Advisory Circulars

Provides information and describes criteria to be emphasized in evaluating and approving the quality control system of a multinational and/or multicorporate consortium seeking a production certificate (PC). This AC would not apply to a type certificate holds a PC. Production Certificated extensions are addressed in AC 21-24.

Provides information and guidance concerning controls for managing information systems that generate and store records used in the manufacture of products and parts. Describes an acceptable means, but not the sole means, of compliance with the Federal Aviation Regulations (FAR).

This advisory circular (AC) provides information for production approval holders (PAH) under Title 14, Code of Federal Regulations (14 CFR) part 21, Certification Procedures for Products, Articles, and Parts. This AC guides PAHs in developing and maintaining quality systems for the products and articles they produce. This guidance aids the applicant for a production approval or current PAH in developing a quality system that both meets the needs of the PAH and is compliant with the regulations. You can find this AC at http://www.faa.gov/regulations_policies/advisory_circulars/.

suppliers by a Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) production approval holder (PAH).

b.

This AC provides an acceptable means, but not the only means, of compliance with Title 14,

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requested a conformity inspection are not covered by the guidance outlined in this AC.

Prototype components for products used in type certification programs for which the FAA has

Code of Federal Regulations (14 CFR), part 21, Certification Procedures for Products and

Parts (hereafter referred to as part 21).

Provides an acceptable means, but not the only means, to show compliance with the quality assurance requirements of FAR Par 21, Certification Procedures for Products and Parts, as applicable to the production of software used in type certificated aircraft or related products (airborne software). Also provides supplemental guidance for the establishment of a quality control or inspection to control the development and production of software used in type certification aircraft.

Provides information and guidance concerning control of software and related digital input/output data (used by production approval holders (PAH) and their suppliers during manufacture, inspection and/or test) designed for use in the acceptance of airborne products. Provides an acceptable means, but not the only means, of compliance with the applicable Federal Aviation Regulations.

Provides guidance that public aircraft status does not exist outside the territorial limits of the United States.

Provides information concerning Subpart F of FAR Part 21, and sets forth an acceptable means, not the sole means, of compliance with its requirements. SN 050-007-00636-5.

Provides information concerning Subpart G of Federal Aviation Regulations (FAR) Part 21, and sets forth acceptable means of compliance with its requirements.

Provides information to assist manufacturers of aeronautical products (aircraft, aircraft engines, propellers, appliances, and parts) in notifying the Federal Aviation Administration of certain failures, malfunctions, or defects, resulting from design or quality control problems, in the products which they manufacture.

Provides information and guidance concerning the installation, removal, or change of identification data and identification plates on aircraft engines, and identifies an acceptable means, but not the only means, of compliance with FAR Part 45.

Provides guidance and information concerning the identification and marking requirements of Federal Aviation Regulations (FAR) Part 45, and describes an acceptable means, but not the sole means, of compliance with the regulations.

Contains guidance and information on procedures for exporting aeronautical products and related special requirements submitted to the Federal Aviation Administration by other governments. SN: 050-007-01293-4,

Provides guidance and information relative to the airworthiness certification and operation of amateur-built aircraft.