[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 132 (Wednesday, July 12, 2023)]
[Notices]
[Pages 44437-44438]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2023-14802]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Aviation Administration

[Docket No.: FAA-2023-1281]


Notice of Rescission of Unmanned Aircraft Systems Remote 
Identification Declaration of Compliance, Tracking No. RID000000111 for 
DJI Mavic Pro Platinum Aircraft

AGENCY: Federal Aviation Administration, Department of Transportation.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: This notice rescinds a declaration of compliance (DOC) for the 
DJI Mavic Pro Platinum unmanned aircraft with the assigned tracking 
number RID000000111 that the FAA-accepted on January 19, 2023, 
effective immediately.

DATES: This action is effective July 12, 2023.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Caspar Wang, Product Policy 
Management: GA, Rotorcraft & Emerging Aircraft Section, AIR-62B, 
Technical Policy Branch, Policy & Standards Division, Federal Aviation 
Administration. 800 Independence Ave SW, Washington DC 20591, telephone 
1-844-FLY-MY-UA; email: [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

    Title 14, Code of Federal Regulations (14 CFR) part 89 establishes 
remote identification (RID) requirements for unmanned aircraft operated 
in the airspace of the United States. With a few exceptions, unmanned 
aircraft produced for operation in the airspace of the United States 
are subject to the production requirements of part 89. A person 
producing a standard RID unmanned aircraft or RID broadcast module for 
operation in the United States must show that the unmanned aircraft or 
broadcast module complies with the RID performance requirements of 
subpart D of part 89 by following a FAA-accepted means of compliance 
(MOC).
    A DOC is the method by which a producer declares that a standard 
RID unmanned aircraft or RID broadcast module has been designed and 
produced to meet the applicable minimum performance requirements of 
subpart D of part 89 by using an FAA-accepted MOC.
    The FAA relies on the DOC to ensure the standard RID unmanned 
aircraft or RID broadcast module identified on the DOC is designed and 
produced in accordance with an FAA-accepted MOC and complies with the 
applicable RID requirements of part 89.
    On January 19, 2023, the FAA evaluated and accepted a DOC 
application with the assigned tracking number of RID000000111 appearing 
to be from DJI for the Mavic Pro Platinum unmanned aircraft. On 
February 16, 2023, the FAA received communication from DJI stating that 
the group of products listed in the DOC application with the assigned 
tracking number RID000000111 were, in fact, not compliant with the 
performance requirements of part 89. Therefore, DJI requested a 
rescission of the FAA-accepted DOC with tracking number RID000000111. 
DJI's subsequent internal review of the incident determined that the 
employee listed as the contact on the DOC application no longer had RID 
certification responsibilities at the time the DOC was submitted, and 
their employee stated he did not submit the RID000000111 DOC. The FAA 
is continuing to investigate.

Basis for Rescission

    In accordance with Sec.  89.540(a)(1)(i), the Administrator may 
rescind a DOC under the circumstance that a standard remote 
identification unmanned aircraft or remote identification broadcast 
module listed under an FAA-accepted DOC does not meet the minimum 
performance requirements of Sec. Sec.  89.310 or 89.320. In accordance 
with Sec.  89.540(a)(1)(ii), the Administrator may also rescind 
acceptance of a DOC when

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a previously FAA-accepted DOC does not meet a requirement of this 
subpart.
    The basis for rescission of the DOC with tracking number 
RID000000111 is as follows:
    (1) DJI statement to the FAA that the group of products listed on 
DOC tracking number RID000000111 is not compliant with part 89 RID 
performance requirements.
    (2) Statement from the DJI employee, whose name was listed as point 
of contact on the DOC submission, stating he had not made the DOC 
submission.
    (3) DJI's request for rescission of the DOC with tracking number 
RID000000111.

Rescission

    Pursuant to Sec. Sec.  89.540(a)(1)(i) and 89.540(a)(1)(ii) and for 
the reasons stated herein, the FAA rescinds the DOC tracking number 
RID000000111 for the DJI Mavic Pro Platinum unmanned aircraft.

    Issued in Kansas City, Missouri on July 7, 2023.
Patrick R. Mullen,
Manager, Technical Policy Branch, Policy and Standards Division, 
Aircraft Certification Service.
[FR Doc. 2023-14802 Filed 7-11-23; 8:45 am]
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