ASTM F2295-03
(Practice)Standard Practice for Continued Operational Safety Monitoring of a Light Sport Airplane
Standard Practice for Continued Operational Safety Monitoring of a Light Sport Airplane
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1.1 This document establishes the standard practice for the continued operational safety monitoring of a light sport airplane.
1.2 This standard does not purport to address all of the safety concerns, if any, associated with its use. It is the responsibility of the user of this standard to establish appropriate safety and health practices and determine the applicability of regulatory limitations prior to use.
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Designation:F2295–03
Standard Practice for
Continued Operational Safety Monitoring of a Light Sport
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Airplane
This standard is issued under the fixed designation F 2295; the number immediately following the designation indicates the year of
original adoption or, in the case of revision, the year of last revision. A number in parentheses indicates the year of last reapproval. A
superscript epsilon (e) indicates an editorial change since the last revision or reapproval.
1. Scope 5.2 Assignment Of Duties—Manufacturers may assign op-
erational safety monitoring and continued airworthiness sup-
1.1 This document establishes the standard practice for the
port duties to other entities.
continued operational safety monitoring of a light sport air-
5.3 Manufacturer’s Responsibilities—LSA airplane manu-
plane.
facturers shall develop and implement a system of receiving,
1.2 This standard does not purport to address all of the
evaluating, and correcting safety of flight and service difficulty
safety concerns, if any, associated with its use. It is the
issues.
responsibility of the user of this standard to establish appro-
5.3.1 Manufacturer shall evaluate all safety of flight and
priate safety and health practices and determine the applica-
service difficulty reports and shall initiate corrective action as
bility of regulatory limitations prior to use.
needed to correct any safety of flight related issues.
2. Referenced Documents
5.3.2 Manufacturer shall not use notices of corrective action
to promote or make mandatory non-safety of flight related
2.1 ASTM Standards:
equipment upgrades or additions.
F 2245 Specification for Design and Performance of a Light
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5.3.3 The manufacturer shall provide with the delivery of
Sport Airplane
each LSA airplane documented continued airworthiness in-
3. Terminology
structions in the English language. These instructions shall
include at least the following:
3.1 Definitions:
5.3.3.1 A method for the owner/operator to report mainte-
3.1.1 LSA Airplane (light sport aircraft airplane)—a pow-
nance, service, and safety difficulties to the manufacturer, in
ered fixed wing aircraft designed per Specification F 2245 that
accordance with 5.4.
is manufactured and delivered ready to fly.
5.3.3.2 A method for the owner/operator to obtain and
3.1.2 manufacturer—any entity engaged in the production
verify that they have the latest safety of flight information
of an LSA airplane.
developed by the manufacturer, in accordance with 5.4.
4. Significance and Use
5.3.3.3 Instructions pertaining to annual and 100-h inspec-
tion items as needed.
4.1 The purpose of this practice is to establish a method by
5.4 Owner/Operator Responsibilities:
which safety of flight issues are discovered, evaluated, and
5.4.1 Eachowner/operatorofanLSAairplaneshallreadand
corrected for the purpose of maintaining operational safety of
comply with the maintenance and continued airworthiness
an LSA airplane.
information and instructions provided by the manufacturer.
5. Continued Airworthiness Support
5.4.2 Each owner/operator of an LSA airplane shall be
responsibleforprovidingthemanufacturerwithcurrentcontact
5.1 The manufacturer of an LSA airplane shall maintain an
information where the manufacturer may send the owner/
Operational Safety Monitoring System as a normal business
operator supplemental notification bulletins.
conduct.
5.4.3 The owner/operator of an LSA airplane shall be
responsible for notifying the manufacturer of any safety of
flight issue or significant service difficulty upon discovery.
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This practice is under the jurisdiction ofASTM Committee F37 on Light Sport
5.4.4 The owner/operator of an LSA airplane shall be
Aircraft and is the direct responsibility of Subcommittee F37.20 on Airplane.
responsible for complying with all manufacturer issued notices
Current edition approved Sept. 10, 2003. Published October 2003.
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Annual Book of ASTM Standards, Vol 15.07. of corrective action and for complying with all applicable
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F2295–03
aviation authority regulations in regard to maintaining the 7.2.1.5 The make and model of the effected LSA airplane,
airworthiness of the LSA airplane. 7.2.1.6 The serial number of the effected LSA airplane,
5.4.5 An owner of an LSA airplane shall ensure that any 7.2.1.7 A number that uniquely identifies the notice,
needed corrective action be completed as specified in a notice, 7.2.1.8 The number of the superseded notice, if applicable,
or by the next scheduled annual inspection. and
5.4.6 Should an owner/operator not comply with any man- 7.2.1.9 The page number and number of total pages.
datory service requirement, the LSA airplane shall be consid- 7.2.2 The first page s
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