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Purpose of This Order.

In this order, we, the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), establish a risk assessment process for parts of Title 14 of the Code of Federal Regulations (14 CFR) for which the Aircraft Certification Service (AIR) is responsible. We show how to use the process to perform a risk assessment. We assign responsibility for maintaining and improving the process and for maintaining the dataset that an assessment creates.

Standards staffs and policy offices must perform the risk assessment for their respective 14 CFR parts to comprehend the risk of an undesired event resulting from a potential non-compliance with a given regulation. The purpose of understanding risk is not to gauge the importance of a regulation, but rather to mitigate the risk with resource management and oversight principles. All regulations are important from a safety perspective and must be complied with, as applicable. Furthermore, the risk assessment process is not intended to rank or prioritize the regulations in any form or manner. CFR risk assessment is a component of the safety management system (SMS) implemented in AIR.

This order directs AIR standards staffs and policy offices to perform, maintain, and improve the risk assessment process for their respective 14 CFR parts.