Federal Aviation Administration

Amateur-Built Aircraft

Updated: 9:44 am ET July 8, 2008

What is an amateur-built aircraft?
Title 14, Code of Federal Regulations (14 CFR), part 21, section 21.191(g), defines an amateur-built aircraft as an aircraft “the major portion of which has been fabricated and assembled by person(s) who undertook the construction project solely for their own education or recreation.”

9:44 am ET July 8, 2008