Design Approvals

Obtaining Design Approvals

• Information for Applicants and Design Approval Holders
• Aircraft Certification Product Issues Lists
• FAA and Industry Guide to Product Certification (PDF)
• FAA Order 8110.4, Type Certification
• Type Certificates (TC)
  • Original Design Approval Process
  • Amended Type Certificates
  • Supplemental Type Certificates (STC)
    • Search Supplemental Type Certificates
• Other Design Approvals
  • Field Approvals
  • Parts Manufacturer Approvals (PMA)
    • Search Parts Manufacturer Approvals
  • Technical Standard Orders (TSO)
    • Search Technical Standard Orders
  • Non-Required Safety Enhancing Equipment (NORSEE) - Approvals under 14 CFR 21.8(d)

Types of Aircraft and Products

• Airships
• Engines and Propellers (Including Auxiliary Power Units)
• Piloted Balloons
• Rotorcraft
• Small Airplanes
• Transport Airplanes
• Unmanned Aircraft

Design Approval Resources

• AVS Senior Technical Experts Program (STEP)
• Aircraft Certification Technical Training Program
• Designees & Delegations
  • Find Designee & Delegations
• Human Factors in Aviation Safety (AVS)
• Information for Applicants and Design Approval Holders
• National Automated Conformity Inspection Process (NACIP)
• Software and Airborne Electronic Hardware
• Type Certificate Data Sheets