---
kind: "section"
citation: "14 C.F.R. § 5.53"
title: "14"
number: "5.53"
heading: "System analysis and hazard identification."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/14/5.53"
---

# §5.53. System analysis and hazard identification.

- (a) When applying safety risk management, any person required to have an SMS under this part must analyze the systems identified in [§ 5.51](/cfr/14/5.51.md). Those system analyses must be used to identify hazards under [paragraph (c)](#c) of this section and in developing and implementing risk controls related to the system under [§ 5.55(c)](/cfr/14/5.55.md?p=c).
- (b) In conducting the system analysis, the following information must be considered:
  - (1) **Function and purpose of the system.**
  - (2) **The system's operating environment.**
  - (3) **An outline of the system's processes and procedures.**
  - (4) **The personnel, equipment, and facilities necessary for operation of the system.**
  - (5) **The interfaces of the system.**
- (c) Any person required to have an SMS under this part must develop and maintain processes to identify hazards within the context of the system analysis.

## Notes

### Amendments

[Doc. No. FAA-2009-0671, Amdt. 5-1, 80 FR 1326, Jan. 8, 2015, as amended by Amdt. 5-2, 89 FR 33106, Apr. 26, 2024]

### Authority

Authority: 49 U.S.C. 106(f), 106(g), 40101, 40113, 40119, 41706, 44101, 44701-44702, 44705, 44709-44711, 44713, 44716-44717, 44722, 46105; Sec. 102, Pub. L. 116-260, 134 Stat. 2309; Sec 215, Pub. L. 111-216, 124 Stat. 2366.

### Source

Source: Doc. No. FAA-2009-0671, Amdt. 5-1, 80 FR 1326, Jan. 8, 2015, unless otherwise noted.

### Amendments

[Doc. No. FAA-2009-0671, Amdt. 5-1, 80 FR 1326, Jan. 8, 2015, as amended by Amdt. 5-2, 89 FR 33106, Apr. 26, 2024]