[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: 14CFR21.81]



[Page 130-131]

 

                     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 least 50 hours under an experimental certificate issued under 

Sec. Sec. 21.191



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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]