AC 21-2G

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
July 9, 1992
Last reviewed
May 8, 2014
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AC 21-2 · 8 versions
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14 CFR parts
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Guidance, not mandatory unless a rule or AD requires it. DRS record last changed November 21, 2025.

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Appendix 2 + (P) Manuals required by the DCA:

NO. REQUIRED

1) The FAA approved Flight Manual or 2 (but see Pilot's Operating Handbook. also

4.2 (h)) ii) Airframe Maintenance including wiring diagrams. 1 iii) Operations. 1 iv) Weight and Balance/Loading Procedures. 1

v) Overhaul. 1 vi) Structural repair. 1 vii) Engine maintenance and overhaul. 1 viii) Standard practices. 1 ix) Non-destructive testing. 1 × ) Structurally significant items.

xi) Maintenance planning guide including manufacturers recommended component overhaul lives. 1 xii) Parts Catalogue. 1 xiii) Set of Service Bulletins and Service Letters or equivalent documents. 1 Cort ication. NOTE: A condition of Malaysian certification of the first of a type is the provision by the Malaysian applicant for certification of a continuing amendment service for the required manuals.

(g) Record of compass system and magnetic compass swings.

(r) Record of rigging checks.

(s) A statement that suitable tests and measurements have been made and recorded to establish the satisfactory performance of the installed radio/radar apparatus and their associated antennae. A list of antennae positions must be provided.

(t) Detailed list of equipment constituting the navigation and communications installation.

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Appendix 2 * (u) List of Serial Numbers of significant component parts.

+ (v) Noise Type Certificate.

4.3 Used aircraft. In addition to the requirements specified in paragraph 4.2 (but (b) need not necessarily be complied with) the following information is required for used aircraft:

* (a) Maintenance program to which these aircraft have previously been maintained including:

(i) previous check cycle; and

(ii) future check cycle.

D) Component overhaul life summary, including details of service life remaining and modification standards.

(c) Component and structure retirement life summary where applicable, including details of service life remaining.

* (d) Compliance with structural inspection program. This nust include details of any structural sampling program in which these aircraft have been included, together with details of their position in this program.

condition survey and review of the associated records to the satisfaction of the DCA before the issue of a Malaysian All used aircraft will be subject to a physical Certificate of Airworthiness is considered. In addition, approval must be obtained from the DCA for the applicants proposals for integration of the aircraft into a maintenance program approved by the DCA. Prospective purchasers of used aircraft are encouraged to discuss their proposals with the DCA before arranging import into Malaysia.

4.4 Requirement for Export Certificates of Airworthiness (FAA Form 8130-4) to be issued.

An Export Certificate of Airworthiness (FAA Form 8130-4) is required for any Class I product or engine module exported from the United States to Malaysia.

NOTE: In the case of aircraft, the Certificate shall not have been issued more than sixty days prior to the date of presentation for Malaysian certification, unless otherwise agreed by the DCA.

(b) When Additional Requirements have been notified to the FAA or FAA designee in accordance with paragraph 3.4 of this document, the Certificate shall be so endorsed as to provide a detailed status of compliance. Items of non-compliance do not require a waiver from the DCA providing they are so endorsed on the 107

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Appendix 2 Certificate, as Malaysia is principally concerned with establishing the status of compliance at the time of export from the United States.

(c) The Certificate shall be accompanied by a document furnished by the applicant (e.g., a log book) which contains entries identifying those applicable Airworthiness Directives (AD's) with which compliance has been achieved. This document shall also identify those AD's containing a repetitive compliance requirement and when compliance is next due to be satisfied. All ADs shall be complied with prior to the issue of the Certificate unless a waiver has been issued by the DCA.

4.5 Appliances - general.

(a) For the purpose of this procedure, "appliance" has the meaning assigned to it in FAR Part 1 and includes associated replacement and modification parts.

(b) The DCA will accept that an appliance has those characteristics vouched for on an FAA Airworthiness Approval Tag (FAA Form 8130-3). The procedures given in the following sub-paragraphs provide acceptable alternative means of compliance for appliances other than radio:

i) The appliance has been accepted by the FAA as complying with the Minimum Performance Standards of the applicable Technical Standard Order or, ii) In lieu of approval under a Technical Standard Order, the appliance has been accepted by the FAA as meeting the applicable FAR's and the terms of the applicant's specifications.

(c) An FAA Airworthiness Approval Tag must be supplied with all appliances.

4.6 Radio appliances. The DCA may require a declaration of design and performance in the format specified in the current issue of British Standard Specification G.100. Details for any individual type of radio appliance will be supplied on written request.

NOTE: Where a radio appliance has been approved by the United Kingdom Civil Aviation Authority, the item will be accepted by the DCA without further investigation. The relevant CAA approval number must be quoted on the FAA Airworthiness Approval Tag.

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4.7 Products other than aircraft or appliances.

(a) Engines (including APU's), engine modules, and propellers:

Export Certificate of Airworthiness (refer to paragraph 4.4).

ii) Service Bulletin compliance; statement.

(b) Class II as defined in Subpart I of FAR Part 21:

i) FAA Airworthiness Approval Tag.

(c) Class III as defined in Subpart L of FAR Part 21:

1) FAA Airworthiness Approval Tag or, ii) A certification by the manufacturer of the product that the product concerned was manufactured under a Production Certificate granted under Subpart G of FAR Part 21, a Parts Manufacturing Approval granted under Subpart K of FAR Part 21, or a Technical Standard Order authorization granted under Subpart O of FAR Part 21, as appropriate.

5. SPECIAL CONDITIONS.

Where an aircraft is of unusual or novel design, the DCA reserves , the right to prescribe Special Conditions or refuse certification.

Applicants for Malaysian certification are advised to give early notification to the DCA of any aircraft type in this classification.

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Appendix 2

KINGDOM OF MOROCCO - SPECIAL REQUIREMENT (New - August 23, 1977)

1. Import of U.S. Manufactured Aircraft.

a. The Kingdom of Morocco accepts for import and registration, without modification, U.S. aircraft manufactured to Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) standards.

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Appendix 2

KINGDOM OF THE NETHERLANDS - SPECIAL REQUIREMENTS (ISSUE 2) (Revised December 10, 1980)

1. 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 I and November 14, 1955, are prescribed in this document.

equirements are effective from the lst of July, 1967. Issue 2 is effective from the lst of July, 1969. The requirements specified in this document apply only to aircraft exported to the Netherlands, and not to those exported to Surinam.

2. GENERAL.

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+).

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 be imported identical validated already by the RID, 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 RID 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 RID approved maintenance schedule from which this schedule must be followed and the additional maintenance to be performed for this phase of the maintenance schedule.

+) Address: Rijksluchtvaartdienst Directae Luchtvaartinspectie Postbus 7555 1117 ZH Schipol Telephone No.: 020-5163260 The Netherlands 111

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Appendix 2 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:

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

(1) The design and test data specified in Annex A.

NOTE: Annex A is available from the RLD(+).

(2) The certificate of airworthiness issued or renewed within a period of 60 days immediately preceding the date of the application for validation of that certificate or the issue of a new certification of airworthiness.

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

(6) 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.

(d) 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, 112

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Appendix 2 repairs, modifications, mandatory service bulletins, and airworthiness directives.

For subsequent import aircraft, to the same make and model as under 1.a.

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

(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.

4. TECHNICAL REQUIREMENTS.

a. 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.

NOTE: Annex B is available from the RLD(+).

c. Subsonic jet aircraft, other than aircraft which require a runway with no stopway or clearway of length 600 m or less at maximum certificated weights for airworthiness, which do not comply with Noise Standards at least as severe as the provisions of Chapter 2, paragraph 2.2 through paragraph 2.6 oi Annex 16, including the Amendments I and II, to the Convention on International Civil Aviation first issue, dated August 1971, are excluded from import to the Netherlands, except on an individual basis after referral to the RLD.

d. Propeller-driven aircraft of maximum certificated takeoff weight not exceeding 5700 kg, which do not comply with Noise Standards at least as severe as the provisions of Chapter 3, paragraph 3.2 through paragraph 3.4 of Annex 16, including the Amendments I and II, to the Convention on International Civil Aviation, first issue, dated August 1971, are excluded from import to the Netherlands, except that aircraft:

(1) With a certiiication basis oider than January 1, 1976, and being of a type which had no Netherlands airworthiness approval before January 1, 1978, are excluded from import to the Netherlands on 'or after that date;

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(2) With a certification basis older than January 1, 1976, and being of a type which had a Netherlands airworthiness approval before January 1, 1978, are excluded from import to the Netherlands on or after January 1, 1980, and except on an individual basis after referral to the RLD.

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Appendix 2

TABLE I Manufacturer Model Manufacturer Model G. AUGUSTA - BELL AB. 206A ERCOUPE 415-D BEECH D18S FAIRCHILD 24R 46 A 23 GRUMMAN AGCAT G 164 A 65 P&W R 985-An-I 65-80 450 hp 65-90 lam. Std. 6101.

95-A55 A-12 BELL 47G N.A. AVIATION AT-6 47G-2A-1 47J HUGHES 269B 47J-2A LOCKHEED L-188C BOEING 707-355C L-1049G CESSNA 150C I-1049H 150E MOONEY M-20A 150F PIPER 13C-65 (1-4J) 150G PA-18-125 172 PA-18A-135 172A PA-18-150 172B PA-18A-150 172E PA-19 172F PA-22-108 172G PA-22-150 182B PA-22-160 182F PA-23-160 A188 PA-23-235 P206 PA-24-250 U206A PA-25-235 404 PA-28-140 * 550 PA-28-160 CONVAIR 640 PIPER PA-28-180 DOUGLAS DC-3C-S1C-3G PA-30 C54B-DC DC-6 SIKORSKY S-61 N DC-6A S-62A DC-6B DC-7C NOSNIIS L-5B DC-8-33 DC-8-53 DC-8-55 DC-8F-55 DC-8-63 DC-9-15 DC-9-32 DC-9-33F 115

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Appendix 2

NETHERLANDS AIRWORTHINESS REQUIREMENTS 1987 As per April 10, 1987, the Netherlands Airworthiness Requirements consist of the following documents:

Decree LI/121ll, dated July 14, 1978, and amended with decree II/1715 of March 11, 1987, plus the following enclosures:

Introduced Amended Date with decree with decree 1 Definitions and abbreviations FAR Part 1 LI/12111 14.07.78 2 Definitions and LI/12111 14.07.78 abbreviations JAR 1, including Amendment 3 LI/12627 01.09.81 Airworthiness Standards: LI/13625 21.12.79 Transport Category Airplanes (FAR Part 25 and special conditions) LI/13521 07.12.84 including Amendment 46 LI/12167 01.08.81 4 Joint Airworthiness LI/12111 14.07.78 Requirements Large aeroplane, Cat. " (JAR 25) including Amendment 10 LI/13647 23.12.83 plus 84/1 LI/11600 23.05.84 plus 84/2 LI/12239 20.07.84 plus 84/3 LI/13611 19.12.84 plus 85/1 LI/5884 12.08.85 plus 85/2 LI/8877 03.12.85 plus 85/11 LI/2381 08.04.86 plus 86/1 LI/4819 08.07.86 plus 86/2 LI/906 05.02.87 plus 87/1 LI/2459 06.04.87 5 Airworthiness Standards: LI/12111 14.07.78 Normal, Utility and Acrobatic Category Airplanes (FAR Part 23 and special conditions) LI/13002 19.10.83 including Amendment 29, 30 and 31, LI/2509 29.03.85 32 LI/1478 27.02.86 33 LI/906 05.02.87 116

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Appendix 2 Airworthiness Standards: LI/12111 14.07.78 Transport Category Rotorcraft FAR Part 29 and special conditions) including Amendment 24 LI/3270 24.04.85 Airworthiness Standards: LI/12111 14.07.78 Normal Category Rotorcraft (FAR Part 27 and special conditions) including LI/13002 19.10.83 Amendment 21 LI/1756 05.03.85 FAA Interim Standards for Certification of FAR 27/29 Helicopters for IFR Operations LI/12111 14.07.78 9 Requirements for aeroplanes CAT. N, used for air transportation flights LI/12111 14.07.78 10 Joint Airworthiness LI/12262 06.08.80 requirements Sailplanes and powered Sailplanes (JAR 22) including Amendment 3 LI/10717 14.03.83 22/84/1 LI/669 28.01.85 22/85/1 LI/392 17.01.86 22/86/1 LI/8018 06.11.86 11 Airworthiness Requirements for amateur built aircraft LI/12111 14.07.78 12 Airworthiness Requirements for Towing Aircraft LI/12111 14.07.78 13 Airworthiness Requirements for crop spraying aircraft LI/12111 14.07.78 14 Reserved for Airworthiness Requirements for aircraft used for parachute jumping 15 Requirements for Noise LI/1715 11.03.87 Production 16 Technical Standard Orders LI/12922 10.10.83 117