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Federal Aviation Administration’s (FAA) B4UFLY mobile application provides unmanned hobbyist aircraft operators (hereafter known as "Users") a tool to determine whether it is safe and legal to fly a small Unmanned Aircraft System (sUAS) within their geographic area. B4UFLY does not collect,...
The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) Modernization and Reform Act of 2012 (FAA Reform Act) directs the FAA to charge overflight fees to Air Operators who traverse U.S. airspace but do not land in or takeoff from the U.S.. To carry out this authority, the FAA developed the Overflight Fee...
The Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard No. 213, “Child Restraint Systems (CRS),” requires CRS manufacturers to provide different registration methods to the owners of child restraint systems so that they may be directly contacted in a recall campaign. The methods include providing a two‐part...
Pursuant to Title 49 of the U.S. Code, Chapter 301 Motor Vehicle Safety, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) has authority to carry out motor vehicle and highway safety programs. Under its statutory authority, NHTSA establishes and enforces Federal Motor Vehicle Safety...
Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) Hotline Information System (FHIS) is a web-based application used for tracking voluntary reports of unsafe or unauthorized aviation activities violating Federal law or FAA regulation related to aviation safety or practices. FHIS is also used to capture...
The U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration’s (FMCSA) core mission is to reduce commercial motor vehicle-related crashes and fatalities. To further this mission, FMCSA implemented the Safety and Fitness Electronic Records (SAFER) system to help manage...
Under Title 49 of the United States Code § 44702, Congress gave the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) the ability to delegate to qualified members of the public the authority to certify aircraft and people on behalf of the FAA Administrator. These qualified members of the public are called...
Individual members of the public who wish to fly UAS weighing less than 55 lbs. (small UAS or sUAS) who do not meet the requirements established in 49 U.S.C. §44809 for recreational sUAS and are not engaged in air carrier operations must comply with FAA regulations at 14 C.F.R. part 107. This...