AC21-1 - Product Certification - Type Acceptance Certificates

Purpose

This Advisory Circular (AC) describes an acceptable means of compliance with Civil Aviation Rule Part 21, Subparts B, Type Certificates and Type Acceptance Certificates, and D, Changes to Type Certificates and Type Acceptance Certificates. This material is intended to assist organisations and persons in gaining certification for aircraft types to be operated in New Zealand.

Related rules

This AC relates specifically to Civil Aviation Rule Part 21 Subpart B and Subpart D.

Change notice

Revision 7 adds a link to Appendix 2 and updates Appendix 2, which is attached as a separate document below. It also:

• updates the terminology for type certificates (TCs) and type acceptance certificates (TACs) to align with ICAO requirements
• updates the title of Appendix 2 to Product Certification—Type Acceptance Certificates
• clarifies the types of aircraft covered by Appendix 3
• deletes the sections, Operations under Part 91 and Special Federal Aviation Regulations (SFAR) No. 41, in Appendix 3
• adds a version history
• removes specific form numbers, and
• makes updates throughout to align with current AC format.

Appendix

AC21-1 Appendix 2 [PDF 987 KB]

Marked up changes

Because of the extent of the changes and technical detail, readers may find the marked up versions (with insertions in yellow highlight and deletions in strikethrough) useful to highlight the changes with revision 7.

AC21-1 marked up changes [PDF 505 KB]

Appendix 2 to AC21-1 marked up changes [PDF 1 MB]