify Docket No. FAA–2022– 

1378 on all submitted correspondence. 

The most helpful comments reference a 

specific portion of the airworthiness 

design criteria, explain the reason for 

any recommended change, and include 

supporting data. 

Except for Confidential Business 

Information as described in the 

following paragraph, and other 

information as described in title 14, 

Code of Federal Regulations (14 CFR) 

11.35, the FAA will file in the docket all 

comments received, as well as a report 

summarizing each substantive public 

contact with FAA personnel concerning 

these proposed airworthiness design 

criteria. Before acting on this proposal, 

the FAA will consider all comments 

received on or before the closing date 

for comments. The FAA will consider 

comments filed late if it is possible to 

do so without incurring delay. The FAA 

may change these airworthiness design 

criteria based on received comments. 

Confidential Business Information 

Confidential Business Information 

(CBI) is commercial or financial 

information that is both customarily and 

actually treated as private by its owner. 

Under the Freedom of Information Act 

(FOIA) (5 U.S.C. 552), CBI is exempt 

from public disclosure. If your 

comments responsive to this document 

contain commercial or financial 

information that is customarily treated 

as private, that you actually treat as 

private, and that is relevant or 

responsive to this document, it is 

important that you clearly designate the 

submitted comments as CBI. Please 

mark each page of your submission 

containing CBI as ‘‘PROPIN.’’ The FAA 

will treat such marked submissions as 

confidential under the FOIA, and they 

will not be placed in the public docket 

of this document. Submissions 

containing CBI should be sent to the 

individual listed under FOR FURTHER

INFORMATION CONTACT. Any commentary 

that the FAA receives that is not 

specifically designated as CBI will be 

placed in the public docket for this 

document. 

Background 

The primary category for aircraft was 

created specifically for simple, low 

performance personal aircraft. 14 CFR 

21.17(f) provides a means for applicants 

to propose airworthiness criteria for 

their particular primary category 

aircraft. The FAA procedure 

establishing appropriate airworthiness 

criteria includes reviewing and possibly 

revising the applicant’s proposal, 

publication of the submittal in the 

Federal Register for public review and 

comment and addressing the comments. 

After all necessary revisions, the criteria 

are published as approved FAA 

airworthiness criteria. When the FAA 

finds that a primary category aircraft 

design meets these airworthiness 

criteria, and no features or 

characteristics exist that make the 

aircraft unsafe for its intended use, the 

applicant is entitled to a type certificate 

(TC) for the design in accordance with 

§ 21.24. Airplanes that are manufactured 

under a production certificate and 

conform to the approved type design 

may then be eligible for a special 

airworthiness certification issued in 

accordance with § 21.184(a). 

Both domestic and imported lightsport aircraft (LSA) that comply with an 

FAA-accepted consensus standard and 

meet the other eligibility requirements 

in § 21.190 may operate in US airspace 

with a special airworthiness certificate. 

The FAA periodically issues a notice of 

availability (NOA) for new and revised 

LSA airworthiness criteria, including 

ASTM International, formerly known as 

American Society for Testing and 

Materials, Committee F37, consensus 

standards.1 Primary category airplanes 

also operate with a special 

airworthiness certificate and are subject 

to similar operational limitations and 

privileges. ICON Aircraft, Inc., applied 

for a TC for the Model A–5B on August 

3, 2020. 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. Because the project 

was not certificated within three years 

after the application date above, the 

FAA approved the applicant’s request to 

extend the application for type 

certification. As a result, the date of the 

updated type certification basis is 

August 7, 2023. ICON Aircraft, Inc., 

proposed to maintain a common type 

design between the LSA and primary 

category aircraft. Accordingly, these 

proposed airworthiness design criteria 

would apply the same ASTM LSA 

consensus standards as the applicable 

airworthiness criteria for a primary 

category TC for the ICON Aircraft, Inc., 

Model A–5B airplane because that 

airplane design meets the other 

requirements and limitations for LSA. 

The FAA allows use of criteria in 

GAMA Specification No. 1 for an LSA 

pilot’s operating handbook as an 

alternative to the ASTM standard for a 

pilot’s operating handbook, as detailed 

in Tables 1 and 5 below. In certifying 

the ICON Aircraft, Inc., Model A–5B as 

a primary category airplane design 

utilizing the ASTM LSA consensus 

standards, the design would meet the 

limitations for both LSA and primary 


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category airplanes as stated in 14 CFR 

1.1 and § 21.24, respectively. 

The ICON Model A5–B airplane will 

utilize 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 airplane 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 

proposed 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 proposed 

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. 

Authority Citation 

The authority citation for these 

proposed airworthiness design criteria 

is as follows: 

Authority: 49 U.S.C. 106(f), 106(g), 40113, 

44701, 44702, and 44704. 

Proposed Airworthiness Criteria for 

Acceptance Under the Primary 

Category 

This document prescribes 

airworthiness criteria for the issuance of 

a TC for the ICON Aircraft, Inc., Model 

A5–B airplane, a primary category 

airplane, and its powerplant 

installation. The FAA proposes the 

airplane certification basis as listed in 

Tables 1 through 8 below. 

TABLE 1—AIRPLANE CERTIFICATION BASIS

[The following certification basis, established under the provisions of § 21.17(f), is appropriate for the ICON Model A5–B airplane:] 

Subject Consensus standard or 

regulation Title and description 

Primary Type Certification ......... Sections 21.17(f) and 21.24, 

both at amendment 21–100.

‘‘Designation of applicable regulations’’, and ‘‘Issuance of type certificate: primary category aircraft.’’ 

Aircraft Design and Performance.ASTM F2245–20 ....................... ‘‘Standard Specification for Design and ‘‘Performance of a Light Sport Airplane’’ as modified by 

Table 2 of these airworthiness design criteria. 

Engine ........................................ 14 CFR part 33, Amendment 

33–34.

The FAA will accept an engine certified by EASA to CS–E at amendment 6 that meets the additional criteria in Table 8 of these airworthiness design criteria. 

Propeller .................................... ASTM F2506–13 ....................... ‘‘Standard Specification for Design and Testing of Light Sport Aircraft Propellers’’ as modified by 

Table 3 of these airworthiness design criteria. 

Noise .......................................... 14 CFR part 36, Amendment 

36–31.

‘‘Noise Standards: Aircraft Type and Airworthiness Certification’’. 

Airframe Emergency Parachute ASTM F2316–12 ....................... ‘‘Standard Specification for Airframe Emergency Parachutes’’ as modified by Table 4 of these 

airworthiness design criteria. 

Airplane Flight Manual or Pilot’s 

Operating Handbook.

ASTM F2746–14; Or GAMA 

Specification No. 1, rev October 18, 1996.

‘‘Standard Specification for Pilot’s Operating Handbook (POH) for Light Sport Aircraft’’ as modified by Table 5 of these airworthiness design criteria. 

Maintenance Manual ................. ASTM F2483–18 ....................... ‘‘Standard Practice for Maintenance and the Development of Maintenance Manuals for Light 

Sport Aircraft’’ as modified by Table 6 of these airworthiness design criteria. 

Continued Operational Safety 

(COS).

ASTM F3198–18 ....................... ‘‘Standard Specification for Light Sport Aircraft Manufacturer’s Continued Operational Safety 

(COS) Program’’ as modified by Table 7 of these airworthiness design criteria. 

TABLE 2—MODIFICATIONS APPLICABLE TO ASTM F2245–20 ‘‘STANDARD SPECIFICATIONS FOR DESIGN AND

PERFORMANCE OF LIGHT SPORT AIRCRAFT’’ 

Requirements: 

Include all sections of ASTM F2245–20 except section 9.1.4. 

Change section 1.1 to: ‘‘This specification covers basic airworthiness requirements for the design of a fixed-wing airplane.’’ 

Change section 1.2 to: ‘‘This specification is applicable to the design of a primary category airplane limited to two seats.’’ 

TABLE 3—MODIFICATIONS APPLICABLE TO ASTM F2506–13 ‘‘STANDARD SPECIFICATION FOR DESIGN AND TESTING OF

LIGHT SPORT AIRCRAFT PROPELLERS’’ 

Requirements: 

Include all sections of ASTM F2506–13 except section 10. 

TABLE 4—MODIFICATIONS APPLICABLE TO ASTM F2316–12 ‘‘STANDARD SPECIFICATION FOR AIRFRAME EMERGENCY

PARACHUTES’’ 

Requirements: 

Include all sections of ASTM F2316–12 except section 12. 


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2 GAMA Specification No. 1. 

TABLE 5—MODIFICATIONS APPLICABLE TO ASTM F2746–14 ‘‘STANDARD SPECIFICATION FOR PILOT’S OPERATING

HANDBOOK (POH) FOR LIGHT SPORT AIRCRAFT’’ 

Requirements: 

The airplane flight manual (AFM) must comply with all sections of ASTM F2746–14, as modified by this table, except sections 1.3, 4.6, and 7, 

or alternatively, the airplane flight manual must comply with GAMA Specification No. 1 2 issued February 15, 1975, and revised October 18, 

1996, in which case the following modifications do not apply. 

In addition to ASTM F2746–14, each part of the AFM indicated below must be approved, segregated, identified, and clearly distinguished from 

unapproved parts: 

• Chapter 2 Limitations; 

• Chapter 3 Emergency Procedures; 

• Chapter 5 Performance; 

• Chapter 6: 

Æ Weight and Balance Chart (see section 6.10.1 of ASTM F2746–14); 

Æ Operating Weights and Loading (see section 6.10.2 of ASTM F2746–14); 

Æ Center of Gravity (CG) Range and Determination (see section 6.10.3 of ASTM F2746–14); 

• Chapter 8: 

Æ Approved Fuel Grades and Specifications (see section 6.12.5.1 of ASTM F2746–14); 

Æ Approved Oil Grades and Specifications (see section 6.12.5.2 of ASTM F2746–14). 

In addition to ASTM F2746–14, non-approved information in the AFM must be presented in a manner acceptable to the FAA. 

Change section 6.4.1 of ASTM 2746–14 to: ‘‘A list of the standards used for the design, construction, continued airworthiness, and reference 

compliance with this standard.’’ 

TABLE 6—MODIFICATIONS APPLICABLE TO ASTM F2483–18 ‘‘STANDARD PRACTICE FOR MAINTENANCE AND THE

DEVELOPMENT OF MAINTENANCE MANUALS FOR LIGHT SPORT AIRCRAFT’’ 

Requirements: 

Include all sections of ASTM F2483–18 except: 

• Section 3.1.7 

• Section 3.1.7.1 

• Section 3.1.8 

• Section 4 

• Note 1 in section 5 

• Section 5.3.2 

• Section 5.3.3 

• Section 5.3.6 

• Section 6.1 

• Note 5 in section 6.1 

• Section 8 and all subsections and notes 

• Section 9 and all subsections 

• Section 10 and all subsections 

• Section 11 and all subsections and notes 

• Section 12 and all subsections 

• Annex A1 

In addition to ASTM F2483–18, a maintenance manual containing the information that the applicant considers essential for proper maintenance 

must be provided as indicated in § 21.24(a)(2)(iii). 

In addition to ASTM F2483–18, the part of the manual containing service life limitations, the replacement or overhaul of parts, components, and 

accessories subject to such limitations must be approved, identified, and clearly distinguished from each other unapproved part of the maintenance manual. 

Change section 3.1.9 to: ‘‘maintenance manual(s)—manual provided by the type design holder that specifies maintenance, repairs, or alterations authorized by the manufacturer.’’ 

Change section 3.1.11 to: ‘‘manufacturer—any entity engaged in the production of, or component used on, a type certified primary category airplane. 

Change section 5.3 to: ‘‘Level of Certification—When listing the qualification level needed to perform a task, the type certificate holder must use 

the appropriate qualifications from the regulations for aircraft maintenance indicated in 14 CFR part 43, appendix A.’’ 

Change Note 4 in section 5.3.1 to: ‘‘Primary category aircraft owners may perform maintenance as outlined in part 43, appendix A.’’ 

Change section 6.2 to: ‘‘Typical tasks considered as line maintenance include:’’ 


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3CS–E, Amendment 6—Aircraft cybersecurity. 

TABLE 7—MODIFICATIONS APPLICABLE TO ASTM F3198–18 ‘‘STANDARD SPECIFICATION FOR LIGHT SPORT AIRCRAFT

MANUFACTURER’S CONTINUED OPERATIONAL SAFETY (COS) PROGRAM’’ 

Requirement: 

Include all sections of ASTM F3198–18 except: 

• Section 1 and all subsections 

• Section 5.2 and all subsections 

• Section 5.3 and all subsections 

• Section 6.1.1.3 

• Section 6.1.1.4 

• Section 7.7 and all subsections 

• Section 8.1.2.1 

• Section 8.2 and all subsections 

• Section 10 

Change section 4.1 to: ‘‘The purpose of this specification is to establish, by the manufacturer, a method by which unsafe conditions and service 

difficulty issues are reported, evaluated, and corrected. The type certificate holder is responsible to report failures, malfunctions or defects to 

the FAA as outlined in § 21.3.’’ 

Replace ‘‘manufacturer’’ with ‘‘type certificate holder’’ throughout section 7. 

TABLE 8—FAA VALIDATION OF EASA STATE OF DESIGN RECIPROCATING AIRCRAFT ENGINES

[In addition to the EASA CS–E, amendment 6 requirements,3 the following requirements from 14 CFR part 33, amendment 33–34 also apply.] 

Subject 14 CFR part 33 

Instructions for Continued Airworthiness (ICA) ........................................ Section 33.4, appendices A33.1(b), A33.2, A33.3(b) and (c), and 

A33.4(a)(2). 

Engine ratings and operating limitations including reciprocating engine 

limits.

Sections 33.7(b)(6) and (b)(8). 

Durability (Propeller blade pitch control systems) .................................... Section 33.19(b). 

Turbine, compressor, fan, and turbosupercharger rotor overspeed ........ Section 33.27. 

Turbocharger rotors .................................................................................. Section 33.34. 

Lubrication system .................................................................................... Sections 33.39(a) and (c). 

Vibration test ............................................................................................. Sections 33.43(a) and (c). 

Endurance test ......................................................................................... Section 33.49(d). 

Issued in Kansas City, Missouri, on 24 

August, 2023. 

Patrick R. Mullen, 

Manager, Technical Policy Branch, Policy and 

Standards Division, Aircraft Certification 

Service. 

[FR Doc. 2023–18679 Filed 8–30–23; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4910–13–P 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Federal Aviation Administration 

14 CFR Part 39 

[Docket No. FAA–2023–1723; Project 

Identifier MCAI–2023–00457–T] 

RIN 2120–AA64 

Airworthiness Directives; Airbus SAS 

Airplanes 

AGENCY: Federal Aviation 

Administration (FAA), DOT. 

ACTION: Notice of proposed rulemaking 

(NPRM). 

SUMMARY: The FAA proposes to adopt a 

new airworthiness directive (AD) for all 

Airbus SAS Model A330–200 Freighter 

series airplanes. This proposed AD was 

prompted by a widespread fatigue 

damage (WFD) evaluation on Airbus 

SAS Model A330–200 Freighter series 

airplanes, which found that the 

circumferential joint at Frame 58 (near 

the rear fuselage) is susceptible to WFD. 

This proposed AD would require a 

modification to reinforce the 

circumferential joints at Frame 58 and, 

if necessary, corrective action, as 

specified in a European Union Aviation 

Safety Agency (EASA) AD, which is 

proposed for incorporation by reference 

(IBR). The FAA is proposing this AD to 

address the unsafe condition on these 

products. 

DATES: The FAA must receive comments 

on this proposed AD by October 16, 

2023. 

ADDRESSES: You may send comments, 

using the procedures found in 14 CFR 

11.43 and 11.45, by any of the following 

methods: 

• Federal eRulemaking Portal: Go to 

regulations.gov. Follow the instructions 

for submitting comments. 

• Fax: 202–493–2251. 

• Mail: U.S. Department of 

Transportation, Docket Operations, M– 

30, West Building Ground Floor, Room 

W12–140, 1200 New Jersey Avenue SE, 

Washington, DC 20590. 

• Hand Delivery: Deliver to Mail 

address above between 9 a.m. and 5 

p.m., Monday through Friday, except 

Federal holidays. 

AD Docket: You may examine the AD 

docket at regulations.gov under Docket 

No. FAA–2023–1723; or in person at 

Docket Operations between 9 a.m. and 

5 p.m., Monday through Friday, except 

Federal holidays. The AD docket 

contains this NPRM, the mandatory 

continuing airworthiness information 

(MCAI), any comments received, and 

other information. The street address for 

Docket Operations is listed above. 

Material Incorporated by Reference: 

• For material that is proposed for 

IBR in this AD, contact EASA, KonradAdenauer-Ufer 3, 50668 Cologne, 

Germany; telephone +49 221 8999 000; 

email ADs@easa.europa.eu; website 

easa.europa.eu. You may find this 

material on the EASA website at 


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