Special Airworthiness Certificates Regulations & Policies

Title 14 Code of Federal Regulations

• Part 21, Certification Procedures for Products and Parts
• Part 21, subpart H, Airworthiness Certificates
• Part 45, Identification and Registration Marking
• Part 48, Registration and Marking Requirements for Small Unmanned Aircraft
• Section 91.313, Restricted category civil aircraft: Operating limitations.
• Part 91, subpart D, Special Flight Operations.
• Section 91.715, Special flight authorizations for foreign civil aircraft.
• Part 375, Navigation of Foreign Civil Aircraft Within the United States

Orders

• 8130.2, Airworthiness Certification of Aircraft
• 8130.34, Airworthiness Certification of Unmanned Aircraft Systems and Optionally Piloted Aircraft

Advisory Circulars

• 20-27, Certification and Operation of Amateur-Built Aircraft
• 21-4, Special Flight Permits for Operation of Overweight Aircraft
• 21-12, Application for U.S. Airworthiness Certificate, FAA Form 8130-6 (Instructions for completing 8130-6)
• 43.13-1, Acceptable Methods, Techniques, and Practices - Aircraft Inspection and Repair
• 45-2, Identification and Registration Marking
• 45-4, Identification, marking, and placarding of aircraft issued special airworthiness certificates in the light-sport category (S-LSA) and aircraft issued experimental certificates for the purpose of operating light-sport aircraft (E-LSA)
• 90-89, Amateur-Built Aircraft and Ultralight Flight Testing Handbook
• 90-109, Transition to Unfamiliar Aircraft
• 90-116, Additional Pilot Program for Phase I Flight Test

Forms

• 8130-6, Application for U.S. Airworthiness
• 8130-12, Eligibility Statement, Amateur-Built Aircraft
• 8130-15, Light-Sport Aircraft Statement of Compliance

Related Guidance

• Determining if an aircraft is in a condition for safe operation
• Contact your local FAA office to apply