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14 CFR Ch. I (1–1–24 Edition)
§ 183.31
equivalencies to prescribed noise proce-
dures or standards.
[Doc. No. 1151, 27 FR 4951, May 26, 1962, as
amended by Amdt. 183–7, 45 FR 32669, May 19,
1980; Amdt. 183–9, 54 FR 39296, Sept. 25, 1989]
§ 183.31 Designated manufacturing in-
spection representatives.
A designated manufacturing inspec-
tion representative (DMIR) may, with-
in limits prescribed by, and under the
general supervision of, the Adminis-
trator, do the following:
(a) Issue—
(1) Original airworthiness certificates
for aircraft and airworthiness approv-
als for engines, propellers, and product
parts that conform to the approved de-
sign requirements and are in a condi-
tion for safe operation;
(2) Export certificates of airworthi-
ness and airworthiness approval tags in
accordance with subpart L of part 21 of
this chapter;
(3) Experimental certificates for air-
craft for which the manufacturer holds
the type certificate and which have un-
dergone changes to the type design re-
quiring a flight test; and
(4) Special flight permits to export
aircraft.
(b) Conduct any inspections that may
be necessary to determine that—
(1) Prototype products and related
parts conform to design specifications;
and
(2) Production products and related
parts conform to the approved type de-
sign and are in condition for safe oper-
ation.
(c) Perform functions authorized by
this section for the manufacturer, or
the manufacturer’s supplier, at any lo-
cation authorized by the FAA.
[Doc. No. 16622, 45 FR 1416, Jan. 7, 1980]
§ 183.33 Designated Airworthiness
Representative.
A Designated Airworthiness Rep-
resentative (DAR) may, within limits
prescribed by and under the general su-
pervision of the Administrator, do the
following:
(a) Perform examination, inspection,
and testing services necessary to issue,
and to determine the continuing effec-
tiveness of, certificates, including
issuing certificates, as authorized by
the Executive Director, Flight Stand-
ards Service in the area of mainte-
nance or as authorized by the Execu-
tive Director, Aircraft Certification
Service in the areas of manufacturing
and engineering.
(b) Charge a fee for his or her serv-
ices.
(c) Perform authorized functions at
any authorized location.
(Secs. 313(a), 314, 601, 603, 605, and 1102, Fed-
eral Aviation Act of 1958, as amended (49
U.S.C. 1354(a), 1355, 1421, 1423, 1425, and 1502);
sec.6(c) Department of Transportation Act
(49 U.S.C. 1655(c)))
[Doc. No. 23140, 48 FR 16179, Apr. 14, 1983, as
amended by Amdt. 183–9, 54 FR 39296, Sept.
25, 1989; Amdt. 183–11, 67 FR 72766, Dec. 6,
2002; Docket FAA–2018–0119, Amdt. 183–17, 83
FR 9176, Mar. 5, 2018]
Subpart D—Organization
Designation Authorization
S
OURCE
: Docket No. FAA–2003–16685, 70 FR
59947, Oct. 13, 2005, unless otherwise noted.
§ 183.41 Applicability and definitions.
(a) This subpart contains the proce-
dures required to obtain an Organiza-
tion Designation Authorization, which
allows an organization to perform spec-
ified functions on behalf of the Admin-
istrator related to engineering, manu-
facturing, operations, airworthiness, or
maintenance.
(b)
Definitions.
For the purposes of
this subpart:
Organization Designation Authoriza-
tion
(ODA) means the authorization to
perform approved functions on behalf
of the Administrator.
ODA Holder
means the organization
that obtains the authorization from
the Administrator, as identified in a
Letter of Designation.
ODA Unit
means an identifiable
group of two or more individuals with-
in the ODA Holder’s organization that
performs the authorized functions.
§ 183.43 Application.
An application for an ODA may be
submitted after November 14, 2006. An
application for an ODA must be sub-
mitted in a form and manner pre-
scribed by the Administrator and must
include the following:
(a) A description of the functions for
which authorization is requested.
