[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: 14CFR21.81]

[Page 126-127]
 
                     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 C--Provisional Type Certificates
 
Sec. 21.81  Requirements for issue and amendment of Class I provisional type certificates.

    (a) An applicant is entitled to the issue or amendment of a Class I 
provisional type certificate if he shows compliance with this section 
and the Administrator finds that there is no feature, characteristic, or 
condition that would make the aircraft unsafe when operated in 
accordance with the limitations established in paragraph (e) of this 
section and in Sec. 91.317 of this chapter.
    (b) The applicant must apply for the issue of a type or supplemental 
type certificate for the aircraft.
    (c) The applicant must certify that--
    (1) The aircraft has been designed and constructed in accordance 
with the airworthiness requirements applicable to the issue of the type 
or supplemental type certificate applied for;
    (2) The aircraft substantially meets the applicable flight 
characteristic requirements for the type or supplemental type 
certificate applied for; and
    (3) The aircraft can be operated safely under the appropriate 
operating limitations specified in paragraph (a) of this section.
    (d) The applicant must submit a report showing that the aircraft had 
been flown in all maneuvers necessary to show compliance with the flight 
requirements for the issue of the type or supplemental type certificate 
applied for, and to establish that the aircraft can be operated safely 
in accordance with the limitations contained in this subchapter.
    (e) The applicant must establish all limitations required for the 
issue of the type or supplemental type certificate applied for, 
including limitations on weights, speeds, flight maneuvers, loading, and 
operation of controls and equipment unless, for each limitation not so 
established, appropriate operating restrictions are established for the 
aircraft.
    (f) The applicant must establish an inspection and maintenance 
program for the continued airworthiness of the aircraft.
    (g) The applicant must show that a prototype aircraft has been flown 
for at

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least 50 hours under an experimental certificate issued under 
Secs. 21.191 through 21.195, or under the auspices of an Armed Force of 
the United States. However, in the case of an amendment to a provisional 
type certificate, the Administrator may reduce the number of required 
flight hours.

[Doc. No. 5085, 29 FR 14566, Oct. 24, 1964, as amended by Amdt. 21-66, 
54 FR 34329, Aug. 18, 1989]