CIVIL AVIATION SAFETY REGULATIONS 1998 - REG 21.029 Type certificate for imported aircraft, aircraft engines or propellers not type certificated by national aviation authority of recognised country
CIVIL AVIATION SAFETY REGULATIONS 1998 - REG 21.029
Type certificate for imported aircraft, aircraft engines or propellers not type certificated by national aviation authority of recognised country(1) Subject to regulation 11.055, CASA must issue a type certificate for an aircraft, aircraft engine or propeller manufactured in a foreign country and for which a foreign type certificate issued by the national aviation authority of a recognised country is not in force, if the aircraft, aircraft engine or propeller:
(a) meets the applicable airworthiness requirements mentioned in regulation 21.017; or
(b) meets the airworthiness requirements of a Contracting State and any other requirements imposed by CASA that are necessary to provide a level of safety equivalent to that provided under these Regulations for comparable aircraft, aircraft engines or propellers.
(2) CASA may accept a certificate given by the national aviation authority of a Contracting State to the effect that an aircraft, aircraft engine or propeller meets the State's airworthiness requirements as evidence of that fact.
(3) An application for a type certificate under this regulation must be accompanied by:
(a) any relevant certificate issued by the national aviation authority of a Contracting State; and
(b) the relevant technical data.
(4) CASA may inspect the aircraft, aircraft engine or propeller and carry out, or require the applicant to carry out, any tests and inspections necessary to enable CASA to decide whether or not to issue the type certificate.
Source FARs section 21.29 modified.