Global Safety Management: Revolution or Evolution

Update on Part 23 Jet &

CS-23 High Performance
Aeroplane Issues
Aircraft Certification Workshop

U.S./Europe International Aviation Safety Conference

By: John R. Colomy, FAA; Alain Leroy, EASA
Date: June 5, 2008

Issues

Scope Differences
Generic VIs & Standard Differences
Current Projects
Suspended Projects

Update of Part 23Jet and CS-23 High Performance Airplane

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Scope Differences
FAA has found that Title 14 Code of Federal
Regulations (14 CFR) part 23 does not
contain adequate or appropriate safety
standards for jet airplanes.
EASA has found that Certification
Specification CS-23 does not contain
adequate or appropriate safety standards
for high performance aeroplanes

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Scope Differences
FAA is applying part 23 jet policy.
Single-engine Normal, Utility and Acrobatic Category
12500 lbs or less
9 passengers or less

Multi-engine Normal, Utility and Acrobatic Category

6000 lbs or less
9 passengers or less

Multi-engine Normal, Utility and Acrobatic Category

12500 lbs or less but greater than 6000 lbs
9 passengers or less

Multi-engine Commuter Category

19000 lbs or less
19 passengers of less
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Scope Differences
EASA is developing a Basic Set of CRIs,
also including (generic) CRIs applying to
CS-23 high performance airplanes (HPA)
MD Mach 0.6
Service ceiling > 25,000 ft

EASA generic CRIs are not limited to jets.

Out of the Basic Set of CRIs CRIs will only
be applied as required depending on
specific design of the airplane.
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Generic VIs & Standards Differences

FAA Generic VIs & Standard Differences
12 generic VIs corresponding to 11 significant
standard differences and one different acceptable
means of compliance.
3 Non-significant standard differences.
Developed and first published on FAA website in
April 2005 time frame.

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Generic VIs & Standards Differences

FAA has developed an unofficial part 23 jet
guide to help ACOs in type certification
Based on experience of certificating small jets since
1958.
Core requirements for jets goes back 30+ years.
We are now at 39 pages of special conditions for
Normal category multi-engine jets
12500 lbs or less but greater than 6000 lbs
9 passengers or less

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Generic VIs & Standards Differences

EASA is in the process of developing these lists.
Basic Set of CRIs, Current status:
19 Generic CRIs calling up Special Conditions are released
7 CRIs calling up AMC / GM for HPA are released
14 Generic CRIs calling up Special Conditions are under
discussion (of which 11 are the split up of the typical single CRI
for Flight Items)
2 CRIs calling up AMC / GM for HPA are under discussion.
27 Standard CRIs applied based on new technology to all CS-23
airplanes (HIRF, Software, etc.)

Note: Only a limited number of CRIs will be applied

as required depending on specific design of
airplane
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Part 23 Jet Project Status

The FAA has 11 open certification projects for light
jets
9 currently active
2 suspended

The designs range from an under 6,000-pound,

single-engine jet to twinengine, commuter
category jets.
Other manufacturers are developing jet designs
and depending on viability, there may be as many
as eighteen additional light jet type certification
projects.
Many of the US based firms are, or will be, seeking
EASA validation.
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Part 23 Jet Project Status

Six US based firms have applied for EASA
validation.
The current or anticipated FAA/EASA validation
projects are:
Cessna Aircraft CompanyCitation CitationJet CJ4.
Eclipse AircraftModel 500.
HondaHondaJet.

Projects that have suspended EASA validation

efforts:
Aviation Technology GroupModel 100 (Javelin).
Adam AircraftModel 700.
Spectrum AeronauticalModel 33 and Model 40.
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CS-23 HPA Project Status

EASA has one commuter category jet from
an which is seeking FAA validation.
Grob AerospaceG180A, (Germany).

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Part 23 Jet Current Projects

Cessna Aircraft Company

Citation CJ4
Wichita, KS
www.cessna.com

Diamond Aircraft Industries

Inc.
D-Jet
London, Ontario, Canada
www.diamond-air.at

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Part 23 Jet Current Projects

Embraer
EMB-500 (Phenom 100)
So Jos dos Campos,
Brazil
www.embraer.com
Embraer
EMB-505 (Phenom 300)
So Jos dos Campos,
Brazil
www.embraer.com
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Part 23 Jet Current Projects

Grob Aerospace
G180 SPn Utility Jet
TussenhausenMattsies, Germany
www.grob-spn.com

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Honda
HondaJet
Greenville, NC
world.honda.com/Hond
aJet/
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Part 23 Jet Current Projects

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The New Piper Aircraft Co.,

Inc.
PA-46-J1
Vero Beach, FL
www.newpiper.com/piperjet/
Spectrum Aeronautical LLC
S-33 Independence
Cardiff by the Sea, CA and
Spanish Forks, UT
www.spectrum.aero

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Part 23 Jet Current Projects

Spectrum Aeronautical
LLC
S-40 Freedom
Cardiff by the Sea, CA
and Spanish Forks, UT
www.spectrum.aero

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Part 23 Jet Suspended Projects

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Aviation Technology Group

(ATG)
Model 100 Mk10 and Model
100 Mk20 "Javelin"
Englewood, CO
www.avtechgroup.com
Adam Aircraft Industries
(AAI)
A700
Englewood, CO
www.adamaircraft.com
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Summary

Scope Differences
Generic VIs & Standard Differences
Current Projects
Suspended Projects

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