Helicopter Air Ambulance,
Commercial Helicopter, and Part 91 Helicopter Operations
Extension without change of a currently approved collection
No
Regular
03/30/2026
Requested
Previously Approved
36 Months From Approved
03/31/2026
1,051,217
1,051,219
115,979
115,981
0
0
These requirements in part 135 are
addressed specifically to helicopter air ambulance (HAA)
operations, and on-demand operations, including overwater
operations. The National Transportation Safety Board recommended
several changes following accident investigations. The FAA aims to
improve the safety record of helicopter air ambulances through
better oversight of their operations. The FAA will use the
information it collects and reviews to ensure compliance and
adherence with regulations and, if necessary, to take enforcement
action on violators of the regulations. Section 44731 of the
Modernization and Reform Act of 2012 required the FAA to collect
from part 135 certificate holder providing helicopter air ambulance
services a report containing the number of helicopters that the
certificate holder uses to provide helicopter air ambulance
services, the base locations of the helicopters, the number of
flights and hours flown by registration number while providing
helicopter air ambulance services, the number of flight requests
for a helicopter providing air ambulance services that were
accepted or declined by the certificate holder and the type of each
such flight request (such as scene response, inter-facility
transport, organ transport, or ferry or repositioning flight), the
number of accidents, if any, involving helicopters operated by the
certificate holder while providing air ambulance services and a
description of the accidents, the number of flights and hours flown
under instrument flight rules by helicopters operated by the
certificate holder while providing air ambulance services, the time
of day of each flight flown by helicopters operated by the
certificate holder while providing air ambulance services, and the
number of incidents, if any, in which a helicopter was not directly
dispatched and arrived to transport patients but was not utilized
for patient transport. Section 314(d) of the FAA Reauthorization
Act of 2018 amended these reporting requirements for the report to
contain the number of helicopters that the certificate holder uses
to provide helicopter air ambulance services and the base locations
of the helicopters, the number of hours flown by the helicopters
operated by the certificate holder, the number of patients
transported and the number of patient transport requests for a
helicopter providing air ambulance services that were accepted or
declined by the certificate holder and the type of each such flight
request (such as scene response, inter-facility transport or organ
transport), the number of accidents, if any, involving helicopters
operated by the certificate holder while providing air ambulance
services and a description of the accidents, the number of hours
flown under instrument flight rules by helicopters operated by the
certificate holder, the number of hours flown at night by
helicopters operated by the certificate holder, the number of
incidents, if any, in which a helicopter was not directly
dispatched and arrived to transport patients but was not utilized
for patient transport. Essentially, this relieved the requirement
for reporting of flight time by individual aircraft and by time of
day and now only requires the reporting of the total flight hours,
in aggregate, flown by the certificate holder and the number of
hours flown at night. The amendment added the requirement to report
the number of patients flown by the certificate holder. The
requirement for reporting is placed upon the certificate holders
via Operations Specification paragraph A021, Air Ambulance
Operations—Helicopter. A reporting template is provided to the
certificate holders by the Air Transportation Division, Operations
Group, 135 Air Carrier Operations Section, AFS-220.
US Code:
49
USC 44701 Name of Law: General requirements
The wage costs of Chief Pilot,
Helicopter Pilot, and Clerical were updated to current wage rates.
The number of helicopter operators were updated to reflect current
helicopter operators.
On behalf of this Federal agency, I certify that
the collection of information encompassed by this request complies
with 5 CFR 1320.9 and the related provisions of 5 CFR
1320.8(b)(3).
The following is a summary of the topics, regarding
the proposed collection of information, that the certification
covers:
(i) Why the information is being collected;
(ii) Use of information;
(iii) Burden estimate;
(iv) Nature of response (voluntary, required for a
benefit, or mandatory);
(v) Nature and extent of confidentiality; and
(vi) Need to display currently valid OMB control
number;
If you are unable to certify compliance with any of
these provisions, identify the item by leaving the box unchecked
and explain the reason in the Supporting Statement.
03/30/2026
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