CFR > Title 14 - Aeronautics and Space > CHAPTER I—FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINISTRATION, DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION > SUBCHAPTER C—AIRCRAFT (parts 21 to 50) > PART 21—CERTIFICATION PROCEDURES FOR PRODUCTS AND PARTS > SUBPART C—Provisional Type Certificates (§21.71 to §21.85) > 21.73—Eligibility.

21.73—Eligibility.

(a) Any manufacturer of aircraft manufactured within the United States who is a United States citizen may apply for Class I or Class II provisional type certificates, for amendments to provisional type certificates held by him, and for provisional amendments to type certificates held by him.
(b) Any manufacturer of aircraft manufactured in a foreign country with which the United States has an agreement for the acceptance of those aircraft for export and import may apply for a Class II provisional type certificate, for amendments to provisional type certificates held by him, and for provisional amendments to type certificates held by him.
(c) An aircraft engine manufacturer who is a United States citizen and who has altered a type certificated aircraft by installing different type certificated aircraft engines manufactured by him within the United States may apply for a Class I provisional type certificate for the aircraft, and for amendments to Class I provisional type certificates held by him, if the basic aircraft, before alteration, was type certificated in the normal, utility, acrobatic, commuter, or transport category.

Code of Federal Regulations

[Doc. No. 5085, 29 FR 14566, Oct. 24, 1964, as amended by Amdt. 21-12, 31 FR 13380, Oct. 15, 1966; Amdt. 21-59, 52 FR 1836, Jan. 15, 1987]

Code of Federal Regulations

Effective Date Note: By Amdt. 21-92, 74 FR 53387, Oct. 16, 2009, § 21.73 was amended by removing the words “Any manufacturer of aircraft manufactured in a foreign country with which the United States has an agreement” and adding in their place the words “Any manufacturer of aircraft in a State of Manufacture subject to the provisions of an agreement with the United States”, effective Apr. 14, 2010. The effective date of this amendment was subsequently postponed to Apr. 16, 2011 at 75 FR 9095, Mar. 1, 2010.