CS-23Light

CS-23Light is a planned, Europe-wide building regulation for the type approval for light aircraft . The European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) is planning a new aircraft class up to 1200 kg under the European Light Aircraft (ELA) process , which is to be approved under the Certification Specification CS-23Light.

background

Based on the Notice of Proposed Amendment (NPA) 2008-07, EASA intends to make serious changes to the licensing provisions within general aviation. This initiative became necessary due to a decrease in the activity of "classical" leisure aviation and the development of the ultralight movement in Europe. Feedback from the industry and from operators was that the legal framework for recreational aircraft was gradually becoming too extensive for the type of use and leading to excessive bureaucratic effort for developers and manufacturers of these types.

Changes to a needs-based design are implemented by EASA as part of the two-part European Light Aircraft (ELA) process. One of the outstanding innovations is the creation of new aircraft classes as part of ELA 1. One of these new classes is defined with the Certification Specification CS-23Light .

The CS-23Light will be designed for aircraft up to 1200 kg and developed on the basis of the FAR -23 Amendment 7. The reason for this weight classification is that the vast majority of existing aircraft are certified in this weight range of the regulations. This basis will have to be expanded to include certain special conditions in order to accommodate new technologies such as B. composite materials and glass cockpits to be able to take into account.

See also

• CRD 2008-07a “ELA process” and “standard changes and repairs” and for introducing an Executive Director Decision on certification specifications and acceptable means of compliance, for Light Sport Aeroplanes (CS-LSA), July 15, 2010.

Individual evidence

1. ↑ NOTICE OF PROPOSED AMENDMENT (NPA) NO 2008-07 ( Memento of the original dated May 30, 2010 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (Page 4).