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14 CFR Ch. I (1–1–24 Edition) 

§ 1.3 

V

H

means maximum speed in level 

flight with maximum continuous 
power. 

V

LE

means maximum landing gear 

extended speed. 

V

LO

means maximum landing gear 

operating speed. 

V

LOF

means lift-off speed. 

V

MC

means minimum control speed 

with the critical engine inoperative. 

V

MO

/

M

MO

means maximum operating 

limit speed. 

V

MU

means minimum unstick speed. 

V

NE

means never-exceed speed. 

V

NO

means maximum structural 

cruising speed. 

V

R

means rotation speed. 

V

REF

means reference landing speed. 

V

S

means the stalling speed or the 

minimum steady flight speed at which 
the airplane is controllable. 

V

S0

means the stalling speed or the 

minimum steady flight speed in the 
landing configuration. 

V

S1

means the stalling speed or the 

minimum steady flight speed obtained 
in a specific configuration. 

V

SR

means reference stall speed. 

V

SRO

means reference stall speed in 

the landing configuration. 

V

SR1

means reference stall speed in a 

specific configuration. 

V

SW

means speed at which onset of 

natural or artificial stall warning oc-
curs. 

V

TOSS

means takeoff safety speed for 

Category A rotorcraft. 

V

X

means speed for best angle of 

climb. 

V

Y

means speed for best rate of 

climb. 

V

1

means the maximum speed in the 

takeoff at which the pilot must take 
the first action (e.g., apply brakes, re-
duce thrust, deploy speed brakes) to 
stop the airplane within the accelerate- 
stop distance. V

1

also means the min-

imum speed in the takeoff, following a 
failure of the critical engine at V

EF

, at 

which the pilot can continue the take-
off and achieve the required height 
above the takeoff surface within the 
takeoff distance. 

V

2

means takeoff safety speed. 

V

2min

means minimum takeoff safety 

speed. 

VFR

means visual flight rules. 

VGSI  means visual glide slope indi-

cator. 

VHF

means very high frequency. 

VOR

means very high frequency om-

nirange station. 

VORTAC

means collocated VOR and 

TACAN. 

[Doc. No. 1150, 27 FR 4590, May 15, 1962] 

E

DITORIAL

N

OTE

: For F

EDERAL

R

EGISTER

ci-

tations affecting § 1.2, see the List of CFR 
Sections Affected, which appears in the 
Finding Aids section of the printed volume 
and at 

www.govinfo.gov. 

§ 1.3

Rules of construction. 

(a) In Subchapters A through K of 

this chapter, unless the context re-
quires otherwise: 

(1) Words importing the singular in-

clude the plural; 

(2) Words importing the plural in-

clude the singular; and 

(3) Words importing the masculine 

gender include the feminine. 

(b) In Subchapters A through K of 

this chapter, the word: 

(1) 

Shall  is used in an imperative 

sense; 

(2) 

May  is used in a permissive sense 

to state authority or permission to do 
the act prescribed, and the words ‘‘no 
person may * * *’’ or ‘‘a person may 
not * * *’’ mean that no person is re-
quired, authorized, or permitted to do 
the act prescribed; and 

(3) 

Includes  means ‘‘includes but is 

not limited to’’. 

[Doc. No. 1150, 27 FR 4590, May 15, 1962, as 
amended by Amdt. 1–10, 31 FR 5055, Mar. 29, 
1966] 

PART 3—GENERAL REQUIREMENTS 

Subpart A—General Requirements Con-

cerning Type Certificated Products or 
Products, Parts, Appliances, or Mate-
rials That May Be Used on Type-Certifi-
cated Products 

Sec. 
3.1

Applicability. 

3.5

Statements about products, parts, appli-

ances and materials. 

Subpart B—Security Threat Disqualification 

3.200

Effect of Transportation Security Ad-

ministration notification on a certificate 
or any part of a certificate held by an in-
dividual. 

3.205

Effect of Transportation Security Ad-

ministration notification on applications 

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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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14 CFR Ch. I (1–1–24 Edition) 

§ 3.205 

modifying, suspending, or revoking any 
certificate or part of a certificate 
issued by the FAA. 

§ 3.205

Effect of Transportation Secu-

rity Administration notification on 
applications by individuals for a 
certificate or any part of a certifi-
cate. 

(a) When the TSA notifies the FAA 

that an individual who has applied for 
a certificate or any part of a certificate 
issued by the FAA poses, or is sus-
pected of posing, a risk of air piracy or 
terrorism or a threat to airline or pas-
senger safety, the FAA will hold the in-
dividual’s certificate applications in 
abeyance pending further notification 
from the TSA. 

(b) When the TSA notifies the FAA 

that the TSA has made a final security 
threat determination regarding an in-
dividual, the FAA will deny all the in-
dividual’s certificate applications. Al-
ternatively, if the TSA notifies the 
FAA that it has withdrawn its security 
threat determination, the FAA will 
continue processing the individual’s 
applications. 

PART 5—SAFETY MANAGEMENT 

SYSTEMS 

Subpart A—General 

Sec. 
5.1

Applicability. 

5.3

General requirements. 

5.5

Definitions. 

Subpart B—Safety Policy 

5.21

Safety policy. 

5.23

Safety accountability and authority. 

5.25

Designation and responsibilities of re-

quired safety management personnel. 

5.27

Coordination of emergency response 

planning. 

Subpart C—Safety Risk Management 

5.51

Applicability. 

5.53

System analysis and hazard identifica-

tion. 

5.55

Safety risk assessment and control. 

Subpart D—Safety Assurance 

5.71

Safety performance monitoring and 

measurement. 

5.73

Safety performance assessment. 

5.75

Continuous improvement. 

Subpart E—Safety Promotion 

5.91

Competencies and training. 

5.93

Safety communication. 

Subpart F—SMS Documentation and 

Recordkeeping 

5.95

SMS documentation. 

5.97

SMS records. 

A

UTHORITY

: Pub. L. 111–216, sec. 215 (Aug. 1, 

2010); 49 U.S.C. 106(f), 106(g), 40101, 40113, 
40119, 41706, 44101, 44701–44702, 44705, 44709– 
44711, 44713, 44716–44717, 44722, 46105. 

S

OURCE

: 80 FR 1326, Jan. 8, 2015, unless oth-

erwise noted. 

Subpart A—General 

§ 5.1

Applicability. 

(a) A certificate holder under part 119 

of this chapter authorized to conduct 
operations in accordance with the re-
quirements of part 121 of this chapter 
must have a Safety Management Sys-
tem that meets the requirements of 
this part and is acceptable to the Ad-
ministrator by March 9, 2018. 

(b) A certificate holder must submit 

an implementation plan to the FAA 
Administrator for review no later than 
September 9, 2015. The implementation 
plan must be approved no later than 
March 9, 2016. 

(c) The implementation plan may in-

clude any of the certificate holder’s ex-
isting programs, policies, or procedures 
that it intends to use to meet the re-
quirements of this part, including com-
ponents of an existing SMS. 

[80 FR 1326, Jan. 8, 2015, as amended at 80 FR 
1584, Jan. 13, 2015] 

§ 5.3

General requirements. 

(a) Any certificate holder required to 

have a Safety Management System 
under this part must submit the Safety 
Management System to the Adminis-
trator for acceptance. The SMS must 
be appropriate to the size, scope, and 
complexity of the certificate holder’s 
operation and include at least the fol-
lowing components: 

(1) Safety policy in accordance with 

the requirements of subpart B of this 
part; 

(2) Safety risk management in ac-

cordance with the requirements of sub-
part C of this part; 

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