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§ 21.50

name and address of the transferee, and
the anticipated date of the transfer.

which the State of Design is changing,
a type certificate may only be trans-
ferred to or from a person subject to
the authority of another State of De-
sign if the United States has an agree-
ment with that State of Design for the
acceptance of the affected product for
export and import. Each transferor
must notify the FAA before such a
transfer in a form and manner accept-
able to the FAA. This notification
must include the applicable type cer-
tificate number; the name, address, and
country of residence of the transferee;
and the anticipated date of the trans-
fer.

(d) Before executing or terminating a

licensing agreement that makes a type
certificate available to another person,
the type certificate holder must notify
the FAA in writing. This notification
must include the type certificate num-
ber addressed by the licensing agree-
ment, the name and address of the li-
censee, the extent of authority granted
the licensee, and the anticipated date
of the agreement.

[Doc. No. FAA–2006–25877, Amdt. 21–92, 74 FR
53386, Oct. 16, 2009; Doc. No. FAA–2018–0119,
Amdt. 21–101, 83 FR 9169, Mar. 5, 2018]

§ 21.49

Availability.

The holder of a type certificate must

make the certificate available for ex-
amination upon the request of the FAA
or the National Transportation Safety
Board.

[Doc. No. 5085, 29 FR 14564, Oct. 24, 1964, as
amended by Doc. No. 8084, 32 FR 5769, Apr. 11,
1967]

§ 21.50

Instructions for continued air-

worthiness and manufacturer’s
maintenance manuals having air-
worthiness limitations sections.

(a) The holder of a type certificate

for a rotorcraft for which a Rotorcraft
Maintenance Manual containing an
‘‘Airworthiness Limitations’’ section
has been issued under § 27.1529 (a)(2) or
§ 29.1529 (a)(2) of this chapter, and who
obtains approval of changes to any re-
placement time, inspection interval, or
related procedure in that section of the
manual, must make those changes

available upon request to any operator
of the same type of rotorcraft.

(b) The holder of a design approval,

including either a type certificate or
supplemental type certificate for an
aircraft, aircraft engine, or propeller
for which application was made after
January 28, 1981, must furnish at least
one set of complete Instructions for
Continued Airworthiness to the owner
of each type aircraft, aircraft engine,
or propeller upon its delivery, or upon
issuance of the first standard air-
worthiness certificate for the affected
aircraft, whichever occurs later. The
Instructions for Continued Airworthi-
ness must be prepared in accordance
with §§ 23.1529, 25.1529, 25.1729, 27.1529,
29.1529, 31.82, 33.4, 35.4, or part 26 of this
subchapter, or as specified in the appli-
cable airworthiness criteria for special
classes of aircraft defined in § 21.17(b),
as applicable. If the holder of a design
approval chooses to designate parts as
commercial, it must include in the In-
structions for Continued Airworthiness
a list of commercial parts submitted in
accordance with the provisions of para-
graph (c) of this section. Thereafter,
the holder of a design approval must
make those instructions available to
any other person required by this chap-
ter to comply with any of the terms of
those instructions. In addition,
changes to the Instructions for Contin-
ued Airworthiness shall be made avail-
able to any person required by this
chapter to comply with any of those in-
structions.

the holder of a design approval, in a
manner acceptable to the FAA, must
submit:

(1) A Commercial Parts List;
(2) Data for each part on the List

showing that:

(i) The failure of the commercial

part, as installed in the product, would
not degrade the level of safety of the
product; and

(ii) The part is produced only under

the commercial part manufacturer’s
specification and marked only with the
commercial part manufacturer’s mark-
ings; and

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§ 21.51

(3) Any other data necessary for the

FAA to approve the List.

[Amdt. 21–23, 33 FR 14105, Sept. 18, 1968, as
amended by Amdt. 21–51, 45 FR 60170, Sept.
11, 1980; Amdt. 21–60, 52 FR 8042, Mar. 13, 1987;
Amdt. 21–90, 72 FR 63404, Nov. 8, 2007; Amdt.
21–92, 74 FR 53386, Oct. 16, 2009; Doc. No.
FAA–2015–1621, Amdt. 21–100, 81 FR 96689,
Dec. 30, 2016]

§ 21.51

Duration.

A type certificate is effective until

surrendered, suspended, revoked, or a
termination date is otherwise estab-
lished by the FAA.

§ 21.53

Statement of conformity.

(a) Each applicant must provide, in a

form and manner acceptable to the
FAA, a statement that each aircraft
engine or propeller presented for type
certification conforms to its type de-
sign.

(b) Each applicant must submit a

statement of conformity to the FAA
for each aircraft or part thereof pre-
sented to the FAA for tests. This state-
ment of conformity must include a
statement that the applicant has com-
plied with § 21.33(a) (unless otherwise
authorized under that paragraph).

[Amdt. 21–17, 32 FR 14926, Oct. 28, 1967, as
amended by Amdt. 21–92, 74 FR 53386, Oct. 16,
2009]

§ 21.55

Responsibility of type certifi-

cate holders to provide written li-
censing agreements.

A type certificate holder who allows

a person to use the type certificate to
manufacture a new aircraft, aircraft
engine, or propeller must provide that
person with a written licensing agree-
ment acceptable to the FAA.

[Doc. No. FAA–2003–14825, 71 FR 52258, Sept.
1, 2006]

Subpart C—Provisional Type

Certificates

OURCE

: Docket No. 5085, 29 FR 14566, Oct.

24, 1964, unless otherwise noted.

§ 21.71

Applicability.

This subpart prescribes—
(a) Procedural requirements for the

issue of provisional type certificates,
amendments to provisional type cer-

tificates, and provisional amendments
to type certificates; and

(b) Rules governing the holders of

those certificates.

§ 21.73

Eligibility.

(a) Any manufacturer of aircraft

manufactured within the United States
who is a United States citizen may
apply for Class I or Class II provisional
type certificates, for amendments to
provisional type certificates held by
him, and for provisional amendments
to type certificates held by him.

(b) Any manufacturer of aircraft in a

State of Manufacture subject to the
provisions of an agreement with the
United States for the acceptance of
those aircraft for export and import
may apply for a Class II provisional
type certificate, for amendments to
provisional type certificates held by
him, and for provisional amendments
to type certificates held by him.

who is a United States citizen and who
has altered a type certificated aircraft
by installing different type certificated
aircraft engines manufactured by him
within the United States may apply for
a Class I provisional type certificate
for the aircraft, and for amendments to
Class I provisional type certificates
held by him, if the basic aircraft, be-
fore alteration, was type certificated in
the normal, utility, acrobatic, com-
muter, or transport category.

[Doc. No. 5085, 29 FR 14566, Oct. 24, 1964, as
amended by Amdt. 21–12, 31 FR 13380, Oct. 15,
1966; Amdt. 21–59, 52 FR 1836, Jan. 15, 1987;
Amdt. 21–92, 74 FR 53387, Oct. 16, 2009]

§ 21.75

Application.

Each applicant for a provisional type

certificate, for an amendment thereto,
or for a provisional amendment to a
type certificate must apply to the FAA
and provide the information required
by this subpart.

[Doc. No. FAA–2006–25877, Amdt. 21–92, 74 FR
53387, Oct. 16, 2009; Doc. No. FAA–2018–0119,
Amdt. 21–101, 83 FR 9169, Mar. 5, 2018]

§ 21.77