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Question of the Week
EAA Aviation Services
I operate an Allegro 2000 special light-sport aircraft (S-LSA). When contacting ATC I always say, "light sport N---." They frequently respond asking what type aircraft, to which I say, "Allegro 2000." But what they are looking for is the aircraft code number which is assigned by FAA to each type of aircraft, and I have no idea what that might be.

I've contacted the importer, Fantasy Air USA, but have not received a response. Is there an official FAA listing of aircraft and type codes on-line? I don't think ATC is looking for Type Certificate Code numbers since the S-LSA are not type certificated. Any help with this will be appreciated. I'd like to be able to tell the controllers my aircraft code next time I'm in the system.

Answer:
EAA is in the process of working with the FAA to develop a list of LSA aircraft designators and that list should be done early-to-mid-2007. We'll let everyone know when it's available, but here is a website you can use to look it up when it does: www.faa.gov/
ATPUBS/CNT/5-1.htm
This information is contained in FAA Order 7340.1, Contractions - www.faa.gov/
ATPUBS/CNT/Cnthme.htm - go to the bottom of the page, under Chapter 5. The link above is for the ENCODE section where you can look up your aircraft manufacturer, then the model number, to obtain the FAA designator code for the aircraft - that's the code the ATC folks are asking for.

Again, for existing S-LSA aircraft this code is not yet available, and for new S-LSA aircraft expect designator codes to be published about 6 months after their first aircraft is certificated.

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January 2007
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2006 was a good year for EAA and its 170,000 members. The spirit of innovation is evident, especially in the homebuilt aircraft movement; the rapidly growing sport pilot/light-sport aircraft industry; and very light jets. The state of GA is strong and looking even brighter as we head into 2007.

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