ASTM Proposes Easing Small Aircraft Component Tests
ASTM's F44 general aviation committee is developing a standard that would enable certain small aircraft components to bypass requisite durability tests.

ASTM International is proposing a new standard that would establish the requirements for small aircraft components to be considered as “low-stress structures” and able to bypass certain durability testing. The standards-setting agency’s general aviation aircraft committee, F44, is developing the proposed standard, which carries the designation of WK61232.