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Federal Aviation Administration, DOT 

§ 3.200 

by individuals for a certificate or any 
part of a certificate. 

A

UTHORITY

: 49 U.S.C. 106(g), 40113, 44701, 

44704, and 46111. 

S

OURCE

: 70 FR 54832, Sept. 16, 2005, unless 

otherwise noted. 

Subpart A—General Requirements 

Concerning Type Certificated 
Products or Products, Parts, 
Appliances, or Materials That 
May Be Used on Type-Certifi-
cated Products 

§ 3.1

Applicability. 

(a) This part applies to any person 

who makes a record regarding: 

(1) A type-certificated product, or 
(2) A product, part, appliance or ma-

terial that may be used on a type-cer-
tificated product. 

(b) Section 3.5(b) does not apply to 

records made under part 43 of this 
chapter. 

§ 3.5

Statements about products, parts, 

appliances and materials. 

(a) 

Definitions.  The following terms 

will have the stated meanings when 
used in this section: 

Airworthy  means the aircraft con-

forms to its type design and is in a con-
dition for safe operation. 

Product  means an aircraft, aircraft 

engine, or aircraft propeller. 

Record  means any writing, drawing, 

map, recording, tape, film, photograph 
or other documentary material by 
which information is preserved or con-
veyed in any format, including, but not 
limited to, paper, microfilm, identifica-
tion plates, stamped marks, bar codes 
or electronic format, and can either be 
separate from, attached to or inscribed 
on any product, part, appliance or ma-
terial. 

(b) 

Prohibition against fraudulent and 

intentionally false statements. When con-
veying information related to an adver-
tisement or sales transaction, no per-
son may make or cause to be made: 

(1) Any fraudulent or intentionally 

false statement in any record about the 
airworthiness of a type-certificated 
product, or the acceptability of any 
product, part, appliance, or material 
for installation on a type-certificated 
product. 

(2) Any fraudulent or intentionally 

false reproduction or alteration of any 
record about the airworthiness of any 
type-certificated product, or the ac-
ceptability of any product, part, appli-
ance, or material for installation on a 
type-certificated product. 

(c) 

Prohibition against intentionally 

misleading statements. (1) When con-
veying information related to an adver-
tisement or sales transaction, no per-
son may make, or cause to be made, a 
material representation that a type- 
certificated product is airworthy, or 
that a product, part, appliance, or ma-
terial is acceptable for installation on 
a type-certificated product in any 
record if that representation is likely 
to mislead a consumer acting reason-
ably under the circumstances. 

(2) When conveying information re-

lated to an advertisement or sales 
transaction, no person may make, or 
cause to be made, through the omission 
of material information, a representa-
tion that a type-certificated product is 
airworthy, or that a product, part, ap-
pliance, or material is acceptable for 
installation on a type-certificated 
product in any record if that represen-
tation is likely to mislead a consumer 
acting reasonably under the cir-
cumstances. 

(d) The provisions of § 3.5(b) and 

§ 3.5(c) shall not apply if a person can 
show that the product is airworthy or 
that the product, part, appliance or 
material is acceptable for installation 
on a type-certificated product. 

Subpart B—Security Threat 

Disqualification 

S

OURCE

: 84 FR 42803, Aug. 19, 2019, FAA– 

2018–0656; Amendment No. 3–2, unless other-
wise noted. 

§ 3.200

Effect of Transportation Secu-

rity Administration notification on 
a certificate or any part of a certifi-
cate held by an individual. 

When the Transportation Security 

Administration (TSA) notifies the FAA 
that an individual holding a certificate 
or part of a certificate issued by the 
FAA poses, or is suspected of posing, a 
risk of air piracy or terrorism or a 
threat to airline or passenger safety, 
the FAA will issue an order amending, 

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