The FAA is expected to soon release the findings from an internal review of the 26 Light Sport Aircraft manufacturers after upper management completes its review of the document, according to a report from Flight International, which notes:
“Although the report will have recommendations, recent comments by FAA administrator Randy Babbitt at the AirVenture 2009 show in July in Oshkosh, Wisconsin would suggest the five-year-old industry will receive a passing grade. Light sport aircraft are built to ASTM consensus standards that the FAA then accepts in lieu of certification.
Babbitt says that the accident rates for factory-built light sport aircraft “are very compatible with what’s goes on in the rest of the general aviation world.”
