Rule2025-15649
Modernization of Special Airworthiness Certification; Correction
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Published
August 18, 2025
Effective
October 22, 2025
Issuing agencies
Transportation DepartmentFederal Aviation Administration
Abstract
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.
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[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 [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2025-15649]
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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.
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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.
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 <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#f09a919d9583de95de9e9587929582979582b0969191de979f86"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="365c575b53451853185853415453445153447650575718515940">[email protected]</span></a>.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Electronic Access and Filing
A copy of the Modernization of Special Airworthiness Certification
final rule may be viewed online at <a href="https://www.regulations.gov">https://www.regulations.gov</a> using
the docket number listed above. A copy of this correction will be
placed in the same docket. Electronic retrieval help and guidelines are
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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:
<bullet> Included 49 U.S.C. 106(g) in the authority section for
Parts 43 and 45 in amendatory instructions numbers 27 and 30.
<bullet> Excluded a mention of (c)(21) in amendatory instruction
number 46.
<bullet> Excluded a mention of introductory text in amendatory
instruction number 53.
<bullet> 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:
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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.
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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.
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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:
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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:
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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:
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Proposed section Adopted section Adopted training delta
61.313(a)(9)(i)-(iv) 61.313(a)(9)(i)-(iv)
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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]
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