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Purpose of This Notice.

This notice announces a revision to Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) Order 8900.1, Volume 7, Investigation; and Volume 12, International Aviation, for processing General Aviation (GA) pilot deviations (PD) by foreign airmen/operators (excluding Title 14 of the Code of Federal Regulations (14 CFR) part 129 air carriers and 14 CFR part 375 operators) who, when involved in the PD, were operating foreign-registered civil aircraft under 14 CFR part 91 and whose Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) is not a Portal for International Pilot Deviations (PIPD) participant. For the latest list of CAAs, refer to https://www.faa.gov/about/office_org/headquarters_offices/avs/offices/afx/afs/afs050/afs 052/. This change in guidance affects offices with responsibility for investigating part 91 PDs. This notice provides guidance associated with processing foreign referrals via email for violations of FAA regulations by an individual, including those involving: safety concerns, occurrences, PDs, incidents, near midair collisions (NMAC), oceanic errors, accidents, runway incursion and/or runway confusion events, and suspected illegal charters.