Document ID: FAA-2020-0303-0003
Agency: faa
Document Type: Notice
Title: Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposals, Submissions, and Approvals: Small Unmanned Aircraft Systems Accident Reporting
Posted Date: 2020-06-05T04:00Z

[Federal Register Volume 85, Number 109 (Friday, June 5, 2020)]
[Notices]
[Page 34712]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2020-12137]

[[Page 34712]]

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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Aviation Administration

[Docket No. FAA-2020-0303]

Agency Information Collection Activities: Requests for Comments; 
Clearance of Renewed Approval of Information Collection: Small Unmanned 
Aircraft Systems (sUAS) Accident Reporting

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 Federal Register Notice with a 60-day comment period 
soliciting comments on the following collection of information was 
published on March 31, 2020. The FAA requires that small unmanned 
aircraft accidents be reported to the FAA if they result in injury or 
damage exceeding certain thresholds.

DATES: Written comments should be submitted by July 6, 2020.

ADDRESSES: Written comments and recommendations for the proposed 
information collection should be sent within 30 days of publication of 
this notice to www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain. Find this particular 
information collection by selecting ``Currently under 30-day Review--
Open for Public Comments'' or by using the search function.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Joseph K. Hemler, Jr., by email at: 
Joseph.K.Hemler-Jr@faa.gov; phone: (202) 267-0159.

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.
    OMB Control Number: 2120-0767.
    Title: Small Unmanned Aircraft Systems (sUAS) Accident Reporting.
    Form Numbers: N/A (web portal: https://faadronezone.faa.gov).
    Type of Review: Renewal.
    Background: The Federal Register Notice with a 60-day comment 
period soliciting comments on the following collection of information 
was published on March 31, 2020 (85 FR 17941). 14 CFR part 107 requires 
that a small unmanned aircraft accident be reported if it causes: (1) 
Serious injury to any person or any loss of consciousness; or (2) 
damage to any property, other than the small unmanned aircraft, unless 
the cost of repair or fair market value in the event of total loss does 
not exceed $500. The information collected by the FAA through its 
DroneZone web portal, Flight Standards District Offices, or one of the 
Regional Operations Centers or the Washington Operations Center for 
each small UAS accident will be used to investigate and determine 
regulatory compliance. In addition, the accident information will go 
into the FAA aircraft accident database for safety analysis purposes by 
the FAA Office of Accident Investigation and Analysis, pursuant to its 
statutory safety mission. As is currently the case for manned aircraft 
accidents, small UAS accident data will be made available to the public 
and the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB).
    Respondents: Approximately 35 per year.
    Frequency: On occasion.
    Estimated Average Burden per Response: 15 minutes.
    Estimated Total Annual Burden: 8.75 hours.

    Issued in Washington, DC, on June 1, 2020.
Dwayne C. Morris,
Project Manager, Flight Standards Service, General Aviation and 
Commercial Division.
[FR Doc. 2020-12137 Filed 6-4-20; 8:45 am]
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