Document ID: FAA-2022-1564-0001
Agency: faa
Document Type: Notice
Title: Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposals, Submissions, and Approvals: Certification of Aircraft and Airmen for the Operation of Light-Sport Aircraft
Posted Date: 2022-11-22T05:00Z

[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 224 (Tuesday, November 22, 2022)]
[Notices]
[Page 71392]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2022-25350]

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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Aviation Administration

[Docket No. 2022-1564]

Agency Information Collection Activities: Requests for Comments; 
Clearance of a Renewed Approval of Information Collection: 
Certification of Aircraft and Airmen for the Operation of Light-Sport 
Aircraft

AGENCY: Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), DOT.

ACTION: Notice and request for comments.

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SUMMARY: In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, FAA 
invites public comments about our intention to request the Office of 
Management and Budget (OMB) approval to renew an information 
collection. The collection involves the recordkeeping requirement for 
owners/operators of aircraft issued a special airworthiness certificate 
in the light-sport aircraft category (SLSA) to keep the current status 
of applicable safety directives, and transfer these records with the 
aircraft at the time the aircraft is sold. The information to be 
collected is necessary to determine and ensure the SLSA aircraft is in 
a condition for safe flight prior to aircraft operation. The title of 
this collection is being revised from Certification of Aircraft and 
Airmen for the Operation of Light-Sport Aircraft to Special Light-Sport 
Aircraft (SLSA) Safety Directive Recordkeeping, to better reflect the 
purpose of the information collected.

DATES: Written comments should be submitted by January 23, 2023.

ADDRESSES: Please send written comments:

By Electronic Docket: www.regulations.gov (Enter docket number into 
search field)
By email: Tanya Glines, [email protected]

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Tanya Glines by email at: 
[email protected]; phone: 202-380-5896.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 
    Public Comments Invited: You are asked to comment on any aspect of 
this information collection, including (a) whether the proposed 
collection of information is necessary for FAA's performance; (b) the 
accuracy of the estimated burden; (c) ways for FAA to enhance the 
quality, utility and clarity of the information collection; and (d) 
ways that the burden could be minimized without reducing the quality of 
the collected information. The agency will summarize and/or include 
your comments in the request for OMB's clearance of this information 
collection.
    OMB Control Number: 2120-0730.
    Title: Certification of Aircraft and Airmen for the Operation of 
Light-Sport Aircraft.
    Form Numbers: Aircraft maintenance records/logs.
    Type of Review: Renewal of an information collection.
    Background: Title 14 CFR, Sec.  91.417(a)(2)(v) requires each 
registered owner or operator to retain records containing the current 
status of applicable safety directives including, for each, the method 
of compliance, the safety directive number and revision date. 
Additionally, if the safety directive involves recurring action, the 
time and date when the next action is required.
    Recording this information and retaining these records is necessary 
to determine if unsafe conditions have been corrected on aircraft 
issued a special airworthiness certificate in the light-sport category 
(SLSA), which assists in ensuring that the SLSA aircraft is in a 
condition safe for flight prior to its operation within the national 
airspace.
    Respondents include owners/operators of SLSA, aircraft mechanics, 
and LSA repairmen with a Maintenance rating. The records of SLSA safety 
directive compliance are retained by the aircraft owner/operator, who 
must keep the records for the life of the SLSA aircraft and transfer 
them to the new owner at the time the aircraft is sold. The burden 
estimates are based on the current number of registered SLA and a 
projected future growth rate.
    Respondents: 3224 owners/operators of SLSA aircraft.
    Frequency: On occasion.
    Estimated Average Burden per Response: 2 Hours.
    Estimated Total Annual Burden: 6,448 hours of annual burden.

    Issued in Washington, DC, on November 16, 2022.
Tanya A. Glines,
Aviation Safety Inspector, Office of Safety Standards, Aircraft 
Maintenance Division, Airmen Section.
[FR Doc. 2022-25350 Filed 11-21-22; 8:45 am]
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