Part 21: Certification Procedures for Products and Parts

Table of Contents

What Was and What Will Be: The New Part 21

Table of Contents

Introduction

PowerPoint Presentation Slides

Legal Fine Print

Review of Training Materials

Overview of Part 21 Amendments

Compliance Dates

Specific Part 21 Amendments

What Part 21 Proposals Were Not Adopted?

Part 1 Amendments

Part 43 Amendments

Part 45 Amendments

Part 21 Amendments

Subpart A

• § 21.1 Applicability and definitions
• § 21.2 Falsification of applications, reports, or records
• § 21.3 Reporting of failures, malfunctions, and defects
• § 21.5 Airplane or Rotorcraft Flight Manual
• § 21.8 Approval of articles
• § 21.9 Replacement and modification articles

Subpart B

• § 21.11 Applicability
• § 21.20 Compliance with applicable requirements
• § 21.45 Privileges
• § 21.47 Transferability
• § 21.50 Instructions for continued airworthiness and manufacturer’s maintenance manuals having airworthiness limitations sections
• § 21.53 Statement of conformity

Subpart D

• § 21.91 Applicability
• § 21.97 Approval of major changes in type design

Subpart E

• § 21.111 Applicability
• § 21.113 Requirement for supplemental type certificate
• § 21.117 Issue of supplemental type certificates
• § 21.119 Privileges

Subpart F

• § 21.121 Applicability
• § 21.122 Location of or change to manufacturing facilities
• § 21.123 Production under type certificate
• § 21.130 Statement of Conformity

Subpart G

• § 21.131 Applicability
• § 21.132 Eligibility
• § 21.133 Application
• § 21.135 Organization
• “Old” Quality Standard Requirements
• § 21.137 Quality system
• § 21.138 Quality manual
• § 21.139 Location of or change to manufacturing facilities
• § 21.140 Inspections and tests
• § 21.141 Issuance
• § 21.142 Production limitation record
• § 21.144 Transferability
• § 21.146 Responsibility of holder
• § 21.150 Changes in quality system

Subpart H

• § 21.171 Applicability
• § 21.183 Issue of standard airworthiness certificates for normal, utility, acrobatic, commuter, and transport category aircraft; manned free balloons; and special classes of aircraft
• § 21.185 Issue of airworthiness certificates for restricted category aircraft
• § 21.195 Experimental certificates: Aircraft to be used for market surveys, sales demonstrations, and customer crew training
• § 21.197 Special flight permits

Subpart I

Subpart J

Subpart K

• § 21.301 Applicability
• § 21.303 Application
• § 21.305 Organization
• § 21.307 Quality system
• § 21.308 Quality manual
• § 21.309 Location of or change to manufacturing facilities
• § 21.310 Inspections and tests
• § 21.320 Changes in quality system

Subpart L

• § 21.321 Applicability
• § 21.329 Issuance of export certificates of airworthiness
• § 21.331 Issuance of export airworthiness approvals for aircraft engines, propellers, and articles
• § 21.335 Responsibilities of exporters

Subpart N

• § 21.500 Acceptance of aircraft engines and propellers
• § 21.502 Acceptance of articles

Subpart O

• § 21.601 Applicability and definitions
• § 21.603 Application
• § 21.605 Organization
• § 21.607 Quality system
• § 21.608 Quality manual
• § 21.609 Location of or change to manufacturing facilities
• § 21.610 Inspections and tests
• § 21.611 Issuance
• § 21.613 Duration
• § 21.614 Transferability
• § 21.616 Responsibility of holder
• § 21.618 Approval for deviation
• § 21.619 Design changes
• § 21.620 Changes in quality system
• § 21.621 Issuance of letters of TSO design approval: import articles

The Amended Part 21

Final Rule (74 FR 53390, October 16, 2009)