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§ 44737.1
1 Another section 44737 is set out following section 44739.
Helicopter fuel system safety
(a)
Prohibition.—
(1)
In general.—
A person may not operate a covered rotorcraft in United States airspace unless the design of the rotorcraft is certified by the Administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration to—
(A)
comply with the requirements applicable to the category of the rotorcraft under paragraphs (1), (2), (3), (5), and (6) of section 27.952(a), section 27.952(c), section 27.952(f), section 27.952(g), section 27.963(g) (but allowing for a minimum puncture force of 250 pounds if successfully drop tested in-structure), and section 27.975(b) or paragraphs (1), (2), (3), (5), and (6) of section 29.952(a), section 29.952(c), section 29.952(f), section 29.952(g), section 29.963(b) (but allowing for a minimum puncture force of 250 pounds if successfully drop tested in-structure), and 29.975(a)(7) of title 14, Code of Federal Regulations, as in effect on the date of enactment of this section; or
(B)
employ other means acceptable to the Administrator to provide an equivalent level of fuel system crash resistance.
(2)
Covered rotorcraft defined.—
In this subsection, the term “covered rotorcraft” means a rotorcraft not otherwise required to comply with section 27.952, section 27.963, and section 27.975, or section 29.952, section 29.963, and section 29.975 of title 14, Code of Federal Regulations as in effect on the date of enactment of this section for which manufacture was completed, as determined by the Administrator, on or after the date that is 18 months after the date of enactment of this section.
(b)
Administrative Provisions.—
The Administrator shall—
(1)
expedite the certification and validation of United States and foreign type designs and retrofit kits that improve fuel system crashworthiness; and
(2)
not later than 180 days after the date of enactment of this section, and periodically thereafter, issue a bulletin to—
(A)
inform rotorcraft owners and operators of available modifications to improve fuel system crashworthiness; and
(B)
urge that such modifications be installed as soon as practicable.
(c)
Rule of Construction.—
Nothing in this section may be construed to affect the operation of a rotorcraft by the Department of Defense.
The date of enactment of this section, referred to in text, is the date of enactment of Pub. L. 115–254, which was approved
Oct. 5, 2018
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Occurrence 2 of 2 — Special rule for certain aircraft operations.22 So in original. The period probably should not appear.
§ 44737.1
1 Another section 44737 is set out following section 44736.
Special rule for certain aircraft operations.2
2 So in original. The period probably should not appear.
(a)
In General.—
The operator of an aircraft with a special airworthiness certification in the experimental category may—
(1)
operate the aircraft for the purpose of conducting a space support vehicle flight (as that term is defined in chapter 3
3 So in original. Probably should be “section”.
50902 of title 51); and
(2)
conduct such flight under such certificate carrying persons or property for compensation or hire—
(A)
notwithstanding any rule or term of a certificate issued by the Administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration that would prohibit flight for compensation or hire; or
(B)
without obtaining a certificate issued by the Administrator to conduct air carrier or commercial operations.
(b)
Limited Applicability.—
Subsection (a) shall apply only to a space support vehicle flight that satisfies each of the following:
(1)
(1) 4
4 So in original.
The aircraft conducting the space support vehicle flight—
(A)
takes flight and lands at a single site that is operated by an entity licensed for operation under chapter 509 of title 51;
(B)
is owned or operated by a launch or reentry vehicle operator licensed under chapter 509 of title 51, or on behalf of a launch or reentry vehicle operator licensed under chapter 509 of title 51;
(C)
is a launch vehicle, a reentry vehicle, or a component of a launch or reentry vehicle licensed for operations pursuant to chapter 509 of title 51; and
(D)
is used only to simulate space flight conditions in support of—
(i)
training for potential space flight participants, government astronauts, or crew (as those terms are defined in chapter 509 of title 51);
(ii)
the testing of hardware to be used in space flight; or
(iii)
research and development tasks, which require the unique capabilities of the aircraft conducting the flight.
(c)
Rules of Construction.—
(1)
Space support vehicles.—
Section 44711(a)(1) shall not apply to a person conducting a space support vehicle flight under this section only to the extent that a term of the experimental certificate under which the person is operating the space support vehicle prohibits the carriage of persons or property for compensation or hire.
(2)
Authority of administrator.—
Nothing in this section shall be construed to limit the authority of the Administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration to exempt a person from a regulatory prohibition on the carriage of persons or property for compensation or hire subject to terms and conditions other than those described in this section 5
5 So in original. Probably should be followed by a period.
“Nothing in this subsection [enacting this section] shall be construed as limiting the ability of [the] National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to place conditions on or otherwise qualify the operations of NASA contractors providing NASA services.”