FAA Representatives Traveled To Italy And Slovenia To Conduct The Inspections

Pipistrel has successfully completed the FAA LSA operations audit, the company announced Monday. In February, the FAA audit delegation, led by Robert Franklin and joined by Edsel Ford and Nam Cho visited and verified compliance to FAA regulation and ASTM LSA standards at Pipistrel's factories in Italy and Slovenia.

The audit consisted of compliance verification of Pipistrel's products, production organization, continued airworthiness procedures, maintenance aspects, and documentation for LSA aircraft sold in the USA market.

"Meeting the highest safety standards and compliance with the rules and regulations is essential in the global market," said Pipistrel owner and CEO Ivo Boscarol. "Having received acknowledgement by the FAA that our operations not only meet, but exceed what is expected for the LSA industry is a statement to our ongoing commitment to serve customers with (the) highest quality products. We appreciate and welcome FAA Team's professional attitude and their approach to elevate the level of safety and compliance throughout the LSA industry by conducting such high-quality and stringent audits."

Pipistrel is a Part 21G approved EASA Production Organization with headquarters in Slovenia and an additional assembly location in Italy.

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