[Federal Register Volume 90, Number 98 (Thursday, May 22, 2025)]
[Notices]
[Pages 21983-21984]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2025-09197]
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Federal Aviation Administration
[Docket No. FAA -2025-0601]
Agency Information Collection Activities: Requests for Comments;
Clearance of Renewed Approval of Information Collection: Suspected
Unapproved Parts Report
AGENCY: Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), Department of
Transportation (DOT).
ACTION: Notice and request for comments.
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SUMMARY: In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, FAA
invites public comments about our intention to request the Office of
Management and Budget (OMB) approval to renew an information
collection. The information collected on the FAA Form 8120-11 is
reported voluntarily by manufacturers, repair stations, aircraft owner/
operators, air carriers, and the general public who wish to report the
discovery of, and potential use or possession of aircraft suspected
unapproved parts to the FAA for review. The report information is
collected and evaluated by the FAA, Aviation Safety Hotline Program
Office, and used to determine if an unapproved part investigation is
warranted.
DATES: Written comments should be submitted by July 21, 2025.
ADDRESSES: Please send written comments:
By Electronic Docket: www.regulations.gov (Enter docket number into
search field).
By mail: David Jeffery, 303 Corporate Center Dr., Ste. 312,
Vandalia, OH 45377.
By fax: 937-898-8717.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: David Jeffery by email at:
[email protected]; phone: 937-898-3991 ext. 204
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Public Comments Invited: You are asked to comment on any aspect of
this information collection, including (a) Whether the proposed
collection of information is necessary for FAA's performance; (b) the
accuracy of the estimated burden; (c) ways for FAA to enhance the
quality, utility and clarity of the information collection; and (d)
ways that the burden could be minimized without reducing the quality of
the collected information. The agency will summarize and/or include
your comments in the request for OMB's clearance of this information
collection.
OMB Control Number: 2120-0552.
Title: Suspected Unapproved Parts Report.
Form Numbers: FAA Form 8120-11.
Type of Review: Renewal of an information collection.
Background: The information collected on the FAA Form 8120-11 is
reported voluntarily by manufacturers, repair stations, aircraft owner/
operators, air carriers, and the general public who wish to report
suspected unapproved parts to the FAA for review. The report
information is collected and correlated by the FAA, Aviation Safety
Hotline Program Office, and used to determine if an unapproved part
investigation is warranted. When unapproved parts are confirmed that
are likely to exist on other products or aircraft of the same or
similar design or are being used in other facilities, the information
is used as a basis for an aviation industry alert or notification.
Alerts are used to inform industry of situations essential to the
prevention of accidents, if the information had not been collected. The
consequence to the aviation community would be the inability to
determine whether or not unapproved parts are being offered for sale or
use for installation on type-certificated products.
Procedures and processes relating to the SUP program and associated
reports are found in FAA Order 8120.16A, Suspected Unapproved Parts
Program, and AC 21-29, Detecting and Reporting Suspected Unapproved
Parts. When unapproved parts are identified, the FAA notifies the
public by published Field Notifications (FN), disseminated
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using Unapproved Parts Notifications (UPN), Aviation Maintenance
Alerts, Airworthiness Directives (AD), entry into an issue of the
Service Difficulty Reporting Summary, a Special Airworthiness
Information Bulletin, a display on an internet site, or direct mailing.
Reporting of information is strictly voluntary. The information is
requested from any individual or facility suspecting an unapproved
part. Any burden is minimized by requesting only necessary information
to warrant an investigation.
Respondents: Anyone may fill out and send a Form 8120-11 into the
FAA.
Frequency: Whenever anyone discovers or suspects they have received
an unapproved part.
Estimated Average Burden per Response: About 30 minutes to read and
disposition each form.
Estimated Total Annual Burden: The FAA collects approximately 30
forms from the public per year.
Issued in Fort Worth, Texas.
Rex A. Loveday,
Directives and Forms Management Officer (DMO/FMO), Policy and Standards
Division, AIR-600, Office of Aviation Safety.
[FR Doc. 2025-09197 Filed 5-21-25; 8:45 am]
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