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Flight Standards District Office

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A Flight Standards District Office, or FSDO for short (pronounced: fIz-dƏƱ), is a locally affiliated field office of the United States Federal Aviation Administration. There are 78 such offices nationwide as of November 2015 physically located every state except four - Delaware, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, and Vermont. (Delaware served by Philadelphia)(Rhode Island served by Boston)(Vermont/New Hampshire served by Portland, ME).

Purpose

The Flight Standards District Offices serve as local representatives of the United States Federal Aviation Administration. Each office reports to one of nine Regional FAA offices and perform a variety of compliance and enforcement actions. Such items include:

  • Low-flying aircraft reporting
  • Accident Reporting
  • Air carrier certification and operations
  • Aircraft maintenance
  • Aircraft operational issues
  • Aircraft permits
  • Airmen certification (licensing) for pilots, mechanics, repairmen, dispatchers, and parachute riggers
  • Certification and modification issues
  • Enforcement of Airmen & Aircraft Regulations

    • References

    Flight Standards District Office Wikipedia
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