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Number Title Status Office Date
23-2 Flammability Tests

Provides information and guidance concerning compliance with FAR Part 23 and CAR Part 3 applicable to flammability tests for various materials, components, and electrical wire.

Cancelled ACE-111 1984-08-20
23-11 [Large AC] Type Certification of Very Light Airplanes with Powerplants and Propellers Certified to Parts 33 and 35 of the Federal Aviation Regulations

Provides an acceptable means of compliance with Part 23 of the FAR for type certification of certain small airplanes.

Cancelled ACE-100 1992-12-02
23-17A Systems and Equipment Guide for Certification of Part 23 Airplanes

Provides information and guidance concerning an acceptable means, but not the only means, for showing compliance with Title 14 Code of Federal Regulations (14 CFR) Part 23 for the certification of systems and equipment in normal, utility, acrobatic, and commuter category airplanes.

Cancelled ACE-100 2002-06-27
23-19 Airframe Guide for Certification of Part 23 Airplanes

Provides information and guidance concerning acceptable means, but not the only means, of complying with Title 14 of the Code of Federal Regulations (14 CFR) part 23 Subpart C and portions of Subpart D.

Cancelled ACE-100 2003-01-27
23-15 Small Airplane Certification Compliance Program

Provides a compilation of historically acceptable means of compliance to specifically selected sections of Part 23 of the Federal Aviation Regulations that have become burdensome for small low performance airplanes to show compliance.

Cancelled ACE-111 1997-01-02
23-17 Systems and Equipment Guide for Certification of Part 23 Airplanes

Provides information and guidance concerning an acceptable means, but not the only means, for showing compliance with Title 14 Code of Federal Regulations (14 CFR) Part 23 for the certification of systems and equipment in normal, utility, acrobatic, and commuter category airplanes.

Cancelled ACE-100 2000-04-25
23-16 Powerplant Guide for Certification of Part 23 Airplanes

Consolidates into a single document existing policy documents applicable to the powerplant installation in normal, utility, acrobatic, and commuter category airplanes; and, certain ACs that cover specific paragraphs of the regulations.

Cancelled ACE-100 1999-09-21
23-3 Structural Substantiation of Secondary Structures Cancelled ACE-111 1985-08-29
23-12 Structural Substantiation of Part 23 Airplane Modifications Involving Increased Engine Power Cancelled ACE-111 1993-01-27
23-8A [Large AC] Flight Test Guide for Certification of Part 23 Airplanes

Provides information and guidance concerning compliance with Part 23 of the Federal Aviation Regulations (FAR) concerning flight tests and pilot judgments.

Cancelled ACE-100 1989-02-09
23-11A 14 CFR Part 23 Type Certification of an Airplane Originally Certificated to Joint Aviation Regulations - Very Light Airplane (JAR-VLA) Standards

Provides an acceptable means of compliance with Part 23 of the FAR for type certification of certain small airplanes.

Cancelled ACE-100 2003-07-14
23-13 Fatigue and Fail-Safe Evaluation of Flight Structure and Pressurized Cabin for Part 23 Airplanes

Provides information and guidance concerning an acceptable means of demonstrating compliance with the requirements of Part 23 of the Federal Aviation Regulations (FAR) regarding fatigue and fail-safe evaluation of metallic airplane structure.

Cancelled ACE-111 1993-04-15
23-26 Synthetic Vision and Pathway Depictions on the Primary Flight Display Cancelled ACE-100 2005-12-22
23-17B Systems and Equipment Guide for Certification of Part 23 Airplanes and Airships Cancelled ACE-100 2005-04-12
23-11B 14 CFR Part 23 Type Certification of an Airplane Originally Certificated to European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) (CS-VLA) Standards or Joint Aviation Requirements – Very Light Airplane (JAR-VLA)

This advisory circular (AC) sets forth an acceptable means of showing compliance with Title 14 Code of Federal Regulations (14 CFR), part 23, for the certification of airplanes originally certificated to either European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) CS-VLA or Joint Aviation Requirements (JAR) JAR-VLA.

Cancelled ACE-100 2009-10-07
23-8B Flight Test Guide for Certification of Part 23 Airplanes Cancelled ACE-100 2003-08-14
23-6 Interpretation of Failure for Static Structural Test Programs Cancelled ACE-111 1987-02-17
23-4 Static Strength Substantiation of Attachment Points for Occupant Restraint System Installations Cancelled ACE-111 1986-06-20
23-5 Cutouts in a Modified Fuselage of Small Airplanes Cancelled ACE-111 1986-08-06
23-7 Substantiation for an Increase in Maximum Weight, Maximum Landing Weight, or Maximum Zero Fuel Weight Cancelled ACE-100 1987-07-01