Common use of Airworthiness Certification Clause in Contracts

Airworthiness Certification. These Implementation Procedures for design approval apply to such aircraft type designs to be type certificated by the FAA and for standard category airworthiness certification. Standard airworthiness certificates are issued in the normal, utility, acrobatic, commuter, and transport categories of aircraft, as well as for manned-free balloons and special classes of aircraft which include airships, gliders, and other non-conventional aircraft. Aircraft for which a special airworthiness certificate is to be issued, will be dealt with on a case-by-case basis through the special arrangements provision in Section 5 of this document.