ASTM F2354-04
(Specification)Standard Specification for Continued Airworthiness System for Lighter-Than-Air Light Sport Aircraft
Standard Specification for Continued Airworthiness System for Lighter-Than-Air Light Sport Aircraft
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1.1 This specification covers continued airworthiness requirements for the manufacture of lighter-than-air light sport aircraft and their qualification for possible certification.
1.2 The values stated in SI units are to be regarded as the standard. The values given in parentheses are for information only.
1.3 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: F 2354 – 04
Standard Specification for
Continued Airworthiness System for Lighter-Than-Air Light
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Sport Aircraft
This standard is issued under the fixed designation F 2354; 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 new owner of an aircraft that has transferred ownership must
notifythemanufacturerorotherresponsibleentityandhavethe
1.1 This specification covers continued airworthiness re-
current operators list appropriately updated to include the new
quirements for the manufacture of lighter-than-air light sport
owner’s name.
aircraft and their qualification for possible certification.
1.2 The values stated in SI units are to be regarded as the
4. Monitoring, Investigation, and Remedial Action
standard. The values given in parentheses are for information
4.1 The manufacturer shall maintain contact with dealers
only.
and owners who report incidents or other situations that might
1.3 This standard does not purport to address all of the
relate to safety, operations, or maintenance of aircraft produced
safety concerns, if any, associated with its use. It is the
and placed in service. The manufacturer will promptly inves-
responsibility of the user of this standard to establish appro-
tigate all reported failures, malfunctions, or defects and de-
priate safety and health practices and determine the applica-
velop the appropriate corrective action. The magnitude of the
bility of regulatory limitations prior to use.
service problem will define the subsequent publication to the
2. Terminology operators.
2.1 Definitions:
5. Safety of Flight Bulletins
2.1.1 airship—engine-driven lighter-than-air aircraft that
5.1 A safety of flight bulletin will be distributed to all
can be steered.
operators when an unsafe condition is found to exist that may
2.1.2 balloon—lighter-than-air aircraft that is not engine-
also exist in other aircraft in the fleet.Asafety of flight bulletin
driven, and that sustains flight through the use of either gas
will require an action (change to operational limitations, an
buoyancy or an airborne heater, or both.
inspection, a replacement part or a design change, etc.) to
2.1.3 lighter-than-air aircraft—aircraft that can rise and
specifically address an unsafe condition within a stated time
remain suspended by using contained gas weighing less than
frame. This required action is mandatory and must be per-
the air that is displaced by the gas, and includes dynamic lift
formed and documented in the individual aircraft logs in order
aircraft that derive as much as 20 % of their lift from
for that aircraft to maintain compliance with ASTM standards
something other than buoyancy.
and continue to operate as an LSA aircraft. Noncompliance
3. Current Operators List Documentation with any safety of flight bulletin will, at the minimum, result in
the aircraft being put in the experimental category.
3.1 A current operators list will be maintained by the
5.1.1 Manufacturers must have in place a process to gather
manufacturer that includes all aircraft in service by serial
and analyze service problems so that safety of flight issues can
number, registration number, together with the name and
be addressed in a timely manner. Distribution of printed forms
address of the owner/operator. In order for the special airwor-
or making e-mail templates available is recommended. The
thiness certificate for any light sport aircraft to be valid, the
printed form or template (or equivalent method) will provide to
the operator a listing of critical malfunctions or failures that
must be reported to the manufacturer in an expeditious manner.
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This specification is under the jurisdiction of ASTM Committee F37 on Light
5.1.2 Manufacturers must document all service difficulty
Sport Aircraft and is the direct responsibility of Subcommittee F37.60 on Lighter
reportsandmaintainarecordoftheanalysisjustifyingthelevel
Than Air.
Current edition approved July 1, 2004. Published July 2004. of response.
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6. Service Bulletin Documents bulletins shall be copied and maintained at a physically safe
location. For purposes of this specification, a physically safe
6.1 Service bulletins will be distributed to all operators by
location is one which is at least 33 m (100 ft) from the main
the manufacturer when no unsafe condition exists that could
production facility, such that a fire could not destroy both sets
lead to an unairworthy condition, b
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