Continued Airworthiness System


As a normal business conduct, Flight Design USA maintains a Continued Airworthiness System (Also referred to as an Operational Safety Monitoring System) that provides for the following practices:

  1. Operational Safety Monitoring, as system by which:
    1. Safety of Flight and Service Difficulties are reported by the Owner/Operator.
    2. Safety of Flight and Service Difficulty issues are received, tracked, and evaluated by Flight Design USA.

  2. Continued Airworthiness Support, as system by which:
    1. Flight Design USA issues Safety Directives (Notices of Corrective Action) directed towards correcting Safety of Flight and Service Difficulty issues.
    2. The Owner/Operator obtains and verifies that they have the latest safety of flight information developed by the manufacturer.

  3. Maintenance Instructions
    Provided to the Owner/Operator and pertaining to 100 hour and annual condition inspections.

  4. Continued Airworthiness Instructions
    Provided to the Owner/Operator and pertaining to maintaining the certification compliance of their S-LSA.

Owner/Operators of LSA aircraft are expected to read and comply with the maintenance and continued airworthiness information and instructions provided by the manufacturer.

Additionally, each Owner/Operator of an LSA airplane is responsible for providing the manufacturer with current contact information where the manufacturer may send the Owner/Operator supplemental notification bulletins.