Small Airplanes
Title 14 Code of Federal Regulations
- Part 21, Certification Procedures for Products and Parts
- Part 23, Airworthiness Standards: Normal, Utility, Acrobatic, and Commuter Category Airplanes
- Part 34, Fuel Venting and Exhaust Emission Requirements for Turbine4 Engine Powered Airplanes
- Part 36, Noise Standards: Aircraft Type and Airworthiness Certification
- Part 43, Maintenance, Preventive Maintenance, Rebuilding, and Alteration
NPRM 64-17, Airworthiness Standards: Normal, Utility, and Acrobatic Airplanes, provides a complete table of Civil Air Regulations (CAR) Part 3 correlated to 14 Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) Part 23.
Advisory Circulars
- AC 23-15, Small Airplane Certification Compliance Program
- AC 23-16, Powerplant Guide for Certification of Part 23 Airplanes and Airships
- AC 23-17, Systems and Equipment Guide for Certification of Part 23 Airplanes and Airships
- AC 23-19, Airframe Guide for Certification of Part 23 Airplanes
- AC 23.1309-1, Equipment, Systems, and Installations in Part 23 Airplanes
- Quick Reference for Part 23 and Associated Advisory Circulars (AC) (PDF)
Guidance
- Comparison of FAA Part 23 through Amdt. 23-58 and EASA CS-23 effective date November 14, 2003. (PDF)
- EASA Validation of USA Aircraft (PDF)
- FAA Validation of EASA Country Small Airplanes Type Validation Principles Agreement Potential Validation Items (PDF)
Policy
- PS-ACE100-2001-006, Static Strength Substantiation of Composite Airplane Structure
- PS-ACE100-2001-004, Guidance for Reviewing Certification Plans to Address Human Factors for Certification of Part 23 Small Airplanes
- PS-ACE100-2002-003, Standardization of Application Regarding Hazardous Misleading Heading Information for Attitude-Heading Reference Systems (AHRS)
- PS-ACE100-2002-005, Circuit Breakers and Fuses
- PS-ACE100-2002-007, Pitot Heat Indication Systems
- PS-ACE100-2005-10039, Standardization and Clarification of Application of 14 CFR Part 23, §§ 23.1301 and 23.1309, Regarding Environmental Qualification
- PS-ACE100-2005-50001, Final Policy Statement on Applying Advisory Circular 20-152, "RTCA, Inc., Document RTCA/DO-254, Design Assurance Guidance for Airborne Electronic Hardware," to Title 14 Code of Federal Regulations, Part 23 Aircraft
Technical Standard Orders (TSO)