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:
- Operational Safety Monitoring, as system by which:
- Safety of Flight and Service Difficulties are reported by the Owner/Operator.
- Safety of Flight and Service Difficulty issues are received, tracked, and evaluated by Flight Design USA.
- Continued Airworthiness Support, as system by which:
- Flight Design USA issues Safety Directives (Notices of Corrective Action) directed towards correcting Safety of Flight and Service Difficulty issues.
- The Owner/Operator obtains and verifies that they have the latest safety of flight information developed by the manufacturer.
- Maintenance Instructions
Provided to the Owner/Operator and pertaining to 100 hour and annual condition inspections.
- 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.