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
Family
AC 21-2 · 8 versions
Revision
G
14 CFR parts
21

Guidance, not mandatory unless a rule or AD requires it. DRS record last changed November 21, 2025.

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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.

ii) future check cycle.

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

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

* (d) Component and structural inspection program. This must • gecher with peon include details of any structural sampling program in which these aircraft have been included, together with details of their position in this program.

NOTE: All used aircraft will be subject to a physical condition survey and review of the associated records, to the sproval met to feathe from the DA fOt the applicane e 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 Brunei Darussalam.

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 Brunei Darussalam.

agreed by the DCA.

(b) When Additional Requirements have been notified to the FAA or FAA designee in accordance with paragraph 3,4 [[paragraph 3.4 not enclosed in this advisory circular.]] 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 Certificate, as Brunei 34

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Appendix 2 Darussalam 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 AD's shall be complied with prior to the issue of the Certificate unless a waiver has been issued by the DCA.

4.5 Appliances - General.

. The DCA will accept that an appliance has those characteristics vouched for on an FAA Airworthiness Approval Tag which has a United Kingdom Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) registration number quoted. For the purpose of this procedure, an appliance means any instrument, equipment, mechanism, apparatus, or accessory used or intended to be used in operating an aircraft in flight, which is installed in, intended to be installed in, or attached to the aircraft, but is not part of an airframe, engine or propeller, and includes replacement and modification parts therefor.

(b) In the case of an appliance which has not been granted a CAA registration number and which meets either of the following alternatives then application for acceptance of the appliance shall be made to the DCA.

(i) The appliance has been accepted by the FAA as complying with the Minimum Performance Standards of the applicable Technicai Standard Order (TSO) as published in FAR, Subpart O and FAR 21.305 (b); OI, Edicable Papitanco 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.

(iii) Individual appliances will be accepted by the DCA on the basis of an Airworthiness Approval Tag (FAA Form 8130-3) issued by the FAA. The FAA certification may be made on behalf of the FAA by authorized persons delegated by the FAA, and the FAA assumes full

(c) In the case of an appliance by which approval is implied by certification of the aircraft in which the appliance is installed, sufficient information shall be supplied to the user and be supplied with an FAA Airworthiness Approval Tag.

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.

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Appendix 2 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.

relevant CAA approval number must be quoted on the FAA Airworthiness Approval Tag.

4.7 Products other than aircraft or appliances.

(a) Engines (including APUs), engine modules, and propellers:

(i) Export Certificate of Airworthiness (refer to paragraph 4.4).

(ii) Service Bulletin compliance statement.

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

(i) FAA Airworthiness Approval Tag.

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

(i) FAA Airworthiness Approval Tag, or concerned was manufactured under a Production Certificate granted 020602 under Subpart F 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.

Applications for Brunei Darussalam certification are advised to give early notification to the DCA of any aircraft type in this 36

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CANADA - SPECIAL REQUIREMENTS (Revised June 25, 1990) SECTION 1. - INTRODUCTION.

The manner in which Canada accepts aeronautical products from the United States is governed by the Canada-U.S. Bilateral Airworthiness Agreement which was effected by an Exchange of Notes on August 31, 1984. The means of Bilateral Airworthiness Agreement is specified in a Schedule of Implementation Procedures signed by the Administrator of the FAA and the Administrator of the Canadian Air Transportation Administration in January 1985. (Note that the title Administrator, Canadian Air Transportation Administration has now changed, following you change, reorganization, to Assistant Deputy Minister, Aviation, in the Transport Canada Aviation Group (TCAG).)

SECTION 2. - PRODUCT TYPE DESIGN APPROVAL. Before an aeronautical product is accepted for operation in Canada, it is important to establish that the type design is approved by TCAG. The following section summarizes the TCAG position on Type Design Approval.

2.1 Aircraft.

(a) U.S. Designed and Manufactured. All U.S. aircraft types require either Canadian Aircraft Type Approvals or TCAG acceptance of the FAA Type Certificates. In the past, it has been customary for TCAG to issue Canadian Aircraft Type Approvals only for Transport Category, Commuter Category (SFAR 41C) and Restricted Category aircraft types. Aircraft in other categories have been accepted, based on the applicable FAA Type Certificate.

Effective June 1, 1989, all new U.S. aircraft types not previously accepted for use in Canada, will require a Canadian Aircraft Type Approval prior to the aircraft being eligible for Certificate of Airworthiness. U.S. applicants (Type Certificate holders) should make their request for Canadian Aircraft Type Approval through the applicable FAA Aircraft Certification Office (ACO) which processed the FAA Type Certificate.

The TCAG will advise the U.S. applicant, through the AA, of the TCAG Additional Technical Conditions. These Additional rechnical Conditions are the requirements, including Special conditions, Canadian Additional Airworthiness Requirements, environmental and operational requirements, that might be specified by TCAG in addition to the FAA basis of certification to assure compliance with the Canadian Type Approval basis.

Except for simple Normal Category aeroplanes, a prior condition for the determination of the Additional Technical Conditions will be a technical briefing to the TCAG by the applicant, followed by a familiarization inspection of the aircraft and its type 37

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Appendix 2 design at the applicant's facility. This familiarization may involve a review of the type design data and the basis of type certification, as well as test flights of a representative aircraft.

All such familiarization visits are coordinated through the applicable FAA ACO. Since there is often a delay of several months, following receipt of the application, before such a familiarization can be made by TCAG, it is important that requests tor an Aircrait Type Approval are made in a timely manner. An additional condition for the acceptance of an application for a Canadian Type Approval is that there shall be a bona fide, committed, Canadian customer for the aircraft.

(b) Designed and Manufactured in a Third Country (other than Canada or the U.S.).

in a country other than Canada or the United States (third country) require Canadian Aircraft Type Approvals. The Type Approval is based on a validation/familiarization by TCAG of the type certification issued by the airworthiness authority in the third country. The procedure is similar to that specified in Section 2.1(a) above, except of course, that the TCAG will deal with the third country airworthiness authority, and not the FAA.

(c) Designed and Manufactured in the U.S. and a Third Country. Aircraft having a type design approval in one country and being manufactured in another country, one of which is the United States, are eligible for Canadian Certificates of Airworthiness providing there is a Canadian Type Approval and a written agreement on continuing airworthiness responsibilities between the FAA, ICAG and the third country airworthiness authority.

2.2 Engines and Propellers.

(a) U.S. Designed and Manufactured. Effective June 1, 1989, any U.S. designed and manufactured engine or propeller installed in an aircraft type which has been issued with a Canadian Aircraft Type Approval, will require a Canadian Type Approval. U.S.

applicants should make their request for the Canadian Type Approval through the applicable FAA Aircraft Certification Office (ACO) which processed the engine or propeller Type Certificate. This approval may require a TCAG familiarization inspection at the engine or propeller type design holder's facility.

(b) Designed and Manufactured in a Third Country (Other than Canada or the U.S.l. When an engine or propeller designed and manufactured in a third country, other than the U.s. or Canada, is intended for installation on an aircraft which has been issued with a Canadian Aircraft Type Approval, then a Canadian Type Approval is required. The application should be made to the TCAG through the third country airworthiness authority and may require a validation/familiarization inspection at the applicant's facility.

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2.3 Technical Standard Order (TSO) Products. No separate Canadian equipment approval is required for a TSO product where an FAA letter of design approval has been issued to an applicant located in the United States or Canada. The FAA letter of approval is acceptable to TCAG without any further validation being necessary.

2.4 Parts Manufacturing Approvals (PMA). A PMA issued to a U.S.

applicant for the design of a part installed on a product which was certificated by the FAA to FAR 21.21 (U.S. domestic type certification) is normally acceptable to TCAG without any additional design approval.

part installed on a product which was certificated to FAR 21.29 (foreign type certificate) will require TCAG approval before that part can be fitted to a Canadian registered aircraft, unless the PMA holder is a supplier to the foreign type certificate holder or has a licenced manufacturing agreement from the foreign type certificate holder.

2.5 Supplemental Type Certificates/Supplemental Type Approvals.

A product type design which has been approved in both the U.S. and Canada may be altered in the United States by an applicant who has obtained an FAA Supplemental Type Certificate (STC).

A number of these STC's are automatically recognized by TCAG without any additional approval procedure being required. However, any ST's relating to the following categories of aircraft will require review by TCAG and an approval, which will be issued as a Canadian Supplemental Type Approval:

(1) Canadian manufactured aircraft for which Transport Canada holds the type design responsibilities.

(2) Third country manufactured aircraft which were later granted either an FAA Type Certificate or a Canadian Type Approval. (3) Canadian or U.S. manufactured aircraft originally craft categoe! Whiche designed for Normal, Utility, Aerobatic or Transport Category which were later converted to Restricted Category, or when by virtue of the eitected change(s), these aircraft would normally have been subject to a separate Type Approval had these changes been proposed by the manufacturer (e.g., change in number of engines or engine types using different propulsion systems).

(4) U.S. manufactured aircraft type certificated in either Transport, Restricted or Commuter Category (SFAR 41C), which under the present regulations and policies would require a Canadian familiarization of their FAA Type Certificate. The above policy also applies to older aircraft which were accepted in Canada solely on the basis of their FAA certification, without the conduct of a formal DOT familiarization at the time of import, and thus were not issued with a corresponding Canadian Type Approval, e.g., Boeing 707, 727, McDonnell Douglas DC-8, etc.

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(5) U.S. manufactured aircraft modified to accommodate the installation of equipment for which no approved civil airworthiness standard exists for that particular change in type design (e.g., Steep Approach Approvals).

(6) Any aircraft whose related STC addresses the operational design requirements prescribed in either the Air Regulations, Air Navigation Orders, Engineering and Inspection Manual, or the Airworthiness Manual.

(7) Any aircraft whose related STC provides relief or alternate means of compliance with Canadian Airworthiness Directives.

(8) Any aircraft whose related STC authorizes the use of unusual methods of fabrication or unconventional design features

(e.g., canard flight controls).

A design approval granted under the FAA field approval procedures is not generally recognized by TCAG, although it may be reviewed on a case by case basis and, where compliance against applicable requirements can be shown by the applicant, a TCAC approval will be issued.

2.6 ICAG Contacts. All questions relating to Canadian type design approval of aeronautical products, as specified in Section 2 above, should be addressed to:

Chief, Programs (AARDE) Airworthiness Branch Transport Canada Aviation Group Centennial Towers 200 Kent Street Ottawa, Ontario, Canada K1A ON8 Facsimile: (613) 996-9178 Telephone: (613) 990-1267 SECTION 3 - TAG CONDITIONS FOR ACCEPTANCE OF AERONAUTICAL PRODUCTS.

3.1 Class I Aeronautical Products - Aircraft. Imported aircraft are eligible for use in Canada where it can be shown and TCAG is satisfied that the aircraft conforms to the Canadian approved type design and is in a condition for safe operation.

For an imported aircraft the preferred method of showing conformity is by means of an Export Certificate of Airworthiness.

When an aircraft is imported without an Export Airworthiness Certificate, or other acceptable document, the aircraft will be ineligible for use in Canada until it has been completely overhauled pursuant to Section 507.207(c) (c)(3) of the Airworthiness Manual or its 40

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Appendix 2 conformity and condition has been completely verified by an inspection performed by an authorized person or organization in accordance with Section 507.207 (c) to (j).

In either case the requirement of Airworthiness Manual Chapter 507 D, Subchapter D must be complied with before the aircraft will be eligible for a Canadian Certificate of Airworthiness.

To be acceptable each export airworthiness certificate must be properly certified by an authorized representative of the FAA and shall include the following information:

a certification of conformity to the type design specified in the Canadian type approval;

(2) a list of any major modifications and major repairs approved by the country of export and embodied in the product; and

(3) a list of all applicable airworthiness directives or equivalent mandatory notices, issued by the country of export, indicating which have been complied with.

3.2 Class I Aeronautical Products - Aircraft Engines and Propellers. Imported aircraft engines or propellers are eligible to be installed on Canadian registered aircraft where it can be shown and TCAG is satisfied that the aircraft engine or propeller conforms to the Canadian approved type design and is in a condition for safe operation.

For an imported aircraft engine or propeller the preferred method of showing conformity is by means of an Export Certificate of Airworthiness.

Each imported aircraft engine or propeller must conform to the approved Canadian type design and be accompanied by an export airworthiness certificate. However, where an engine or propeller has been imported without the required certification but with complete and current maintenance records, that aircraft engine or propeller may be eligible for installation on a Canadian registered aircraft provided the aircraft engine or propeller has been inspected for conformity to approved type design in accordance with Airworthiness Manual Section 507,205(c) (4) by an authorized person or an approved organization.

When an aircrait engine or propeller is imported without an export airworthiness certificate, or other acceptabie document, the aircraft engine or propeller will be ineligible for use in Canada until its conformity and condition has been compietely verilled by an inspection performed by an authorized person or organization in accordance with Airworthiness Manual Section 507.205 (c) (4) of the Manual.

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Appendix 2 When an aircraft engine or propeller does not pass the inspection and cannot be certified it will require a complete overhaul and re-certification before it will be eligible for installation in a Canadian registered aircraft.

To be acceptable to the Minister each export airworthiness certificate must be properly certified by an authorized representative of the FAA and shall include the following information:

a certification of conformity to the type design specified in the Canadian type approval;

(2) a list of any major modifications and major repairs approved by the country of export and embodied in the product; and

(3) a list of all applicable airworthiness directives or equivalent mandatory notices, issued by the country export, indicating which have been complied with.

3.3 Class Il Aeronautical Products - Parts and Appliances.

Imported parts and appliances will be eligible for installation on Canadian registered aircraft where:

(1) the product is new or newly overhauled and conforms to approved design data;

(2) the product is in a condition for safe operation;

(3) the product is identified pursuant to Air Regulations, Series II, No. 1.

For Class II aeronautical products imported directly from the United States, the TCAG will accept as proof of conformity:

(1) a signed certification on a company inspection release note, tag or other shipping document stating the name and address of the company, and FAA approval number of Production Certificate (PC), Parts Manufacturing Approval (PMA), Technical Standard Order (TSO) authorization, or Repair Station Certificate as applicable;

(2) a signed certification, showing the name and address of the supplier, referencing the original documentation issued by a company holding a PC, PMA, TSO authorization or Repair Station Certificate. An acceptable alternative would be for the supplier to attach a copy of the original documentation to his certificate; or

(3) an FAA Airworthiness Approval Tag, Form 8130-3 signed by an FAA airworthiness representative.

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3.4 Class III Aeronautical Products - Standard Aircraft Parts and Materials. Standard aircraft parts and materials are eligible for installation for use on Canadian registered aircraft where:

(1) the product conforms to the design data for the Class I or Class II aeronautical product which they are a part or component;

the product conforms to a recognized government or industry national standard (e.g., AN, SAE, NAS, etc.); and

(3) the product is identified with the manufacturer's name and part number, either on the product or the packaging whichever is appropriate; and

(4) the product is in a condition for safe operation.

TCAG will accept as proof of conformity a company release document with a statement certifying the product conforms to its recognized standard or specification.

3.5 Aircraft Manuals. When the first aircraft of a type or model is exported to Canada, the exporter is required to provide to the TCAG at no charge, seven copies of the Flight Manual, Maintenance Manual, Structural Repair Manual, Illustrated Parts Catalogue, Service Bulletins, and subsequent amendments thereto. In the case of Transport Category aircraft, the required number of manuals, and their format, may be negotiated with the TCAG when the aircraft type is first imported into Canada.

3.6 Product Identification. Products imported into Canada must be identified with an identification plate in accordance with Chapter 507 of the Canadian Airworthiness Manual.

3.7 Licencing Conditions for flyaway aircraft. To facilitate the licencing of an imported aircraft in Canada, the following documentation should be forwarded by the U.S. exporter to the TCAG Regional Director, Aviation Regulation, in the Transport Canada Aviation Region in which the purchaser is located (addresses of the six Regions and their geographical boundaries are contained in the Attachment 1).

a) FAA Export Certificate of Airworthiness (C of A), as specified in Section 3.1 above.

b) Evidence of transfer of ownership to the Canadian purchaser from the last U.S. recorded owner, or in the case of a new aircraft, the manufacturer.

The appropriate TCAG Regional Director, Aviation Regulation, should be informed by telegram or telex of the issuance of an Export Certificate of Airworthiness. The following is an example of the required message.

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Appendix 2 'Export C of A No. - covering (make and Model of Aircraft), Serial No.

assigned Canadian identification markings purchased by (Canadian Purchaser) being prepared.

Name and address of FAA inspector or designer" Aircraft being exported to Canada must display Canadian nationality and registration marks. These marks may be obtained by the Canadian purchaser on application to a TCAG regional Office.

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Appendix 2 CANADA (Continued) ATTACHMENT 1

REGIONAL OFFICES AND GEOGRAPHICAL BOUNDARIES Listed below are the addresses (and the geographical boundaries) of the six Regional Offices of the Canadian Department of Transport:

a. Pacific Region Regional Director, Aviation Regulation Transport Canada 800 Burrard Street, Room 220 Vancouver, British Columbia Canada V6C 2J8 NOTE: British Columbia, excluding the area north and east of a line ten miles west of the Alaska Highway.

b. Western Region Regional Director, Aviation Regulation Transport Canada Aviation Group Federal Building 9820 - 107th Street Edmonton, Alberta Canada T5K 1G3 NOTE: Alberta, the Northwest Territories west of the 110th meridian, Yukon Territories 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 Director, Aviation Regulation Transport Canada Aviation Group P.O. Box 8550 Winnipeg, Manitoba Canada R3C 0P6 NOTE: 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 degrees W, the Canada-United States border between 110 degrees W, and 88 degrees W, the meridian of 88 degrees W between the Canada-United States border and latitude 60 degrees N, the parallel of 60 degrees North latitude between 88 degrees N and 80 degrees W and the meridian of 80 degrees W, north of 60 degrees N but not including Mansel Island.