CFR > Title 14 - Aeronautics and Space > CHAPTER I—FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINISTRATION, DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION > SUBCHAPTER C—AIRCRAFT (parts 21 to 50) > PART 25—AIRWORTHINESS STANDARDS: TRANSPORT CATEGORY AIRPLANES > SUBPART A—General (§25.1 to §25.5) > 25.3—Special provisions for ETOPS type design approvals.

25.3—Special provisions for ETOPS type design approvals.

(a) Applicability. This section applies to an applicant for ETOPS type design approval of an airplane:
(1) That has an existing type certificate on February 15, 2007; or
(2) For which an application for an original type certificate was submitted before February 15, 2007.
(b) Airplanes with two engines. (1) For ETOPS type design approval of an airplane up to and including 180 minutes, an applicant must comply with § 25.1535, except that it need not comply with the following provisions of Appendix K, K25.1.4, of this part:
(i) K25.1.4(a), fuel system pressure and flow requirements;
(ii) K25.1.4(a)(3), low fuel alerting; and
(iii) K25.1.4(c), engine oil tank design.
(2) For ETOPS type design approval of an airplane beyond 180 minutes an applicant must comply with § 25.1535.
(c) Airplanes with more than two engines. An applicant for ETOPS type design approval must comply with § 25.1535 for an airplane manufactured on or after February 17, 2015, except that, for an airplane configured for a three person flight crew, the applicant need not comply with Appendix K, K25.1.4(a)(3), of this part, low fuel alerting.

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[Doc. No. FAA-2002-6717, 72 FR 1873, Jan. 16, 2007]