C.F.R. » Title 14 » CHAPTER I—FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINISTRATION, DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION › SUBCHAPTER C—AIRCRAFT › PART 21—CERTIFICATION PROCEDURES FOR PRODUCTS AND ARTICLES › Subpart H—Airworthiness Certificates

14 C.F.R. § 21.175

Airworthiness certificates: classification

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(a) Standard airworthiness certificates are airworthiness certificates issued for aircraft type certificated:

(1) In the normal, utility, acrobatic, commuter, or transport category;

(2) As manned free balloons; or

(3) As special classes of aircraft.

(b) Special airworthiness certificates are airworthiness certificates issued for:

(1) Aircraft type-certificated in the primary, restricted, provisional, or limited category;

(2) Aircraft certificated in the light-sport category;

(3) Aircraft operating for an experimental purpose; or

(4) Aircraft operating under a special flight permit.

[Docket No. FAA-2023-1377, Amdt. 21-109, 90 FR 35205, July 24, 2025]
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 3 cases, 1987–2010 · leading case: Mike's Contracting, LLC v. United States, 92 Fed. Cl. 302 (Fed. Cl. 2010).
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Mike's Contracting, LLC v. United States, 92 Fed. Cl. 302 (Fed. Cl. 2010). · cites it 2× “Standard airworthiness certificates are "airworthiness certificates issued for aircraft type certificated in the normal, utility, acrobatic, commuter, or transport category, and for manned free balloons, and for aircraft designated by the [FAA] Administrator as special classes…”
Monarch Ins. Co. of Ohio v. POLYTECH Indus., 655 F. Supp. 1058 (M.D. Ga. 1987). “See 14 C.F.R. § 21.175 (1986). Section 21.175 provides for four categories of "standard" airworthiness certificates: (1) normal, (2) utility, (3) acrobatic and (4) transport.”
Monarch Ins. v. Polytech Indus., Inc., 655 F. Supp. 1058 (M.D. Ga. 1987). “See 14 C.F.R. § 21.175 (1986). Section 21.-175 provides' for four categories of “standard” airworthiness certificates: (1) normal, (2) utility, (3) acrobatic and (4) transport.”
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