8926 Federal Register / Vol. 73, No. 32 / Friday, February 15, 2008 / Notices 

1FAA Order 1110.143, dated July 26, 2006, 

established the Amateur-Built Aviation Rulemaking 

Committee. 

regarding how best to determine the 

calculation of major portion. Therefore, 

the FAA will revise the process for 

determining major portion in FAA 

Order 8130.2. 

Interested parties will be given an 

opportunity for comment on changes to 

the advisory circulars, FAA Order 

8130.2, to include section 9, 

Experimental Amateur-Built 

Airworthiness Certifications, and forms 

8000–38 and 8130–12 once these 

changes are implemented. This 

opportunity will be announced in a 

future Federal Register notice. 

Dated: February 11, 2008. 

Frank Paskiewicz, 

Manager, Production and Airworthiness 

Division. 

[FR Doc. 08–705 Filed 2–14–08; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Federal Aviation Administration 

Third Meeting, RTCA Special 

Committee 216: Aeronautical System 

Security 

AGENCY: Federal Aviation 

Administration (FAA), DOT. 

ACTION: Notice of RTCA Special 

Committee 216 meeting Aeronautical 

Systems Security. 

SUMMARY: The FAA is issuing this notice 

to advise the public of a meeting of 

RTCA Special Committee 216: 

Aeronautical Systems Security. 

DATES: The meeting will be held on 

March 11–13, 2008, from 9 a.m. to 5 

p.m. 

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at 

EG&G, 300 M Street, Suite 400, 

Washington, DC. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

RTCA Secretariat, 1828 L Street, NW., 

Suite 805, Washington, DC 20036–5133; 

telephone (202) 833–9339; fax (202) 

833–9434; Web site http://www.rtca.org. 

EG&G Contact: Dale Immel, telephone 

(202) 264–7847 e-mail 

dimmel@egginc.com. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Pursuant 

to section 10(a)(2) of the Federal 

Advisory Committee Act (Pub. L. 92–

463, 5 U.S.C., Appendix 2), notice is 

hereby given for a Special Committee 

216 meeting. The agenda will include: 

• March 11–13: 

• Opening Session (Welcome, 

Introductory and Administrative 

Remarks, Agenda Overview Minutes 

Review/Approve Second Meeting 

Summary (RTCA Paper No. 010–08/ 

SC216–005 and Action Items). 

• Status of the Task Force. 

• Status of the Working Groups, SG2 

and SG3. 

• Status of WG72. 

• Status of Liaison Activities. 

• Breakout into Working Groups. 

• Organization of Plan Forward, 

Assign Actions. 

• Closing Session (Other Business, 

Assignment/Review of Future Work, 

Establish Agenda, Date and Place of 

Next Meeting, Closing Remarks, 

Adjourn). 

Attendance is open to the interested 

public but limited to space availability. 

With the approval of the chairmen, 

members of the public may present oral 

statements at the meeting. Persons 

wishing to present statements or obtain 

information should contact the person 

listed in the FOR FURTHER INFORMATION

CONTACT section. Members of the public 

may present a written statement to the 

committee at any time. 

Issued in Washington, DC, on February 8, 

2008. 

Robert L. Bostiga, 

RTCA Advisory Committee (Acting). 

[FR Doc. 08–700 Filed 2–14–08; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Federal Aviation Administration 

Notice of Temporary Suspension of 

Amateur-Built Aircraft Kit Evaluations 

Previously Conducted by the Federal 

Aviation Administration, Aircraft 

Certification Service 

AGENCY: Federal Aviation 

Administration, DOT. 

SUMMARY: This notice announces the 

temporary suspension of courtesy 

amateur-built aircraft kit evaluations 

that have been provided by the FAA. 

The purpose of these evaluations was to 

indicate if a prefabricated amateur-built 

aircraft kit could be eligible for 

certification as an amateur-built aircraft. 

Although kit evaluations have been 

suspended, amateur-built kit 

manufacturers may continue to develop, 

manufacture, market and sell their 

aircraft kits. Airworthiness certifications 

conducted by the FAA in response to 

requests from amateur-builders for their 

individually fabricated and constructed 

aircraft will continue. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Frank P. Paskiewicz, Manager, 

Production and Airworthiness Division, 

Aircraft Certification Service, AIR–200, 

Federal Aviation Administration, 800 

Independence Ave., SW., Washington, 

DC 20591; telephone number (202) 267–

8361. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background 

Title 14 of the Code of Federal 

Regulations, Part 21, Certification 

Procedures for Products and Parts, 

§ 21.191 (Experimental Certificates) 

form the regulatory basis for fabricating, 

assembling, and operating amateur-built 

aircraft. Specifically, § 21.191(g) defines 

an amateur-built aircraft as ‘‘an aircraft 

the major portion of which has been 

fabricated and assembled by persons 

who undertook the construction project 

solely for their own education or 

recreation.’’

The Federal Aviation Administration 

(FAA) Aircraft Certification Service 

established an Amateur-Built Aviation 

Rulemaking Committee (ARC) on July 

26, 2006.1 The ARC was made up of 

representatives from the FAA, aircraft 

kit manufacturers, commercial 

assistance center owners, and 

associations. The purpose of the ARC 

was to make recommendations 

regarding the use of builder or 

commercial assistance when fabricating 

and assembling amateur-built aircraft 

under § 21.191(g). 

The ARC concluded that the current 

FAA Directives and Advisory Circulars 

are no longer adequate. Current 

technologies that allow for the 

fabrication and assembly of 

sophisticated amateur-built aircraft were 

not envisioned at the time § 21.191(g) 

was promulgated or when the current 

forms and methodology were 

developed. Most amateur-built aircraft 

kits were generally simple to fabricate 

and assemble and did not require 

commercial builder assistance. 

FAA has provided the aforementioned 

amateur-built kit evaluations in 

response to manufacturer’s requests to 

determine if the percentage of the kit 

completed by the manufacturer would 

leave the major portion (51%) of the 

work to be completed by the amateurbuilder. These evaluations are not a 

regulatory requirement. Rather, these 

evaluations have been a courtesy that 

FAA has provided for the convenience 

of the kit manufacturers, their 

customers, and FAA Inspectors. These 

evaluations have allowed the FAA to 

pre-evaluate amateur-built kits to 

determine (when built according to the 

manufacturer’s instructions) if the kits 

could be eligible for an Experimental 

Airworthiness Certificate under 14 CFR 

Part 21 § 21.191, Experimental 

Certificates. When a kit has been found 

to be eligible, it is added to the FAA’s 


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