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Order 8120.25 - Safety Management Oversight of Design and Production Approval Holders

Document Information

Type
Order
Number
8120.25
Title
Safety Management Oversight of Design and Production Approval Holders
Date issued
2025-09-29
Status
Active
Office of Primary Responsibility
AIR-600, Policy and Innovation Division
Access restriction
Public
Order purpose statement

This order provides guidance and assigns responsibility for aircraft certification service (AIR) personnel to provide oversight of a design and production approval holder with a safety management system (SMS) that is required under Title 14, Code of Federal Regulations (14 CFR) Part 5 or accepted by the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) under the voluntary SMS program. This order also instructs AIR personnel on how to provide safety management guidance to an approval holder that is not required to meet Part 5 and has not entered the voluntary SMS program.

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