Regulations and Government
NTSB Cautions on Small Airplane Proposal
The agency questions whether consensus standards will provide an adequate level of safety.

While the U.S. FAA’s proposed rewrite of small aircraft certification rules has gained wide support from industry, the NTSB is more cautious about the sweeping changes. The FAA in March released a notice of proposed rulemaking (NPRM) that would overhaul Part 23 certification standards, making them more performance-based and less prescriptive. It would enable use of international aviation community consensus standards, rather than be solely FAA-driven.


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