Transportation Department Docket FAA-2023-1377 Final Rule

2025-15649: Modernization of Special Airworthiness Certification; Correction

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Summary

On July 24, 2025, the FAA published a final rule titled "Modernization of Special Airworthiness Certification". That document amended rules for the manufacture, certification, operation, maintenance, and alteration of lightsport aircraft. After publication of the final rule, FAA became aware of errors in it.

The agency’s own summary, as published.

The rule, in full

681 words as published, August 18, 2025. View the original →

Federal Register, Volume 90 Issue 157 (Monday, August 18, 2025) [Federal Register Volume 90, Number 157 (Monday, August 18, 2025)] [Rules and Regulations] [Pages 40041-40042] From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov] [FR Doc No: 2025-15649] ----------------------------------------------------------------------- DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION Federal Aviation Administration 14 CFR Parts 43, 45, and 61 [Docket No. FAA-2023-1377] RIN 2120-AL50 Modernization of Special Airworthiness Certification; Correction

Agency

Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT).

Action

Final rule; correction. -----------------------------------------------------------------------

Summary

On July 24, 2025, the FAA published a final rule titled ``Modernization of Special Airworthiness Certification''. That document amended rules for the manufacture, certification, operation, maintenance, and alteration of lightsport aircraft. After publication of the final rule, FAA became aware of errors in it.

Dates

Effective October 22, 2025.

For Further Information Contact

James Newberger, Aircraft Certification Service (AIR-632), Federal Aviation Administration, 800 Independence Ave. SW, Washington, DC 20591, telephone (202) 267-1636; email [email protected].

Supplementary Information

Electronic Access and Filing A copy of the Modernization of Special Airworthiness Certification final rule may be viewed online at https://www.regulations.gov using the docket number listed above. A copy of this correction will be placed in the same docket. Electronic retrieval help and guidelines are available on the website. It is available 24 hours each day, 365 days each year. An electronic copy of this document may also be downloaded from the Office of the Federal Register's website at www.federalregister.gov and the Government Publishing Office's website at www.govinfo.gov. A copy may also be found at the FAA's Regulations and Policies website at www.faa.gov/regulations_policies. Copies may also be obtained by sending a request to the Federal Aviation Administration, Office of Rulemaking, ARM-1, 800 Independence Avenue SW, Washington, DC 20591, or by calling (202) 267-9677. Commenters must identify the docket number of this rulemaking. All documents the FAA considered in developing the final rule and this correction, including economic analyses and technical reports, may be accessed [[Page 40042]] in the electronic docket for this rulemaking. Background On July 24, 2025, the ``Modernization of Special Airworthiness Certification'' final rule (RIN 2120-AL50) published in the Federal Register at 90 FR 35034. After publication, FAA discovered that it inadvertently: Included 49 U.S.C. 106(g) in the authority section for Parts 43 and 45 in amendatory instructions numbers 27 and 30. Excluded a mention of (c)(21) in amendatory instruction number 46. Excluded a mention of introductory text in amendatory instruction number 53. Referenced ``dection'' rather than ``section'' in the first two column headers of Table 5. This document makes those corrections. Correction In FR Doc. 2023-1377, beginning on page 35211, in the Federal Register of July 24, 2025, make the following corrections: 0

1. Revise amendatory instruction number 27 on page 35221 to read as

follows: 27. The authority citation for part 43 is revised to read as follows: Authority: 42 U.S.C. 7572; 49 U.S.C. 106(f), 40105, 40113, 44701-44702, 44704, 44707, 44709, 44711, 44713, 44715, 45303. 0

2. Revise amendatory instruction number 30 on page 35221 to read as

follows: 30. The authority citation for part 45 is revised to read as follows: Authority: 49 U.S.C. 106(f), 40103, 40113-40114, 44101-44105, 44107-44111, 44504, 44701, 44708-44709, 44711-44713, 44725, 45302- 45303, 46104, 46304, 46306, 47122. 0

3. Amend amendatory instruction number 46 on page 35215 by adding

paragraph (c)(21) to read as follows: 46. Amend Sec. 61.315 by revising paragraphs (a), (c) introductory text, and (c)(5), and adding paragraphs (c)(20) and (c)(21) to read as follows: 0

4. Revise amendatory instruction number 53 on page 35216 to read as

follows: 53. Amend Sec. 61.415 by adding introductory text and paragraphs (k) through (n) to read as follows: 0

5. Amend Table 5 on page 35119 by removing the word ``Dection'' and

adding in its place the word ``Section'' in the first two column headers of Table 5 to read as follows: ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Proposed section Adopted section Adopted training delta 61.313(a)(9)(i)-(iv) 61.313(a)(9)(i)-(iv) ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Issued under authority provided by 49 U.S.C. 106(f), 44701(a), and 44703 in Washington, DC. Brandon Roberts, Executive Director, Office of Rulemaking. [FR Doc. 2025-15649 Filed 8-15-25; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 4910-13-P

What this changes

Amends 3 parts of the Code of Federal Regulations — the standing rules this notice rewrites.

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