A-21-010
NTSB Safety Recommendation — Aviation
Recommendation text
TO THE FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINISTRATION: Identify shortcomings in Title 14 Code of Federal Regulations 119.1(e) that would allow revenue passenger-carrying operators to avoid stricter regulations and oversight in operations that include, but are not limited to, air combat/extreme aerobatic experience flights and tour flights operating as student instruction, nonstop commercial air tour flights operating as aerial photography flights, and glider sightseeing flights; after these shortcomings are identified, use that information to add other types of flight operations to the national safety standards, or equivalent regulations, requested in Safety Recommendation A-21-9.
In plain language (FlightFinder summary)
The FAA is asked to find gaps in Title 14 Code of Federal Regulations 119.1(e) that let some passenger-carrying operations, such as air combat flights and tour flights operating under other labels, bypass stronger oversight. After identifying these gaps, the FAA should use that information to expand national safety standards to include additional types of flight operations, as already recommended in Safety Recommendation A-21-9.
This plain-language summary is written by FlightFinder to explain the recommendation above. It is not the official wording — the verbatim NTSB text is quoted above.
Details
| Status | Open - Unacceptable Response |
|---|---|
| Mode | Aviation |
| Closed | — |
| NTSB number | DCA20SP001 |
| Addressees | FAA |
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NTSB safety recommendations are advisory; addressees are not legally required to adopt them. Source: NTSB CAROL (public domain).