Petition for Exemption; Summary of Petition Received; Insitu, Inc.

AGENCY:

Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), Department of Transportation (DOT).

ACTION:

Notice.

SUMMARY:

This notice contains a summary of a petition seeking relief from specified requirements of Federal Aviation Regulations. The purpose of this notice is to improve the public's awareness of, and participation in, the FAA's exemption process. Neither publication of this notice nor the inclusion nor omission of information in the summary is intended to affect the legal status of the petition or its final disposition.

DATES:

Comments on this petition must identify the petition docket number and must be received on or before October 25, 2021.

ADDRESSES:

Send comments identified by docket number FAA-2021-0746 using any of the following methods:

• Federal eRulemaking Portal: Go to http://www.regulations.gov and follow the online instructions for sending your comments electronically.

• Mail: Send comments to Docket Operations, M-30; U.S. Department of Transportation, 1200 New Jersey Avenue SE, Room W12-140, West Building Ground Floor, Washington, DC 20590-0001.

• Hand Delivery or Courier: Take comments to Docket Operations in Room W12-140 of the West Building Ground Floor at 1200 New Jersey Avenue SE, Washington, DC 20590-0001, between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m., Monday through Friday, except Federal holidays.

• Fax: Fax comments to Docket Operations at (202) 493-2251.

Privacy: In accordance with 5 U.S.C. 553(c), DOT solicits comments from the public to better inform its rulemaking process. DOT posts these comments, without edit, including any personal information the commenter provides, to http://www.regulations.gov,, as described in the system of records notice (DOT/ALL-14 FDMS), which can be reviewed at http://www.dot.gov/privacy.

Docket: Background documents or comments received may be read at http://www.regulations.gov at any time. Follow the online instructions for accessing the docket or go to the Docket Operations in Room W12-140 of the West Building Ground Floor at 1200 New Jersey Avenue SE, Washington, DC 20590-0001, between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m., Monday through Friday, except Federal holidays.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Jake Troutman, (202) 683-7788, Office of Rulemaking, Federal Aviation Administration, 800 Independence Avenue SW, Washington, DC 20591.

This notice is published pursuant to 14 CFR 11.85.

Petition for Exemption

Docket No.: FAA-2021-0746.

Petitioner: Insitu, Inc.

Section(s) of 14 CFR Affected: § 61.3(a)(1)(i).

Description of Relief Sought: Insitu, Inc. proposes to operate the ScanEagle3, a fixed-wing unmanned aircraft system (UAS), with a maximum takeoff weight of 85 pounds (lbs.), for Durability & Reliability flight test hours to show compliance towards type certification in the United States. Relief is requested from the requirement that a person acting as a required flight crewmember or a pilot of a civil aircraft must hold a pilot certificate issued under part 61. Insitu proposes the use of remote certificated pilots who have undergone platform-specific training based on part 61, rather than part 61 certificated pilots, during the controlled flight test operations within a FAA UAS test site, over low population density areas, operating with a special airworthiness certificate in the experimental category and a civil Certificate of Waiver or Authorization.