Designation:F2972−14´1StandardSpecificationforLightSportAircraftManufacturer’sQualityAssuranceSystem1ThisstandardisissuedunderthefixeddesignationF2972;thenumberimmediatelyfollowingthedesignationindicatestheyearoforiginaladoptionor,inthecaseofrevision,theyearoflastrevision.Anumberinparenthesesindicatestheyearoflastreapproval.Asuperscriptepsilon(´)indicatesaneditorialchangesincethelastrevisionorreapproval.ε1NOTE—Editoriallycorrected12.2.1and12.2.3inDecember2014.1.Scope1.1Thisspecificationestablishestheminimumrequire-mentsforaqualityassurancesystemformanufacturersofLightSportAircraftorLightSportAircraftkits,orboth.1.2Thisstandardappliestoaircraftseekingcivilaviationauthorityapprovalintheformofflightcertificates,flightpermits,orotherlikedocumentation.1.3Thisstandarddoesnotpurporttoaddressallofthesafetyconcerns,ifany,associatedwithitsuse.Itistheresponsibilityoftheuserofthisstandardtoestablishappro-priatesafetyandhealthpracticesanddeterminetheapplica-bilityofregulatorylimitationspriortouse.2.ReferencedDocuments2.1ASTMStandards:2E2659PracticeforCertificateProgramsF2839PracticeforComplianceAuditstoASTMStandardsonLightSportAircraft3.Terminology3.1Definitions:3.1.1permanentrecord,n—wherespecifiedherein,theapplicablerecordshallbekeptandshallbeaccessibleaslongasairworthinesscertificatesremainineffectforaircraftpro-ducedthatrelatetotherecord.3.1.2qualityassurancemanual(QAM),n—thedocumenta-tionofthequalityassurancesystem.3.1.3qualityassurancerecord(QAR),n—thepermanentrecordofqualityassuranceassociatedwitheachLSApro-duced.3.1.4qualityassurancesystem(QAS),n—asystemofpro-cessesandcontrolsusedbyamanufacturertoverifyandvalidatethattheLSAmeetsitsspecifiedrequirement.3.1.5reservedholdingarea,n—physicalareaforisolatingitemsawayfromnormalproductionprocesseswhileawaitingproperdisposition.3.2Abbreviations:3.2.1MRB—MaterialReviewBoard4.QualityAssuranceSystem4.1ManufacturersshalldevelopandimplementaQualityAssuranceSystem(QAS)inaccordancewiththerequirementsestablishedwithinthisp...
