[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 14, Volume 1]
[Revised as of January 1, 2003]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 14CFR21.31]

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                     TITLE 14--AERONAUTICS AND SPACE
 
CHAPTER I--FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINISTRATION, DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
 
PART 21--CERTIFICATION PROCEDURES FOR PRODUCTS AND PARTS--Table of Contents
 
                      Subpart B--Type Certificates
 
Sec. 21.31  Type design.

    The type design consists of--
    (a) The drawings and specifications, and a listing of those drawings 
and specifications, necessary to define the configuration and the design 
features of the product shown to comply with the requirements of that 
part of this subchapter applicable to the product;
    (b) Information on dimensions, materials, and processes necessary to 
define the structural strength of the product;
    (c) The Airworthiness Limitations section of the Instructions for 
Continued Airworthiness as required by Parts 23, 25, 27, 29, 31, 33, and 
35 of this chapter or as otherwise required by the Administrator; and as 
specified in the applicable airworthiness criteria for special classes 
of aircraft defined in Sec. 21.17(b); and
    (d) For primary category aircraft, if desired, a special inspection 
and preventive maintenance program designed to be accomplished by an 
appropriately rated and trained pilot-owner.
    (e) Any other data necessary to allow, by comparison, the 
determination of the airworthiness, noise characteristics, fuel venting, 
and exhaust emissions (where applicable) of later products of the same 
type.

[Doc. No. 5085, 29 FR 14564, Oct. 24, 1964, as amended by Amdt. 21-27, 
34 FR 18363, Nov. 18, 1969; Amdt. 21-51, 45 FR 60170, Sept. 11, 1980; 
Amdt. 21-60, 52 FR 8042, Mar. 13, 1987; Amdt. 21-68, 55 FR 32860, Aug. 
10, 1990; Amdt. 21-70, 57 FR 41368, Sept. 9, 1992]

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