Flight tests.

CFR · 2024-01-01 · US · Title 14

(a) Each applicant for an aircraft type certificate (other than under §§ 21.24 through 21.29) must make the tests listed in paragraph (b) of this section. Before making the tests the applicant must show— (1) Compliance with the applicable structural requirements of this subchapter; (2) Completion of necessary ground inspections and tests; (3) That the aircraft conforms with the type design; and (4) That the FAA received a flight test report from the applicant (signed, in the case of aircraft to be certificated under Part 25 [New] of this chapter, by the applicant's test pilot) containing the results of his tests. (b) Upon showing compliance with paragraph (a) of this section, the applicant must make all flight tests that the FAA finds necessary— (1) To determine compliance with the applicable requirements of this subchapter; and (2) For aircraft to be certificated under this subchapter, except gliders and low-speed, certification level 1 or 2 airplanes, as defined in part 23 of this chapter, to determine whether there is reasonable assurance that the aircraft, its components, and its equipment are reliable and function properly. (c) Each applicant must, if practicable, make the tests prescribed in paragraph (b)(2) of this section upon the aircraft that was used to show compliance with— (1) Paragraph (b)(1) of this section; and (2) For rotorcraft, the rotor drive endurance tests prescribed in § 27.923 or § 29.923 of this chapter, as applicable. (d) Each applicant must show for

official document · source cfr-2024 · id 14:§ 21.35