Volume: 1Date: 2023-01-01Original Date: 2023-01-01Title: Section 21.1 - Applicability and definitions.Context:
Title 14 - Aeronautics and Space. CHAPTER I - FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINISTRATION, DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION. SUBCHAPTER C - AIRCRAFT. PART 21 - CERTIFICATION PROCEDURES FOR PRODUCTS AND ARTICLES. Subpart A - General.
§ 21.1Applicability and definitions.(a) This part prescribes—(1) Procedural requirements for issuing and changing—(i) Design approvals;(ii) Production approvals;(iii) Airworthiness certificates; and(iv) Airworthiness approvals;(2) Rules governing applicants for, and holders of, any approval or certificate specified in paragraph (a)(1) of this section; and(3) Procedural requirements for the approval of articles.
(b) For the purposes of this part—
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(1)
Airworthiness approval
means a document, issued by the FAA for an aircraft, aircraft engine, propeller, or article, which certifies that the aircraft, aircraft engine, propeller, or article conforms to its approved design and is in a condition for safe operation, unless otherwise specified;
(2)
Article
means a material, part, component, process, or appliance;
(3)
Commercial part
means an article that is listed on an FAA-approved Commercial Parts List included in a design approval holder's Instructions for Continued Airworthiness required by § 21.50;
(4)
Design approval
means a type certificate (including amended and supplemental type certificates) or the approved design under a PMA, TSO authorization, letter of TSO design approval, or other approved design;
(5)
Interface component
means an article that serves as a functional interface between an aircraft and an aircraft engine, an aircraft engine and a propeller, or an aircraft and a propeller. An interface component is designated by the holder of the type certificate or the supplemental type certificate who controls the approved design data for that article;
(6)
Product
means an aircraft, aircraft engine, or propeller;
(7)
Production approval
means a document issued by the FAA to a person that allows the production of a product or article in accordance with its approved design and approved quality system, and can take the form of a production certificate, a PMA, or a TSO authorization;
(8)
State of Design
means the country or jurisdiction having regulatory authority over the organization responsible for the design and continued airworthiness of a civil aeronautical product or article;
(9)
State of Manufacture
means the country or jurisdiction having regulatory authority over the organization responsible for the production and airworthiness of a civil aeronautical product or article.
(10)
Supplier
means a person at any tier in the supply chain who provides a product, article, or service that is used or consumed in the design or manufacture of, or installed on, a product or article.