ASTM_F_2295_-_10.pdf

Designation:F229510Standard Practice forContinued Operational Safety Monitoring of a Light SportAircraft1This standard is issued under the fixed designation F2295;the number immediately following the designation indicates the year oforiginal adoption or,in the case of revision,the year of last revision.A number in parentheses indicates the year of last reapproval.Asuperscript epsilon()indicates an editorial change since the last revision or reapproval.1.Scope1.1 This practice establishes the standard practice for thecontinued operational safety monitoring of a light sport air-craft.1.2 This standard does not purport to address all of thesafety concerns,if any,associated with its use.It is theresponsibility of the user of this standard to establish appro-priate safety and health practices and determine the applica-bility of regulatory limitations prior to use.2.Referenced Documents2.1 ASTM Standards:2F2245 Specification for Design and Performance of a LightSport AirplaneF2564 Specification for Design and Performance of a LightSport Glider3.Terminology3.1 Definitions:3.1.1 LSA airplane(light sport aircraft airplane)poweredaircraft designed in accordance with Specification F2245 that ismanufactured and delivered ready to fly.3.1.2 LSA glider(light sport aircraft glider)aircraft de-signed in accordance with Specification F2564 that is manu-factured and delivered ready to fly.3.1.3 manufacturerany entity engaged in the productionof an aircraft or component used on an aircraft.3.2 Acronyms:3.2.1 LSAlight sport aircraft4.Significance and Use4.1 The purpose of this practice is to establish a method bywhich safety of flight issues are discovered,evaluated,andcorrected for the purpose of maintaining operational safety ofa LSA.5.Continued Airworthiness Support5.1 The manufacturer of a LSA shall maintain an Opera-tional Safety Monitoring System as a normal business conduct.5.2 Assignment Of DutiesManufacturers may assign op-erational safety monitoring and continued airworthiness sup-port duties to other entities.5.3 Manufacturers ResponsibilitiesLSA manufacturersshall develop and implement a system of receiving,evaluating,and correcting safety of flight and service difficulty issues.5.3.1 Manufacturer shall evaluate all safety of flight andservice difficulty reports and shall initiate corrective action asneeded to correct any safety of flight related issues.5.3.2 Manufacturer shall not use notices of corrective actionto promote or make mandatory non-safety of flight relatedequipment upgrades or additions.5.3.3 The manufacturer shall provide with the delivery ofeach LSA documented continued airworthiness instructions inthe English language.These instructions shall include at leastthe following:5.3.3.1 A method for the owner/operator to reportmaintenance,service,andsafetydifficultiestothemanufacturer,in accordance with 5.4.5.3.3.2 A method for the owner/operator to obtain andverify that they have the latest safety of flight informationdeveloped by the manufacturer,in accordance with 5.4.5.3.3.3 Instructions pertaining to annual and 100-h inspec-tion items as needed.5.4 Owner/Operator Responsibilities:5.4.1 Each owner/operator of a LSA shall read and complywith the maintenance and continued airworthiness informationand instructions provided by the manufacturer.5.4.2 Each owner/operator of a LSAshall be responsible forproviding the manufacturer with current contact informationwhere the manufacturer may send the owner/operator supple-mental notification bulletins.1This practice is under the jurisdiction of ASTM Committee F37 on Light SportAircraft and is the direct responsibility of Subcommittee F37.20 on Airplane.Current edition approved Jan.1,2010.Published March 2010.Originallyapproved in 2003.Last previous edition approved in 2006 as F2295 06.DOI:10.1520/F2295-10.2For referenced ASTM standards,visit the ASTM website,www.astm.org,orcontact ASTM Customer Service at serviceastm.org.For Annual Book of ASTMStandards volume information,refer to the standards Document Summary page onthe ASTM website.Copyright ASTM International,100 Barr Harbor Drive,PO Box C700,West Conshohocken,PA 19428-2959.United States1 5.4.3 The owner/operator of a LSA shall be responsible fornotifying the manufacturer of any safety of flight issue orsignificant service difficulty upon discovery.5.4.4 The owner/operator of a LSA shall be responsible forcomplying with all manufacturer issued notices of correctiveaction and for complying with all applicable aviation authorityregulations in regard to maintaining the airworthiness of theLSA.5.4.5 An owner of a LSA shall ensure that any neededcorrective action be completed as specified in a notice,or bythe next scheduled annual inspection.5.4.6 Should an owner/operator not comply with any man-datory service requirement,the LSA shall be considered not incompliance with applicable ASTM standards and may besubject to regulatory action by the presiding aviation authority.6.Determination Of Corrective Action6.1 The