AC 21-2B

Historical

Advisory circular · Export Airworthiness Approval Procedures

A newer version is currentThis is a historical version. AC 21-2L is the version in force, approved January 29, 2010.
Approved
October 2, 1969
Last reviewed
May 8, 2014
Family
AC 21-2 · 8 versions
Revision
B
14 CFR parts
21

Guidance, not mandatory unless a rule or AD requires it. DRS record last changed March 13, 2026.

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(5) A catalog of spare parts relating to the aircraft, aircraft engine(s), propeller (s), and major auxiliary equipment installed.

(6) Three copies each of operating, maintenance, overhaul, and repair manuals applying to the aircraft, engine, propeller, or to equipment installed on the aircrait.

(7) A list of the necessary special tools and equipment (including a tolerance chart) essential to the inspection and servicing of the aircraft, engines, propellers, and associated equipment.

This should include inspection timetables, and appropriate charts and instructions relating to the installed systems.

(8) Three copies of information or instructions essential to the assembly and rigging of the aircraft.

(9) A list (in triplicate) of communication and navigation equipment installed by make and model, and operating instructions.

(a) In the case of an aircraft intended for IFR operation, a statement should be furnished to the effect that the communication and navigation equipment complies with TSO/ FAATC specifications.

(b) Manuals are needed for radio equipment exported to Italy for the first time.

b. In case an aircraft of the same model previously has been exported to and certificated in Italy, the following documents or material shall be furnished by the exporter or by the government of the country of origin:

(1) A certificate of airworthiness for export listing the propeller serial numbers, as well as the engine serial numbers.

(2) Three copies each of operating, maintenance, overhaul, and repair manuals or other related information, as provided for in la (8) above.

(3) A list of communication and navigation equipment inatalled by make and model, and operating instructions.

(a) In the case of an aircraft intended for IFR operation, a statement should be furnished to the effect that the communication and navigation equipment complies with TSO/FAATC specifications.

(b) Manuals are needed for radio equipment exported to Italy for the first time.

2. All communications with the Government of Italy shall be directed to:

Registro Aeronautico Italiano, Via del Tritone 169, Rome, italy

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JAPAN - SPECIAL REQUIREMENTS Aircraft and other Class I products to be eligible for certification by the Government of Japan should be covered by export certificates of airworthiness, as provided for in Part zl of the United States Federal Aviation Regulations. Class II and III products will be exported in accordance with procedures prescribed in the applicable provisions of * Part Ll of the United States Federal Aviation Regulations. Ixport * Certificates of airworthiness and other related data should be forwarded by the manufacturer or exporter to the Airworthiness Section, Technical Division, Civil Aviation Bureau, Ministry of Transport, No. 3, Godo- Chosha, 2-1-3, Kasumigaseki, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo, Japan. This does not include data required to be carried in the aircraft in the case of flyaway delivery.

2. In addition to the foregoing, the following materials will be furnished with aircraft to be exported to Japan:

a. If the aircraft is the first of a model exported to Japan, the following materials will be furnished with aircraft:

(1) One copy each of parts catalog and operating, maintenance, overhaul, and repair manualsappiying to the aircraft, engines, propellers, and major equipment installed on aircraft.

(2) One copy of approved flight manual or data contained in the type flight test report including weight and balance report applicable to the particular aircraft.

(3) Certified aircraft, engines, and propellers logbooks or other equivalent historical records showing total operating time and time since last overhaul.

(4) Evidence of strength of primary structure as ascertained by physical tests and/or calculations.

(5) One copy of the current official aircraft, engine, and propeller specifications.

NOTE: The manufacturer or exporter will be advised by the purchaser on the basis of information furnished to the purchaser by the Civil Aviation Bureau of Japan when an aircraft is the first of a type or model to be imported into Japan.

In case an aircraft of the same model has been exported to, and certificated in Japan, the following materials will be furnished with aircraft:

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(1) One copy each of parts catalog and operating, maintenance, overhaul, and repair manuals appiying to the aircraft, engines, propellers, and major equipment installed on aircraft.

(2) One copy of approved flight manual or data contained in the type flight test report including weight and balance report applicable to the particular aircraft.

(3) Certified aircraft, engines, and propellers logbooks or other equivalent historical records showing total operating time and time since last overhaul.

3. If the aircraft is to be exported via flyaway to Japan without U.S.

nationality and marking, the manufacturer or exporter should display on the aircraft Japanese nationality and registration markings and should install in the aircraft Japanese certificate of registration and Japanese certificate of airworthiness. Upon application of the purchaser, Civil Aviation Bureau of Japan will issue nationality and registration markings, certificate of registration and certificate of airworthiness when the Japanese importer or the U.S. exporter furnishes Civil Aviation Bureau of Japan the following information:

a. Make and model of the aircraft.

b. Serial number of the aircraft.

c. Purchaser's name and address.

d. U.S. exporter's name and address.

e. Document which certifies transfer of ownership of the aircraft together with date of transfer.

f. Document which certifies airworthiness of the aircraft (Export * Certificate of Airworthiness, FAA Form 8130.4). If the certificate Itself 18 not available, submit its "p" number. *

4. After the Civil Aviation Bureau of Japan receives the foregoing application and information, the Japanese registration markings will be sent as soon as possible to the place where the aircraft is located and Japanese registration and airworthiness certificates will be delivered to the applicant. The applicant will then forward these certificates to the U.S. exporter for installation in the aircraft. After this, the aircraft may be flown from the U.S. to Japan.

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KOREA - SPECIAL REQUIREMENTS

1. To be eligible for certification by the Government of the Republic of Korea, all Class I, Il and III products should be issued export certificates of airworthiness or approvals in accordance with the provisions of Subpart L of Part 21 of the Federal Aviation Regulations.

2. Export certificates of airworthiness and other related data should be forwarded to the Korean purchaser, inasmuch as the Civil Aviation Authority of the Republic of Korea requires that the applicant (Korean purchaser) shall submit to the authority such substantiating evidence as may be necessary to establish airworthiness and eligibility for registration and certification by the Republic of Korea.

3. In addition to the foregoing, the following materials will be furnished for aircraft to be exported to Korea.

a. If the aircraft is the first model exported to Korea, the following material shall be furnished.

Three (3) copies of each parta catalog; operating, overhaul, maintenance (including maintenance schedule) and repair manuals applying to the aircraft, engines, propellers and major ancillary equipment installed on the aircraft, NOTE: If possible the documents specified in (1) shall be delivered well in advance of the intended delivery date for the aircraft.

(2) One copy each of approved flight manual and the manufacturer's production flight test report including the weight and balance report applicable to the aircraft.

(3) A certified copy of the complete drawing list.

(4) A type record or stress analysia summary showing, for all members of the primary structure, their design loads, dimensions, materials strength and margins of safety, or a copy of the static strength test reporta when type approval was granted on the basis of such teats.

(5) A statement by an authorized representative of the manufacturer modification, automatically distributed to the Civil Aviation Authority of the Republic of Korea.

GP 0 904-282

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(1) One copy each of parts catalog and operating, maintenance, overhaul, and repair manuals applying to the aircraft, engines, propellers, and major equipment installed on aircraft.

One copy of approved flight manual or data contained in the type flight test report including weight and balance report applicable to the particular aircraft.

Certified aircraft, engines, and propellers logbooks or other equivalent historical records showing total operating time and time since last overhaul.

3. If the aircraft is to be exported via flyaway to Japan without U.S.

nationality and marking, the manuracturer or exporter should dispiay on che aircraft Japanese nationality and registration markings and should install in the aircraft Japanese certificate of registration and Japanese certificate of airworthiness. Upon application of the purchaser, Civil Aviation Bureau of Japan will issue nationality and registration markings, certificate of registration and certificate of airworthiness when the Japanese importer or the U.S. exporter furnishes Civil Aviation Bureau of Japan the following information:

a. Make and model of the aircraft.

b. Serial number of the aircraft.

c. Purchaser's name and address.

d. U.S. exporter's name and address.

e. Document which certifies transfer of ownership of the aircraft together with date of transfer.

f. Document which certifies airworthiness of the aircraft (Export submit its "E" number. Certificate of Airworthiness, FAA Form 8130-4 itself is not available,

4. After the Civil Aviation Bureau of Japan receives the foregoing application and information, the Japanese registration markings will be sent as soon as possible to the place where the aircraft is located and Japanese registration and airworthiness certificates will be delivered to the applicant. The applicant will then forward these certificates to the U.S. exporter for installation in the aircraft. After this, the

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KOREA - SPECIAL REQUIREMENTS

1. To be eligible for certification by the Government of the Republic of Korea, all Class 1, Il and Ill products should be issued export certificates of airworthiness or approvals in accordance with the provisions

2. Export certificates of airworthiness and other related data should be forwarded to the Korean purchaser, inasmuch as the Civil Aviation Authority of the Republic of Korea requires that the applicant (Korean purchaser) shall submit to the authority such substantiating evidence as may be necessary to establish airworthiness and eligibility for registration and certification by the Republic of Korea.

3. In addition to the foregoing, the following materials will be furnished for aircraft to be exported to Korea.

a. If the aircraft is the first model exported to Korea, the following material shall be furnished.

Three (3) copies of each parts catalog; operating, overhaul, maintenance (including maintenance schedule) and repair to the ai treet, e manuals applying to the aircrait, engines, propellers and major ancillary equipment installed on the aircraft, NOTE: If possible the documents specified in (1) shall be delivered well in advance of the intended delivery date for the aircraft.

(2) One copy each of approved flight manual and the manufacturer's production flight test report including the weight and balance report applicable to the aircraft.

(3) A certified copy of the complete drawing list.

(4) A type record or stress analysis summary showing, for all members of the primary structure, their design loads, dimensions, materials strength and margins of safety, or a copy of the static strength test reports when type approval was granted on the basis of such tests.

(5) A statement by an authorized representative of the manufacturer to the effect that all pertinent information, modification, service bulletins and revisions to such bulletins will be automatically distributed to the Civil Aviation Authority of the Republic of Korea.

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(6) Radio and electrical installation data books showing wiring diagrams.

(7) One copy of the current official aircraft, engine, and propeller specifications, and certificated logbooks or other equivalent historical records.

b. In case an aircraft of the same model has been exported to, and certified in Korea, the following documents or material will be furnished by the exporter.

(1) One copy each of parts catalog; operating, maintenance (including maintenance schedule), overhaul and repair manuals appiying to the aircraft, engines, propellers and major ancillary equipment installed on the aircraft.

(?) One copy of approved flight manual and manufacturer's flight test report including weight and balance report applicable to the particular aircraft.

(3) Certificated aircraft, engine and propeller logbooks or other equivalent historical records.

c_ If delivery of an aircraft is via flyaway to Korea without U. S.

nationality and registration marks, the aircraft shall, display Korean nationality and registration marks and carry certificates of airworthiness and registration issued by the Civil Aviation Authority of the Republic of Korea. All inquiries relating to the issuance of Korean certificate of registration and certificate of airworthiness should be addressed to the Director, Civil Aviation Bureau, Ministry of Transportation, Republic of Korea, Seoul, Korea.

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MALAYSIA, WEST - SPECIAL REQUIREMENTS

1. To be eligible for export to West Malaysia, an aircraft must meet the requirements prescribed in Federal Aviation Regulations Part 21, Subpart L.

2. The applicant for certification of the aircraft in West Malaysia must provide the following documents to the Department of Civil Aviation, 3rd Floor, 4th Block, Government Offices, Young Road, Kuala Lumpur, West Malaysia:

a. For each aircraft:

(1) F.A.A. Export Certificate of Airworthiness.

NOTE: It will be necessary for this to be supplied in advance of the aircraft delivery date, so that the Malaysian Certificate of Validation may be issued and accompany the aircraft during training flying and delivery flight.

(2) Weight and balance report.

(3) Equipment List.

(4) Modification statement and List of F.A.A. Airworthiness Directives complied with.

(5) Copy of Production Flight Test Report related to the specific aircraft.

b. For each model aircraft, one copy of:

(1) F.A.A. approved flight manual.

(2) Weight and balance manual.

(3) Operating manual.

(4) Maintenance Planning Data.

(5) Maintenance Manual (Airframe).

(6) Maintenance Manual (Engine).

(7) Overhaul Manual (Airframe).

(8) Overhaul Manual (Engine).

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(9) Structural Repair Manual.

(10) Complete set of Service Bulletins (Airframe).

(11) Complete set of Service Bulletins (Engine).

(12) F.AA. Aircraft Data Sheet.

(13) F.A.A. Engine Data Sheet.

Amendment service for the above documents must be provided as applicable.

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Appendix 2 AC 21-2B CHG 1 Page 42 11/13/70

KINGDOM OF THE NETHERLANDS - SPECIAL REQUIREMENTS (ISSUE 2) INTRODUCTION. The special requirements associated with the Agreement on the reciprocal validation of export certificates of airworthiness of May 22, 1956, based on the Exchange of Notes between the United States and the Kingdom of the Netherlands of September 19 and November 14, 1955, are prescribed in this document. These requirements are effective from the lst of July 1967. Issue 2 is effective from the Ist of' July 1969.

The requirements specified in this document apply only to aircraft exported to the Netherlands, and not to those exported to Surinam« GENERAL•

a. The aircraft, in addition to the requirements prescribed in Part 21 of the United States Federal Aviation Regulations, must be eligible for certification in the "standard" classification. This excludes "restricted", "limited', and "experimental" aircraft, except on an individual basis after referral to the Netherlands Department of Civil Aviation, Rijks Luchtvaart Dienst (RLD); (See Note 4a).

b. Aircraft with a certification basis older than March 5, 1952 and being of a type which had no Netherlands airworthiness approval during the last six years, are excluded from import to the Netherlands, except on an individual basis after referral to the RID;

c. Without prejudice to the foregoing, aircraft types, the United States Export Certificates of Airworthiness of which were validated already by the RLD, may continue to be imported on a similar basis to that agreed for previous aircraft of the identical type, An aircraft is considered of an identical type if the changes are none or only minor and do not reduce previously accepted airworthiness standards. The types of aircraft referred above are specified under paragraph 5.

d. For each used aircraft the RLD will, after inspection of the aircraft, establish on the basis of their findings and on the basis of the maintenance records of the aircraft, the phase in the RLD approved maintenance schedule from which this schedule must be followed and the additional maintenance to be performed for this phase of the maintenance schedule.

3. DOCUMENTS AND DATA REQUIRED. The application for the issue or validation of a certificate of airworthiness shall be accompanied by the following documents and data.

a. For the first aircraft of a specific make and model being imported.

(See Note 4c).

(1) The design and test data specified in Annex A. (See Note 4b).

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(2) The certificate of airworthiness issued or renewed within a period of sixty days immediately preceding the date of the application for validation of that certificate or the issue of a new certificate of airworthiness.

(3) A statement specifying the applicable airworthiness requirements and indicating that these requirements were complied with.

(4) The manufacturer's specification and, if available, a type specification issued by the Contracting State, containing basic data concerning performance, dimensions, weights and required equipment.

(5) The weight and balance report, including equipment list, showing all removable items of equipment that are included in the empty weight.

The aircraft flight manual, approved by the contracting State, issued in the English language.

(7) The manufacturer's maintenance manual, containing at least the following information:

(a) Engineering description of the aircraft.

(b) Instructions for ground handling.

(c) Assembly and disassembly instructions for the various aircraft parts and assemblies.

(a) Description of the powerplants, propellers and the various systems.

(e) Maintenance repair and overhaul instructions and the associated inspection items and schedule.

(8) Aircraft, engine and propeller parts lists.

(9) For used aircraft the historical records, such as aircraft and engine logbooks and records regarding maintenance, repairs, modifications, mandatory service bulletins and airworthiness directives.

b. For subsequent import aircraft of the same make and model as under paragraph 3а:

(1) The documents and data listed under 3a(2), (4), (5), (6), and (9% unless the documentation submitted previously is also applicable to the individual aircraft concerned.

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(2) A list of deviations from the first aircraft. If the applicant is unable to provide such a list additional data may be required to enable the RLD to determine the deviations.

3. TECHNICAL REQUIREMENTS Special conditions of a particular nature. The aircraft shall to the extent deemed essential by the RID, comply with such additional requirements as may be specified in writing. These additional requirements will be prescribed if the aircraft has special features or characteristics the safety of which has not been guaranteed adequately by the existing requirements.

b. Special conditions of a general nature. The special conditions of a general nature are listed in Annex B. (See note 4b.)

4. NOTES

a. The address of the RLD is: Rijksluchtvaartdienst Afd. Luchtvaartinspectie Hangaar 5, tel (020) 798451 Schiphol - Oost Postbus 7555 The Netherlands

b. Annex A and Annex B are available from the RLD.

c. The RLD will inform on request whether an aircraft is the first of a type to be exported to the Netherlands.

5. AIRCRAFT TYPES WHICH HAVE HAD EXPORT CERTIFICATES OF AIRWORTHINESS VALIDATED BY THE RID.

Manufacturer Model Manufacturer Model GAGUSTA - BELL AB. 206 A BELL 47G BEECH D18 S 47G-2A-1 23 473 65 473-2A 65-80A 65-90 BOEING 707-355C 95-A55