Sec. 534. Safety data analysis for aircraft without transponders
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Not later than 90 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the Administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration, in coordination with the Chairman of the National Transportation Safety Board, shall collect and analyze data relating to accidents and incidents involving covered exempt aircraft that occurred within 30 nautical miles of an airport. The analysis required under subsection
(a)shall include with respect to covered exempt aircraft a review of— incident and accident data since 2006; incidents and accidents involving midair events, including collisions; incidents and accidents involving ground proximity warning system alerts; incidents and accidents involving traffic collision avoidance system alerts; incidents and accidents involving a loss of separation or near miss; and the causes of the accidents and incidents described in paragraphs
(1)through (5). Not later than 1 year after the date of enactment of this Act, the Administrator shall submit to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation of the Senate a report containing the results of the analysis required under subsection
(a)and, if appropriate, recommendations on how to reduce the number of incidents and accidents associated with such covered exempt aircraft. In this section, the term covered exempt aircraft means aircraft, balloons, and gliders exempt from air traffic control transponder and altitude reporting equipment and use requirements under part 91.215(b)(3) of title 14, Code of Federal Regulations.