Contributor - Accidents and Regulations

Contributor - Accidents and Regulations

Gordon Gilbert

Some business jets and large turboprop airplanes are included in <a href="https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2024/02/16/2024-02330/airplane-fuel-efficiency-certification">new FAA&nbsp;final rules</a>&nbsp;that enact Environmental Protection Agency-prescribed fuel efficiency certification requirements. The rules take effect on April 16 and apply to certain subsonic jet airplanes with a maximum takeoff weight greater than 5,700 kilograms (12,500 pounds) and to certain turboprop airplanes with a mtow greater than 8,618 kilograms (19,000 pounds).
Under this final rule, an airplane is subject to these certification requirements: (1) at new (original) type certification; (2) upon manufacture of any covered airplane after Jan. 1, 2028; or (3) when a modification to a covered airplane meets fuel efficiency change criteria specified in the regulations. Exempted are piston airplanes, airplanes used for firefighting, amphibious airplanes, non-pressurized airplanes, certain specialized operations airplanes, and out-of-production airplanes currently in service.
The new FAR Part 38,&nbsp;Appendix A, rule contains the certification testing methods that&nbsp;OEMs or modifiers must perform to determine the fuel metric value that a specific airframe design must comply with to obtain fuel efficiency certification. See also&nbsp;Advisory Circular 38-1.&nbsp;According to the FAA, the airplanes covered by the new regulations&nbsp;are responsible for 9 percent of domestic transportation emissions and 2 percent of total U.S. carbon pollution.
Sixty comments were submitted and 14 generally supported the rules&nbsp;as proposed.&nbsp;Nine,&nbsp;including ALPA,&nbsp;Boeing,&nbsp;Gulfstream, NBAA, GAMA, and&nbsp;Embraer supported the rule but offered suggested changes.

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