Issue of standard airworthiness certificates for normal, utility, acrobatic, commuter, and transport category aircraft; manned free balloons; and special classes of aircraft.

CFR · 2024-01-01 · US · Title 14

(a) (b) (c) (1) The aircraft is type certificated in accordance with § 21.21 or § 21.29 and produced under the authority of another State of Manufacture; (2) The State of Manufacture certifies, in accordance with the export provisions of an agreement with the United States for import of that aircraft, that the aircraft conforms to the type design and is in condition for safe operation; and (3) The FAA finds that the aircraft conforms to the type design and is in condition for safe operation. (d) (1) The applicant presents evidence to the FAA that the aircraft conforms to a type design approved under a type certificate or a supplemental type certificate and to applicable Airworthiness Directives; (2) The aircraft (except an experimentally certificated aircraft that previously had been issued a different airworthiness certificate under this section) has been inspected in accordance with the performance rules for 100-hour inspections set forth in § 43.15 of this chapter, or an equivalent performance standard acceptable to the FAA, and found airworthy by— (i) The manufacturer; (ii) The holder of a repair station certificate as provided in Part 145 of this chapter; (iii) The holder of a mechanic certificate as authorized in Part 65 of this chapter; or (iv) The holder of a certificate issued under part 121 of this chapter, and having a maintenance and inspection organization appropriate to the aircraft type; and (3) The FAA finds after inspection, that the aircraft conforms to the

official document · source cfr-2024 · id 14:§ 21.183