Rule2024-31234
Accepted Means of Compliance for Small Unmanned Aircraft Category 2 and Category 3 Operations Over Human Beings; Virginia Tech Mid-Atlantic Aviation Partnership (VT MAAP)
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Published
December 30, 2024
Effective
December 30, 2024
Issuing agencies
Transportation DepartmentFederal Aviation Administration
Abstract
This document announces the acceptance of a means of compliance with FAA regulations for small unmanned aircraft (sUA) Category 2 and Category 3 operations over human beings. The Administrator finds that VT MAAP's "Operation of Small Unmanned Aircraft Systems Over People," version 2.1, dated August 9, 2024, provides an acceptable means, but not the only means, of showing compliance with FAA regulations.
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[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 249 (Monday, December 30, 2024)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Pages 106307-106308]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2024-31234]
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Federal Aviation Administration
14 CFR Part 107
[Docket No. FAA-2024-2403]
Accepted Means of Compliance for Small Unmanned Aircraft Category
2 and Category 3 Operations Over Human Beings; Virginia Tech Mid-
Atlantic Aviation Partnership (VT MAAP)
AGENCY: Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), Department of
Transportation (DOT).
ACTION: Notification of availability.
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SUMMARY: This document announces the acceptance of a means of
compliance with FAA regulations for small unmanned aircraft (sUA)
Category 2 and Category 3 operations over human beings. The
Administrator finds that VT MAAP's ``Operation of Small Unmanned
Aircraft Systems Over People,'' version 2.1, dated August 9, 2024,
provides an acceptable means, but not the only means, of showing
compliance with FAA regulations.
DATES: Effective December 30, 2024.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
FAA Contact: Kimberly Luu, Cabin Safety Section, AIR-624, Technical
Policy Branch, Policy and Standards Division, Aircraft Certification
Service, Federal Aviation Administration, 2200 South 216th Street, Des
Moines, Washington 98198; telephone and fax 206-231-3414; email
<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#8ec5e7e3ecebfce2f7a0c6a0c2fbfbcee8efefa0e9e1f8"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="de95b7b3bcbbacb2a7f096f092abab9eb8bfbff0b9b1a8">[email protected]</span></a>.
VT MAAP Contact: Robert Briggs, UAS Chief Engineer, 1991 Kraft
Drive, Suite 2018, Blacksburg, VA 24061, (540) 231-9373;
<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#b0c2d3d2c2d9d7d7c3f0c6c49ed5d4c5"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="bbc9d8d9c9d2dcdcc8fbcdcf95dedfce">[email protected]</span></a>.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
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Background
Title 14, Code of Federal Regulations, part 107, subpart D,
prescribes the eligibility and operating requirements for civil sUA to
operate over human beings in the United States. To be eligible for use,
the sUA must meet the requirements of Sec. 107.120(a) for Category 2
operations or Sec. 107.130(a) for Category 3 operations. These
sections require the sUA to be designed, produced, or modified such
that it will not cause injury to a human being above a specified
severity limit, does not contain any exposed rotating parts that would
lacerate human skin, and does not contain any safety defects. Section
107.155 requires that means of compliance with Sec. 107.120(a) or
Sec. 107.130(a) be established and FAA-accepted. Section 107.160
requires an applicant to declare that sUA for Category 2 or Category 3
operations meet an FAA-accepted means of compliance.
Means of Compliance Accepted
This notice of availability serves as a formal acceptance by the
FAA of VT MAAP's ``Operation of Small Unmanned Aircraft Systems Over
People,'' version 2.1, as an acceptable means of compliance, but not
the only means of compliance with Sec. Sec. 107.120(a) and 107.130(a).
Applicants may also propose alternative means of compliance for FAA
review and possible acceptance.
Revisions
Revisions to VT MAAP's ``Operation of Small Unmanned Aircraft
Systems Over People,'' version 2.1, will not be automatically accepted
and will require further FAA acceptance for any revisions to be
considered an accepted means of compliance.
Issued in Kansas City, Missouri, on December 20, 2024.
Patrick R. Mullen,
Manager, Technical Policy Branch, Policy and Standards Division,
Aircraft Certification Service.
[FR Doc. 2024-31234 Filed 12-27-24; 8:45 am]
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