ASTM F2415-05

Standard Practice for Continued Airworthiness System for Light Sport Gyroplane Aircraft

SCOPE
1.1 This practice covers continued operational safety monitoring of light sport gyroplane aircraft.
1.2 This practice applies to light sport gyroplane aircraft seeking civil aviation authority approval in the form of flight certificates, flight permits, or other like documentation. This practice applies to kit and ready-to-fly aircraft supplied by a manufacturer.
1.3 The values stated in SI units are to be regarded as the standard. The values given in parentheses are for information only.
1.4 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.

General Information

• Status: Historical
• Publication Date: 31-Jan-2005
• ICS: 49.020 - Aircraft and space vehicles in general
• Technical Committee: F37 - Light Sport Aircraft
• Drafting Committee: F37.50 - Gyroplane

Relations

• Replaces: ASTM F2415-04a - Standard Practice for Continued Airworthiness System for Light Sport Gyroplane Aircraft
• Effective Date: 01-Feb-2005
• Replaced By: ASTM F2415-06 - Standard Practice for Continued Airworthiness System for Light Sport Gyroplane Aircraft
• Effective Date: 01-Jun-2006
• Referred By: ASTM F3060-20 - Standard Terminology for Aircraft
• Effective Date: 01-Feb-2005
• Referred By: ASTM F2483-18e1 - Standard Practice for Maintenance and the Development of Maintenance Manuals for Light Sport Aircraft
• Effective Date: 01-Feb-2005

Standards Content (Sample)

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Designation:F2415–05
Standard Practice for
Continued Airworthiness System for Light Sport Gyroplane
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Aircraft
This standard is issued under the fixed designation F 2415; 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 4. Significance and Use
1.1 This practice covers continued operational safety moni- 4.1 The purpose of this practice is to establish a method by
toring of light sport gyroplane aircraft. which safety of flight issues are discovered, evaluated, and
1.2 This practice applies to light sport gyroplane aircraft corrected for the purpose of maintaining operational safety of
seeking civil aviation authority approval in the form of flight a light sport gyroplane aircraft.
certificates, flight permits, or other like documentation. This
5. Current Owner List Documentation
practice applies to kit and ready-to-fly aircraft supplied by a
manufacturer. 5.1 A current owner list will be maintained by the manu-
facturer that includes all aircraft in service by serial number
1.3 The values stated in SI units are to be regarded as the
standard. The values given in parentheses are for information and registration number, together with the name and address of
the owner.
only.
1.4 This standard does not purport to address all of the
6. Responsibilities of the Manufacturer
safety concerns, if any, associated with its use. It is the
6.1 Manufacturer’s Responsibilities—LSA gyroplane
responsibility of the user of this standard to establish appro-
manufacturers shall develop and implement a system of
priate safety and health practices and determine the applica-
receiving, evaluating, and correcting safety of flight and
bility of regulatory limitations prior to use.
service difficulty issues.
2. Referenced Documents
6.1.1 Manufacturer shall evaluate all safety of flight and
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2.1 ASTM Standards: service difficulty reports and shall initiate corrective action as
F 2352 Specification for Design and Performance of Light needed to correct any safety of flight related issues.
6.1.2 Manufacturer shall not use notices of corrective action
Sport Gyroplane Aircraft
F 2449 Specification for Manufacturer Quality Assurance to promote or make mandatory non-safety of flight related
equipment upgrades or additions.
Program for Light Sport Gyroplane Aircraft
6.1.3 The manufacturer shall provide with the delivery of
3. Terminology
each LSA gyroplane documented continued airworthiness
3.1 Definitions: instructions in the English language. These instructions shall
3.1.1 light sport gyroplane, n—powered rotorcraft designed include at least the following:
in accordance with Specification F 2352. 6.1.3.1 A method for the owner/operator to report mainte-
3.1.2 manufacturer, n—any entity engaged in the produc- nance, service, and safety difficulties to the manufacturer, in
tion of a light sport gyroplane aircraft or light sport gyroplane accordance with Section 8.
aircraft kit. 6.1.3.2 A method for the owner/operator to obtain and
verify that they have the latest safety of flight information
developed by the manufacturer, in accordance with Section 9.
6.1.3.3 Instructions pertaining to annual and 100-h inspec-
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This practice is under the jurisdiction ofASTM Committee F37 on Light Sport
tion items, as needed.
Aircraft and is the direct responsibility of Subcommittee F37.50 on Gyroplane.
Current edition approved Feb. 1, 2005. Published May 2005. Originally
7. Responsibilities of the Owner/Operator
approved in 2004. Last previous edition approved in 2004 as F 2415 – 04a.
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For referenced ASTM standards, visit the ASTM website, www.astm.org, or
7.1 Current owners shall make all service publications, as
contact ASTM Customer Service at [e-mail]. For Annual Book of ASTM
defined in this practice, available to all operators of the aircraft
Standards volume information, refer to the standard’s Document Summary page on
the ASTM website. to which they apply.
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F2415–05
7.2 In order for the special airworthiness certificate for any performed and documented in the individual aircraft logs in
light sport gyroplane aircraft to be valid, the new owner of an order for the aircraft to comply with ASTM standards.
aircraft that has transferred ownership must notify the manu-
10. Notice of Corrective Action–Service Bulletin
facturer and have the current owner list appropriately updated
to include the new owner’s name.
10.1 Service bulletins will be issued by the manufacturer to
7.3
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