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SFAR outlines tougher training requirements

Following its safety evaluation of the Mitsubishi MU-2 last year, the FAA has issued a proposed Special FAR that will force all current and future MU-2 pil

By Matt Thurber • Editor-in-Chief

November 7, 2006

Following its safety evaluation of the Mitsubishi MU-2 last year, the FAA has issued a proposed Special FAR that will force all current and future MU-2 pilots to obtain formal training to fly the high-performance turboprop twin. Current FARs do not require that multiengine pilots obtain any training when transitioning from one type of twin-engine (non-jet) airplane to another, or when moving from piston twins to turboprops, unless the aircraft weighs more than 12,500 pounds.

The SFAR might be a result of pressure from U.S. congressional representatives who have been urging the FAA to do something about what they say is the MU-2’s high accident rate. Rep. Tom Tancredo (R-Colo.) has asked the FAA repeatedly to issue a type-rating requirement for the MU-2, although more recently he has proposed legislation that would ground the airplane.

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