[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: 14CFR21.31]



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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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