[Code of Federal Regulations]

[Title 14, Volume 1]

[Revised as of January 1, 2006]

From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access

[CITE: 14CFR21.25]



[Page 124-125]

 

                     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. 21.25  Issue of type certificate: Restricted category aircraft.



    (a) An applicant is entitled to a type certificate for an aircraft 

in the restricted category for special purpose operations if he shows 

compliance with the applicable noise requirements of Part 36 of this 

chapter, and if he shows that no feature or characteristic of the 

aircraft makes it unsafe when it is operated under the limitations 

prescribed for its intended use, and that the aircraft--

    (1) Meets the airworthiness requirements of an aircraft category 

except those requirements that the Administrator finds inappropriate for 

the special purpose for which the aircraft is to be used; or

    (2) Is of a type that has been manufactured in accordance with the 

requirements of and accepted for use by, an Armed Force of the United 

States and has been later modified for a special purpose.

    (b) For the purposes of this section, ``special purpose operations'' 

includes--

    (1) Agricultural (spraying, dusting, and seeding, and livestock and 

predatory animal control);

    (2) Forest and wildlife conservation;

    (3) Aerial surveying (photography, mapping, and oil and mineral 

exploration);



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    (4) Patrolling (pipelines, power lines, and canals);

    (5) Weather control (cloud seeding);

    (6) Aerial advertising (skywriting, banner towing, airborne signs 

and public address systems); and

    (7) Any other operation specified by the Administrator.



[Doc. No. 5085, 29 FR 14564, Oct. 24, 1964, as amended by Amdt. 21-42, 

40 FR 1033, Jan. 6, 1975]