AMTE 231

MAINTENANCE FORMS, PUBLICATIONS,

AND RECORDS
 TOPIC 3
REGULATORY
DOCUMENTATION
 OBJECTIVES
⮚ To be familiarize with the different types of regulatory
documentation in accordance with the authority.

⮚ To be familiarize in the following:

▪ Title 14 of Code of Federal Regulation (CFR)
▪ Federal Aviation Regulations (FAR)
▪ Advisory Circulars (AC)
▪ Airworthiness Directives (AD)
▪ Notice of Proposed Rule Making (NPRM)
AVIATION REGULATORY DOCUMENTATION
⮚ The regulatory documentation pertains to the rules and
regulations issued by the authority most common are
FAA and EASA.
TITLE 14 OF CODE OF FEDERAL REGULATION (TITLE 14
CFR)
⮚ Title 14 CFR – Aeronautics and Space is one of the fifty
titles comprising the United States CFR.

⮚ The principle set of rules and regulations (Administrative

Law) issued by the Department of Transportation (DOT)
and Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) regarding
Aeronautics and Space.

⮚ Mostly 14 CFR consists of parts from 1 to 200

respectively.
 FAR VS 14 CFR

⮚ Since 1958, the rules have been typically been referred to

as “FAR’s”. However, another set of regulations (Title 48)
is titled “ Federal Acquisitions Regulations” which led
confusion with the use of acronym “FAR”. Therefore, the
FAA began to refer to specific regulations by the term “14
CFR part XX”.
 FAR VS 14 CFR

⮚ FAA Order 1320.46C (Advisory Circular System) Section

10 explains "Do not use the acronym "FAR" to refer to
FAA's regulations. Neither the Department of
Transportation nor the Office of the Federal Register
allow us to use "FAR" for our regulations. The Federal
Acquisition Regulations apply government-wide and are
allowed to use the acronym "FAR."
 TITLE 14 CFR – AERONAUTICS AND SPACE
⮚ The FAR are organized into different sections called parts
due to their organization within the CFR where each part
deals with a specific type of activity.

⮚ The parts covered from part 1 to 183.

 TITLE 14 CFR – AERONAUTICS AND SPACE
Part 1 – Definitions and Abbreviations
Part 13 – Investigation and Enforcement Procedures
Part 21 – Certification Procedures for Products and Parts
Part 23 – Airworthiness Standards: Normal, Utility, Acrobatic and Commuter
Airplanes
Part 25 – Airworthiness Standards: Transport Category Airplanes
Part 27 – Airworthiness Standards: Normal Category Rotorcraft
Part 29 – Airworthiness Standards: Transport Category Rotorcraft
Part 33 – Airworthiness Standards: Aircraft Engines
Part 34 – Fuel Venting and Exhaust Emission Requirements for Turbine
Engine Powered Airplanes
Part 35 – Airworthiness Standards: Propellers
Part 36 – Noise Standards: Aircraft Type and Airworthiness Certification
 TITLE 14 CFR – AERONAUTICS AND SPACE
Part 39 – Airworthiness Directives
Part 43 – Maintenance, Preventive Maintenance, Rebuilding, and Alteration
Part 48 – Registration and Marking Requirements for Small Unmanned Aircraft
Part 61 – Certification: Pilots, Flight Instructors, and Ground Instructors
Part 63 – Certification: Flight Crewmembers Other Than Pilots
Part 65 – Certification: Airmen Other Than Flight Crewmembers
Part 67 – Medical Standards and Certification
Part 68 – Requirements for Operating Certain Small Aircraft without a Medical
Certificate
Part 71 – Designation of Class A, Class B, Class C, Class D, and Class E Airspace
Areas; Airways; Routes; and Reporting Points
Part 73 – Special Use Airspace
Part 91 – General Operating and Flight Rules
 TITLE 14 CFR – AERONAUTICS AND SPACE
Part 97 – Standard Instrument Approach Procedures
Part 101 – Moored Balloons, Kites, Unmanned Rockets, Unmanned Free
Balloons, and Certain Model Aircraft
Part 103 – Ultralight Vehicles
Part 105 – Parachute Operations
Part 107 – Small Unmanned Aircraft Systems
Part 117 – Flight and Duty Limitations and Rest Requirements: Flight crew
Members
Part 119 – Certification: Air Carriers and Commercial Operators
Part 121 – Operating Requirements: Domestic, Flag, and Supplemental
Operations
 TITLE 14 CFR – AERONAUTICS AND SPACE

Part 125 – Certification and Operations: Airplanes Having a Seating

Capacity of 20 or More Passengers or a Payload Capacity of 6,000 Pounds
or More
Part 129 – Operations: Foreign Air Carriers and Foreign Operators of U.S.
Registered Aircraft Engaged in Common Carriage
Part 133 – Rotorcraft External-Load Operations
Part 135 – Operating Requirements: Commuter and On Demand
Operations and Rules Governing Persons on Board Such Aircraft
Part 136 – Commercial Air Tours and National Parks Air Tour
Management
Part 137 – Agricultural Aircraft Operations
 TITLE 14 CFR – AERONAUTICS AND SPACE

Part 139 – Certification of Airports

Part 141 – Flight Schools
Part 142 – Training Centers
Part 145 – Repair Stations
Part 147 – Aviation Maintenance Technicians Schools
Part 183 – Representatives of The Administrator
FAR’S PERTAINING TO REGULATIONS OF INTERESTS
⮚ Few of the regulations particularly in interest to
laypersons, relevant to current political issues, or
historical interest are as follows:
▪ PART 1
▪ PART 23
▪ PART 25
▪ PART 27
▪ PART 29
▪ PART 91
FAR’S PERTAINING TO PRIVATE, COMMUTER, AND
COMMERCIAL OPERATIONS
⮚ For all pilots and types of activities done with the aircraft
are indicate on the following CFR Parts:
▪ PART 61 ▪ PART 135
▪ PART 63 ▪ PART 141
▪ PART 65
▪ PART 91
▪ PART 107
▪ PART 117
▪ PART 121
▪ PART 133
 FAR’S PERTAINING TO MAINTENANCE
⮚ For all aviation maintenance and types of activities done
with the aircraft are indicate on the following CFR Parts:

▪ PART 21
▪ PART 39
▪ PART 43
▪ PART 145
 ADVISORY CIRCULARS (AC’S)
⮚ A document issued by the FAA to provide assistance to
operators on meeting the requirements of various FAR’s.

⮚ These AC’s are not binding as law but are merely

suggestions as to how to comply with other
requirements.

⮚ An AC often states that it is “a means, but not the only

means” of complying with a regulation.
 AIRWORTHINESS DIRECTIVES (AD’S)
⮚ These are the substantial regulations issued by the FAA to
correct an unsafe condition that exists in a product
(aircraft, aircraft engine, propeller, or appliance) and a
condition that is likely to exist or develop in other, similar
products.

⮚ An airworthiness directives is MANDATORY, may be

issued initially by the FAA when an unsafe condition is
noted or it may be a result from FAA action after the
airframe manufacturer has issued a Service Bulletin (SB)
relative to noted problem.
 AIRWORTHINESS DIRECTIVES (AD’S)
⮚ Aircraft owners and operators are required to
maintain the aircraft in compliance with all AD’s.

⮚ The contents of the AD are the following:

• A description of unsafe condition

• The product to which the AD is applied
• The corrective action required
• Date of compliance
• Where to get additional information
• Information on alternative methods of compliance.
 SUPERSEDED AD

⮚ An AD is no longer in effect when it is superseded by a

NEW AD. The superseding AD identifies the AD that is no
longer in effect.
⮚ There are NO COMPLIANCE requirements for a
superseded AD.
 COMPLIANCE WITH AD
⮚ For purpose of compliance, AD’s maybe divided in two (2)
categories:

✔ Those of an emergency nature requiring immediate

compliance before further flight.
✔ Those of a less urgent nature requiring compliance within
a relatively longer period of time.
⮚ ADs are the “FINAL RULE” and compliance is REQUIRED
unless specific exemption is granted.
 AIRWORTHINESS DIRECTIVES (AD’S)
⮚Types of AD’s Issued

❑Normal Issue
❑Emergency Issue
 STANDARD AD PROCESS (NORMAL ISSUE)

⮚ The standard AD process is to issue a NPRM followed by a

Final Rule. After an unsafe condition is discovered, a
proposed solution is published in the Federal Register as
an NPRM, which solicits public comment on the proposed
action.
⮚ After the comment period closes, the final rule is
prepared, taking into account all substantive comments
received, with the rule perhaps being changed as
warranted by the comments.
 EMERGENCY AD (EMERGENCY ISSUE)

⮚ In certain cases, the critical issue of an unsafe condition

may warrant the immediate adoption of a rule without
prior notice and solicitation comments.
⮚ The intent of the EAD is to rapidly correct an urgent
safety flight situation and is an exception to the standard
process.
 NOTICE OF PROPOSED RULE MAKING (NPRM)
⮚ Is an FAA process that indicates the intent to change or
amend an existing FAR.

⮚ This provides an advance notice and invites public

comment on proposed rules, which includes holding
public hearings or specific activities, rendering a decision,
and issuing a new rule, directive , or requirement in the
form of an FAR.
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