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§ 21.137
§ 21.133
Application.
Each applicant must apply for a pro-
duction certificate in a form and man-
ner prescribed by the FAA.
§ 21.135
Organization.
(a) Each applicant for or holder of a
production certificate must provide the
FAA with a document—
(1) Describing how its organization
will ensure compliance with the provi-
sions of this subpart;
(2) Describing assigned responsibil-
ities, delegated authorities, and the
functional relationship of those respon-
sible for quality to management and
other organizational components; and
(3) Identifying an accountable man-
ager.
(b) The accountable manager speci-
fied in paragraph (a) of this section
must be responsible within the appli-
cant’s or production approval holder’s
organization for, and have authority
over, all production operations con-
ducted under this part. The account-
able manager must confirm that the
procedures described in the quality
manual required by § 21.138 are in place
and that the production approval hold-
er satisfies the requirements of the ap-
plicable regulations of subchapter C,
Aircraft. The accountable manager
must serve as the primary contact with
the FAA.
[Doc. No. FAA–2013–0933, Amdt. 21–98, 80 FR
59031, Oct. 1, 2015]
§ 21.137
Quality system.
Each applicant for or holder of a pro-
duction certificate must establish and
describe in writing a quality system
that ensures that each product and ar-
ticle conforms to its approved design
and is in a condition for safe operation.
This quality system must include:
(a)
Design data control. Procedures for
controlling design data and subsequent
changes to ensure that only current,
correct, and approved data is used.
(b)
Document control. Procedures for
controlling quality system documents
and data and subsequent changes to en-
sure that only current, correct, and ap-
proved documents and data are used.
(c)
Supplier control. Procedures that—
(1) Ensure that each supplier-pro-
vided product, article, or service con-
forms to the production approval hold-
er’s requirements; and
(2) Establish a supplier-reporting
process for products, articles, or serv-
ices that have been released from or
provided by the supplier and subse-
quently found not to conform to the
production approval holder’s require-
ments.
(d)
Manufacturing process control. Pro-
cedures for controlling manufacturing
processes to ensure that each product
and article conforms to its approved
design.
(e)
Inspecting and testing. Procedures
for inspections and tests used to ensure
that each product and article conforms
to its approved design. These proce-
dures must include the following, as
applicable:
(1) A flight test of each aircraft pro-
duced unless that aircraft will be ex-
ported as an unassembled aircraft.
(2) A functional test of each aircraft
engine and each propeller produced.
(f)
Inspection, measuring, and test
equipment control. Procedures to ensure
calibration and control of all inspec-
tion, measuring, and test equipment
used in determining conformity of each
product and article to its approved de-
sign. Each calibration standard must
be traceable to a standard acceptable
to the FAA.
(g)
Inspection and test status. Proce-
dures for documenting the inspection
and test status of products and articles
supplied or manufactured to the ap-
proved design.
(h)
Nonconforming product and article
control. (1) Procedures to ensure that
only products or articles that conform
to their approved design are installed
on a type-certificated product. These
procedures must provide for the identi-
fication, documentation, evaluation,
segregation, and disposition of noncon-
forming products and articles. Only au-
thorized individuals may make disposi-
tion determinations.
(2) Procedures to ensure that dis-
carded articles are rendered unusable.
(i)
Corrective and preventive actions.
Procedures for implementing correc-
tive and preventive actions to elimi-
nate the causes of an actual or poten-
tial nonconformity to the approved de-
sign or noncompliance with the ap-
proved quality system.
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