Statement on the FAA's Eclipse Review

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Statement on the FAA's Eclipse Review

2008-08-21

04:05:09 pm, by Pablo Edronkin, 197 words

Categories: Aeronautics

Statement on the FAA's Eclipse Review

WASHINGTON, D.C. - On August 11, the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) began a 30-day review of Eclipse Aviation's Very Light Jet, the Eclipse 500. Jerry Mack, a former Boeing safety executive, is leading an oversight team of seven FAA experts with specialties such as flight testing, avionics, and certification. The team members are independent of the original certification group.

The FAA convened this Special Certification Review (SCR) team to look at: aircraft safety, certification of aircraft trim, flaps, screen blanking, and stall speeds. These issues were the subject of Service Difficulty Reports (SDRs) that have been filed by operators since the aircraft was certificated on September 30, 2006. The team will look at whether or not any of these issues were raised during the certification process and if any of the issues are currently a threat to safety.

Special reviews are regularly used by the FAA. In the past 10 years, the agency has conducted special reviews on the Liberty XL-2 (2008), Mitsubishi MU-2B (2005), Cessna 208 (2005), Twin Cessna 400 Series Models (2004), Raytheon 390 (2004), and the Beechcraft T34 (2003).

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