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[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 249 (Monday, December 30, 2024)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Page 106308]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2024-31237]

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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Aviation Administration

14 CFR Part 107

[Docket No. FAA-2024-1975]

Accepted Means of Compliance for Small Unmanned Aircraft Category 
3 Operations Over Human Beings; Wingtra AG

AGENCY: Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), DOT.

ACTION: Notice of availability.

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SUMMARY: This document announces the acceptance of a means of 
compliance with FAA regulations for small unmanned aircraft (sUA) 
Category 3 operations over human beings. The Administrator finds that 
Wingtra AG's ``Proposed Means of Compliance for Operations Over People 
(OOP),'' dated April 30, 2024, provides an acceptable means, but not 
the only means, of showing compliance with FAA regulations.

DATES: Effective December 30, 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 
[email protected] (mail to: [email protected]).
    Wingtra AG Contact: Armin Ambuehl, CTO, Giessh[uuml]belstrasse 40, 
8045 Zurich, Switzerland, +41 799032851; [email protected] (mail to: 
[email protected]).

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

    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 Sec.  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 a 
specified severity limit, does not contain any exposed rotating parts 
that would lacerate human skin, and does not contain any safety 
defects. Section 107.155 requires that means of compliance with Sec.  
107.130(a) be established and FAA-accepted. Section 107.160 requires an 
applicant to declare that sUA for Category 3 operations meet an FAA-
accepted means of compliance.

Means of Compliance Accepted

    This notification of availability serves as a formal acceptance by 
the FAA of Wingtra AG's ``Proposed Means of Compliance for Operations 
Over People (OOP),'' dated April 30, 2024, as an acceptable means of 
compliance, but not the only means of compliance with Sec.  107.130(a) 
for Category 3 operations. Applicants may also propose alternative 
means of compliance for FAA review and possible acceptance.

Revisions

    Revisions to Wingtra AG's ``Proposed Means of Compliance for 
Operations Over People (OOP),'' dated April 30, 2024, will not be 
automatically accepted, and will require further FAA acceptance for any 
revisions to be considered as an accepted means of compliance.

    Issued in Kansas City, Missouri, on December 20, 2024.
Patrick R. Mullen,
Manager, Technical Policy Branch, Policy and Standards Division, 
Aircraft Certification Service.
[FR Doc. 2024-31237 Filed 12-27-24; 8:45 am]
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