Stage: Final Publications

Regulatory Agency Final Publications

FAA Notice N8900_638 Certificate of Waiver (CoW) J551, Restricted Category Civil Aircraft Operating Limitations

This notice announces a mandatory revision to Certificate of Waiver
(CoW) J551 for Title 14 of the Code of Federal Regulations (14 CFR) part 91 operators using
restricted category civil aircraft. This notice also announces an update to Federal Aviation
Administration (FAA) Order 8900.1 clarifying the authorization granted by CoW J551, and
adding guidance on authorizing operations in the 48 contiguous United States and the District of
Columbia.

FAA Order 8400_13F_CHG_1 Procedures for the Evaluation and Approval of Facilities for Special Authorization Category I Operations and All Category II and III Operations

. This order lists the minimum requirements for evaluation and
approval of ground facilities supporting Category (CAT) I approaches and CAT II approaches to
runways which do not meet all performance or equipment requirements of a U.S. Standard or
International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) Standard, and for all CAT II and CAT III
approaches.

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FAA Notice N8900_637 Part 135, § 135.163(h)—Gyroscopic-Instrument Energy-Source Requirements for Single-Engine Aircraft Conducting Passenger-Carrying Operations

This notice provides guidance and information to aviation safety
inspectors (ASI) responsible for Title 14 of the Code of Federal Regulations (14 CFR) part 135
certificate holders (CH) that operate passenger-carrying, single-engine aircraft under instrument
flight rules (IFR). The information contained in this notice will assist ASIs in determining if
single-engine aircraft comply with the gyroscopic-instrument energy-source requirements to
conduct IFR passenger-carrying operations under part 135, § 135.163(h).

FAA Notice N8900_636 Revised FAA-Approved Deicing Program Updates, Winter 2022–2023

This notice provides inspectors with information on holdover times (HOT) and recommendations on various other ground deicing/anti-icing issues. This notice clarifies guidance regarding reported Aviation Routine Weather Report (METAR) obscurations to remove potential misinterpretations.
Note: This notice is designed to be used in conjunction with the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) Holdover Time Guidelines for Winter 2022–2023. The two documents complement each other and should be used together for a thorough understanding of the subject matter.

FAA AC_120-110A Aircraft Secondary Barriers and Alternate Flightdeck Security Procedures

This AC provides an acceptable means, but not the only means, to achieve effective protection of the flightdeck as required by Title 14 of the Code of Federal Regulations (14 CFR) part 121, § 121.584 by implementing a secondary barrier. The contents of this document do not have the force and effect of law and are not meant to bind the public in any way. This document is intended only to provide clarity to the public regarding existing requirements under the law or agency policies.

EASA NPA 2022-104 Postponement of the Requirement for Locating an Aircraft in Distress

Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, Having regard to Regulation (EU) 2018/1139 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 4 July 2018 on common rules in the field of civil aviation and establishing a European Union Aviation Safety Agency, and amending Regulations (EC) No 2111/2005, (EC) No 1008/2008, (EU) No 996/2010, (EU) No 376/2014 and Directives 2014/30/EU and
2014/53/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council, and repealing Regulations (EC) No 552/2004 and (EC) No 216/2008 of the European Parliament and of the Council and Council Regulation (EEC) No 3922/911 , and in particular Article 31 thereof,

Whereas:
(1) ICAO Standard 6.18.1 was incorporated into point CAT.GEN.MPA.210 of Annex IV (Part-CAT) to Commission Regulation (EU) No 965/20122 , which requires certain
aeroplanes to be equipped with robust and automatic means to accurately determine, following an accident during which the aeroplane is severely damaged, the location of the point of end of flight.

(2) The ICAO Council adopted Amendment 48 to ICAO Annex 6, Part I at the 16th Meeting of their 226th Session on 18 July 2022. That amendment postpones the applicability date of ICAO Standard 6.18.1 to 1 January 2025 and restricts its applicability to aeroplanes first issued with an individual Certificate of  airworthiness (CofA) on or after 1 January 2024.

(3) That amendment intends (i) to address the significant delays, faced by all aircraft manufacturers concerned worldwide, in fitting aeroplanes with the required equipment, and setting up the necessary communication infrastructure between all relevant stakeholders (including air traffic service (ATS) providers and rescue coordination centres (RCCs)), and (ii) to provide more time for RCCs and ATS units to prepare and adapt their procedures.

(4) Commission Regulation (EU) No 965/2012 should, therefore, be amended accordingly.

(5) The European Union Aviation Safety Agency prepared draft implementing rules and submitted them to the European Commission with Opinion No 5/2022 in accordance with Article 76(1) of Regulation (EU) 2018/1139.