Accepted Consensus Standards for Light-Sport Category Aircraft: Airplane, Glider, Powered Lift, and Gyroplane

What it does

This document announces the availability of ASTM International (ASTM) consensus standards for use as an FAA-accepted means of compliance (MOC) to support issuance of special airworthiness certificates for the categories of light-sport category aircraft and light-sport category kit-built aircraft described herein. The FAA accepts the following ASTM standards (with changes identified in this document): F3815-26a, "Standard Specification for Integration for Light Sport Airplane," F3836-26, "Standard Specification for Integration for Light Sport Glider," F3840-26,\1\ "Standard Specification for Integration for Light Sport Powered-Lift and Multicopter," and F3841-26, "Standard Specification for Integration for Light Sport Gyroplane". FAA's acceptance of these ASTM integration standards as an MOC includes FAA's acceptance of the underlying ASTM functional standards as set forth Tables 1-8 herein. The FAA will maintain a listing of FAA accepted MOCs for light-sport category aircraft on the FAA's Light-Sport Category Aircraft web page at https:/ /www.faa.gov/aircraft/gen_av/light_sport. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------

The Federal Aviation Administration's summary, as published in the Federal Register.

What changed in the regulation

2 parts of Title 14 of the Code of Federal Regulations:

14 CFR 21, 14 CFR 22

Wording on eCFR: the day before it took effect and from the day it took effect (first part listed).

Compared with

The Federal Aviation Administration has published 482 final rules in 2026 so far, compared with 518 in all of 2025.

Counted by the Tribune from Federal Register records since Jan. 1, 2025.

What happens next and when

Acceptance of these MOC is effective on July 16, 2026. Comments

The agency's dates, word for word.

Check it yourself

• The document in the Federal Register
• Docket FAA-2026-6965 on Regulations.gov
• Title 14 on eCFR

The record as published

Source: the Federal Register (public domain). The document in the Federal Register