AC 21-2D

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
January 15, 1980
Last reviewed
May 8, 2014
Family
AC 21-2 · 8 versions
Revision
D
14 CFR parts
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Guidance, not mandatory unless a rule or AD requires it. DRS record last changed November 22, 2025.

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SERIAL NUMBER ASSIGNED

CANADIAN IDENTIFICATION MARKINGS PURCHASED BY BEING PREPARED.

(Canadian Purchaser)

JOHN DOE

FAA INSPECTOR

JOHN DOE DMIR No. 6666

JOHN DOE

FAA DELEGATION OPTION MANUFACTURER (NAME OF COMPANY).

(11) The responsibility for having the telegram forwarded and any expense involved lies with the exporter.

3. Flyaway aircraft exported to Canada:

Aircraft being exported to Canada via flyaway must display Canadian nationality and registration marks.

b. Registration marks wi11 be issued by a Regional Office on Application by the Canadian purchaser.

Listed below are the addresses (and the geographical boundaries) of the six Regional Offices of the Canadian Department of Transport:

a • Pacific Region Regional Administrator Canadian Air Transportation Administration Transport Canada 739 West Hastings Street Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada V6C 1A2 Note: (British Columbia, excluding the area North and east of a line ten miles west of the Alaska Highway) Western Region Regional Administrator Canadian Air Transportation Administration Transport Canada Federal Building 9820 - 107th Street Edmonton, Alberta, Canada T5K 1G3 23

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Appendix 2 NOTE: (Alberta, the Northwest Territories west of the 110th meridian, Yukon Territory and that part of British Columbia north and east of a line ten miles west of the Alaska highway, including Deace Lake, British Columbia).

c. Central Region Regional Administrator Canadian Air Transportation Administration Transport Canada :. O. BOX 8550 Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada R3C OP6 NOIE: (Manitoba, Saskatchewan, Western Ontario as far east as the 88th meridian and the Northwest Territories lying to the north, more particularly described as follows: That part of Canada bounded by the meridian of 110°W, the Canada - United States border between 110°W, and 88°W, the meridian of 88°W, the meridian of 88°W between the Canada - United States border and latitude 60°N, the parallel of 60° North latitude between 88°W and 80°W and the meridian of 80° West, north of 60°N but not including Mansel Island).

d. Ontario Region Regional Administrator Canadian Air Transportation Administration Transport Canada 4900 Young Street Suite 300 Willowdale, ontario, Canada M2N 6A5 NOTE: (Ontario east of the 88th meridian).

e. QUEBEC REGION Regional Administrator Canadian Air Transportation Administration Transport Canada P. O. BOX 5000 Montreal International Airport Dorval, Quebec, Canada H4Y 1B9 NOTE: (Quebec and those parts of the Northwest Territories to the north and east of the Central Region, not including the Magdalen Islands and Labrador).

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f. Atlantic Region Regional Administrator Canadian Air Transportation Administration Transport Canada P. O. Box 42 Moncton, New Brunewick, Canada E1C 8K6 NOTE: (New Brunewick, Nova Scotia, Prince Edward Island, Newfoundland, including Labrador, and the Magdalen Islands).

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TAIWAN - SPECIAL REQUIREMENIS SECTION I - INTRODUCTION. This section briefly describes administrative procedures for airworthiness acceptance of aeronautical products for import from the United States of America. Since Taiwan and the United States of America have no bilateral agreement for the reciprocal acceptance of aeronautical products, Taiwan reserves the right to either accept or deny importation of aeronautical products. To simplify the acceptance of all aeronautical products; the United States of America, Federal Aviation Regulations applicable to exporting aeronautical products will be acceptable and will be complied with by the exporter.

Procedures to be followed:

All aeronautical products (Class I, II, and III) exported from the United States must have airworthiness approval for export in accordance with Federal Aviation Regulation Part 2l and other applicable Federal Aviation Regulations.

2. All aeronautical products located outside the United States may be eligible for export, however, must have airworthiness approval for export in accordance with Federal Aviation Regulation Part 21.

(i) All Class II and III aeronautical products located outside the United States must have additional substantiation that the products are new and/or newly overhauled.

3. Each Class I product to be exported to Taiwan must conform to the applicable airworthiness standards in force at the time of export and in accordance with applicable FAA regulations. Class I products must have valid Export Certificate of Airworthiness.

(i) Acceptable Class I products for export are those listed in the aircraft, engine and propeller type certificate data sheets and specifications issued by the FAA.

(ii) Class I products that are in production.

4. Class I products which will not be acceptable for export are those products which are no longer in production. In addition Class I products certificated under the following classifications will not be eligible for export:

(1) Restricted,

(ii) Limited,

(iii) Experimental, and

(iv) Provisional (including Class II products).

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5. All Class I products exported in unassembled condition shall have sufficient instructions which describes working procedures, methods of rigging alignment, ground testing, inspection methods and other pertinent data for the assembly in Taiwan. The Export Certificate of Airworthiness will be invalid if all data to properly assemble the aircraft is not forwarded with the product.

6. Historical records such as aircraft, engine and propeller LOG BOoKs must identify the product and must be complete. other historical records to substantiate airworthiness will be acceptable with the product, provided that the records keeping procedures are FAA approved. Example would be a computer readout of used air carrier type aircraft being exported to Republic of China with computerized records.

(1) Documents should identity heavy maintenance, periodic inspections, repairs, overhaul, modifications. . . etc.

(ii) Must identify all airworthiness directives complied with, and in addition must identify those airworthiness directives that are of repetitive nature.

(iii) All airworthiness directives must have been complied with, prior to issuance of Export Certificate of Airworthiness.

(iv) Certain airworthiness directives may be applicable to the Class I product being exported. However the airworthiness directives may not necessarily be complied with because of aircraft time remaining or calendar time remaining. Compliance of such airworthiness directive(s) should be coordinated between FAA and Taiwan Civil Aeronautical Administration to determine if product is eligible for export under those conditions.

(v) All modifications and/or alterations performed on any export product must have been performed in accordance with FAA approved technical DATA and in accordance with FAA approved repair sources. All pertinent DATA must be submitted to Taiwan with the Export Certificate of Airworthiness unless otherwise instructed. Such DATA may include FAA Form 337's approved drawings, Supplemental Type Certificate with relevant documents.

SECTION II - SPECIAL REQUIREMENIS. The following is the special administrative requirements which must be satisfied for exporting Class I, ll, and Ill products for ultimate registration and airworthiness certitication by Taiwan.

AIRCRAFT. When exporting an aircraft to Republic of China, the following documents must be provided and addressed to the Director of Flight Standards Division, Civil Aeronautics Administration, Taipei International Airport, Taipei, Taiwan.

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1. The following documents and/or certification statements for each new or used aircraft exported to Taiwan.

(1) The original Export Certificate of Airworthiness, FAA Form 8130-4, within 90 days or 100 hours time in service whichever is first since the date of issuance.

(2) A photocopy of cancelled U.S. Standard Airworthiness Certificate, FAA Form 8100-2.

(3) A statement certifying service bulletins compliance, means of compliance and listing applicable to the aircraft being exported.

(4) A listing of all airworthiness directives complied with, means of compliance, such as modifications, rework, inspections, repairs, and other means of identification.

(5) A listing of all airworthiness directives of repetitive nature, time/cycles/landings/calendar information.

(6) A statement of any previous modification, major repair and/or alteration performed, with FAA approved documents certifying airworthiness.

(7) For customer requested modifications and/or alterations, FAA approved technical data and conformity statement certifying airworthiness must be submitted with the Export Certificate of Airworthiness.

(8) A copy of weight and balance report and loading schedule.

Weight and balance report must be current.

(9) A statement that the aircraft was satisfactorily test flown prior to delivery, and all discrepancies found during test flight were corrected.

2. Additional documents shall be furnished for first of its kind (type/model) to be exported regardless of aircraft being new or used.

(1) A copy of FAA Type Certificate Data Sheet or FAA Aircraft Specifications.

(2) A copy of FAA Supplemental Type Certificate.

(3) Manuals:

(1) A copy of flight manual.

(2) A copy of operations manual.

(3) A copy of maintenance manual.

(4) A copy of structural repair manual.

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(5) A copy of overhaul and/or components overhaul manual.

(6) A copy of weight and balance manual.

(7) A copy of non-destructive inspection manual.

(8) A copy of overhaul/repair standard practices handbook.

(9) A copy of maintenance planning data/guide/handbook.

(10) One complete set of service bulletins or the equivalent.

(11) A copy of parts catalog.

(12) Documents of engine and propeller:

(a) A copy of FAA Type Certificate Data Sheets or FAA Specifications.

(b) A copy of FAA Supplemental Type Certificate.

(c) A copy of maintenance manual.

(d) A copy of heavy maintenance manual.

(e) A copy of overhaul manual.

(f) A copy of overhaul/repair standard practices (including NDI).

(g) A copy of maintenance planning handbook.

(h) A copy of parts catalog.

(1) One complete set of service bulletins or the equivalent.

(13) The amendment services for above documents listed in Item 2(3), (1) through (11), and (12), (c) through (1).

3. Additional documents required for used aircraft will include:

(1) A copy of previous operator's FAA approved maintenance program.

(2) A copy of maintenance reliability program(s) approved by FAA for previous operator's fleet which included the exported aircraft, including:

(a) Previous and future check cycles of system/components.

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(b) Analysis and calculating methods for monitoring the maintenance program.

(c) Performance standards of the monitored system/components.

(3) Summary of life time control items, including details of service life remaining, time since new, time since last overhaul/heavy maintenance.

(4) Compliance with structural sampling schedule and location/ position, and description of the details of sampling procedures and practices.

B. Engine/Propeller

1. Export Certificate of Airworthiness, FAA Form 8130-4,

2. Compliance with FAR Part 21, Subpart L.

3. Statement of service bulletins and airworthiness directives complied with.

C. Aircraft/Engine/Propeller Parts and Components

1. Airworthinese Approval Tag, FAA Form 8130-3.

2. Compliance with FAR Part 21, Subpart L.

3. Statement of service bulletins and airworthiness directives complied with.

D. Radio/APU/Appliances and other Class Il and III Products

1. Airworthiness Approval Tag, FAA Form 8130-3.

2. Compliance with FAR Part 21, Subpart L.

3. Statement of service bulletins and airworthiness directives complied with.

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REPUBLIC OF FRANCE - SPECIAL REQUIREMENTS (Revised June 7, 1978)

1. INTRODUCTION.

a. Effective October 12, 1968, to be eligible for a French standard airworthiness certificate, an aircraft imported into France must be of a type which has been issued a French type certificate for import, except as provided in paragraph 2.a. (2) of these special requirements. In addition, U.S. manufactured aircraft must meet the export rules in Federal Aviation Regulations (FAR) Part 21, Subpart L. The requirements for issuance of French type certificates are contained in 'Conditions de Navigabilite des Aeronefs CivileArrete of September 1967," (for convenience, referred to hereinafter as the "CNAC") and in French Circular No. 5403 DIA/M, S.G.A.C.

dated November 13, 1968. Other French documents and circulars also apply, as referred to in the text that follows. Copies of French documents and circulars can be obtained from the French Embassy or the Ministere des Transports Aeirens, Secretariat General a l'Aviation Civile, 93 Boulevard de Montparasse, Paris 6e, France. Since a French type certificate for import is a prerequisite to issuance of a French airworthiness certificate, these special requirements include an outline of the general requirements for obtaining such type certificates.

b. Class II and III products will be exported in accordance with the provisions prescribed in Part 21, Subpart L of the United States Federal Aviation Regulations. In particular, each class II and III product will be exported with an Airworthiness Approval Tag. Aeronautical authorities of the importing country (S.G.A.C.) shall promptly advise the aeronautical authorities of the exporting country of any additional requirements which the importing country finds necessary to insure that the products meet a level of safety equivalent to that which be effective for a similar product produced on the importing state. This will be confirmed by the importing agent on his orders.

2. REQUIREMENTS FOR ISSUANCE OF FRENCH AIRWORTHINESS CERTIFICATES AND PERMITS.

a. Standard Airworthiness Certificates.

(1) Except as provided in paragraph 2.a. (2), a U.S. Export Certificate of Airworthiness, FAA Form 8130-4, may be exchanged against a French airworthiness certificate only if the following requirements have been met.

(a) The aircraft type must have a French type certificate for import.

(b) The requirements of Article 11B of the CNAC must be complied with.

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(2) If a French standard airworthiness certificate was issued prior to October 12, 1968, for at least one aircraft of a particular type, then aircraft of that type may continue to be issued French standard airworthiness certificates on the basis of equivalency with the U.S.

Export Certificate of Airworthiness, even though the particular model involved may not have been issued a French type certificate for import.

French airworthiness certificates are issued under these conditions subject to compliance with other requirements of the CNAC (reference CNAC Article 5, paragraph 2).

An aircraft having major changes which required approval under Federal Aviation Regulations (FAR) Part 21, Section 21.97 and/or FAR Part 21, Subpart E, 1s not eligible to obtain a French airworthiness certificate under the provisions of paragraph 2.a.(2). even though an aircraft of the same model may have been issued a French airworthiness certificate prior to October 12, 1968. In order to obtain a French standard airworthiness certificate, the applicant must compiy with the procedures outlined under paragraph 2.a.(1). A French type certificate for import or an extension of a type certificate for import will be issued each time that the FAA issues a new type certificate or an STC for a model based on a model previously imported.

b. Special Airworthiness Certificates. A French special airworthiness certificate may be issued to an aircraft of a model for which application has been made for a French type certificate for import, in order to facilitate its use under the conditions spelled out in Article 5, paragraph 2B of the CNAC, provided that the Secretariat General of Aviation Civil (S.C.A.C.) is familiar with the model. In addition, the procedure required for issuance of special airworthiness certificates will be applied in the case of aircraft in the restricted category.

c. Permit. A permit may be issued by the S.G.A.C. to an aircraft which has provisional French registration markings only to permit the ferrying and tests necessary for aircraft type certification. Normally, the S.G.A.C. will not authorize any private utilization and the permit may, basically, be renewed only for a total period of time not to exceed one year (reference CNAC Article 13 and 19, and Article 5, paragraph 3).

3. REQUIREMENTS FOR ISSUANCE OF FRENCH TYPE CERTIFICATES FOR IMPORT FOR U.S.-MANUFACTURED AIRCRAFT.

a. Applicant.

(1) The applicant for a French type certificate for import must be the person responsible for maintaining the level of airworthiness for the aircraft. Generally such person would be the manufacturer who originally obtained, and who holds the U.S. type certificate. If the U.S.

type certificate has been transferred by the original holder, the new holder (applicant) must be capable of, and responsible for maintaining the level of airworthiness.

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(2) In exceptional cases, it 1s possible to accept an application for a French type certificate for import from a person who is not the U.S.

type certificate holder, provided that the applicant furnishes proof that he has been duly authorized to take over complete responsibility for the type certificate under the licensing provisions of Federal Aviation Regulations Part 21, Section 21.47.

b. Documents. The required documents are specified in Article ll of the CNAC and under paragraph 5 of these special requirements.

c. Special Conditions. A U.S. applicant for a French type certificate for import must show compliance with the applicable FARS, plus any special conditiona imposed by the S.G.A.C. Three types of special conditions are outlined in paragraphs 3.c.(1), (2), and (3). The primary purpose of the special conditions 1s to guarantee an airworthiness level equivalent to that of aircraft built and certified in France.

(1) Administrative Special Conditions.

(a) Language. The documents which the S.G.A.C. requires to be furnished may be in English except for the following, which must be provided in French:

1 The type certificate (I.C.), data sheet:

2 The flight manual, and 3 The proposed maintenance guide.

NOTE: The S.G.A.C. wil1 verify the translations of these documents and must approve the T.C. data sheet and the flight manual.

(b) Document Format. The T.C. data sheet, flight manual, and proposed maintenance guide must be prepared in accordance with the formats specified in the following:

1 I.C. Data Sheet. The S.G.A.C. Will accept a simple translation into French of the I.C. data sheets approved by the 2 Flight Manual, The flight manual in French, which must be carried in each aircraft imported into France, must be either a simple translation of the FAA-approved flight manual when one exists, or if a flight manual does not exist, a similar document must be established for the purpose of import into France and must contain the following sections:

• Limitations b Normal Operations 33

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Appendix 2 C Emergency Operations d Performance (Limited to only the approved performance conforming to the requirements of the applicable airworthiness FAR part), 3 Proposed Maintenance Guide. It is recommended that the proposed maintenance guide correspond to the instructions of the GENERAL DEFINITION OF "ROUTINE MAINTENANCE" INSPECTION of the Bureau Veritas, copies of which are available from the French Embassy.

(c) Units of Measurement. Aircraft instruments must be graduated in terms of legal or accepted French units; however, where other units are used in accordance with strongly established aeronautical practice, and if failure to comply with this practice would reduce aircraft safety, then such units may be accepted and must be used in the manuals.

If illegal or unaccepted units are used, the manuals must contain conversion tables. The following chart outlines legal and acceptable units of measurement.

Legal Units Units Allowed in Aeronautics Measure Name Symbol Name Symbol Length Meter* m Nautical Mile NM Area Square Meter* m2 Volume Cubic Meter* m3 Liter* 1 Angles Degree* MasS Kilo* kg Time second, S minute m nour h Frequency Hertz* (1 cycle per second) Hz Speed Meter per second m/s Feet per minute ft/mn Kilometer per hour km/h Knots Kts Acceleration Meter per second m/s2 square Temperature Kelvin degree K Centigrade Work Joule* Power watt* Pressure (bar) Pressure Millibar mb * With decimal multiples and submultiples.

Note: Electrical units: Ampere, Volt, Ohm - International System 34