Section 21.133

14 CFR Ch. I (1-1-19 Edition)

Section 21.133 Application.
Each applicant must apply for a production certificate in a form and manner prescribed by the FAA.
Section 21.135 Organization.
(a) Each applicant for or holder of a
production certificate must provide the
FAA with a document - 
(1) Describing how its organization
will ensure compliance with the provisions of this subpart;
(2) Describing assigned responsibilities, delegated authorities, and the
functional relationship of those responsible for quality to management and
other organizational components; and
(3) Identifying an accountable manager.
(b) The accountable manager specified in paragraph (a) of this section
must be responsible within the applicant-s or production approval holder-s
organization for, and have authority
over, all production operations conducted under this part. The accountable manager must confirm that the
procedures described in the quality
manual required by Section 21.138 are in place
and that the production approval holder satisfies the requirements of the applicable regulations of subchapter C,
Aircraft. The accountable manager
must serve as the primary contact with
the FAA.

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[Doc. No. FAA-2013-0933, Amdt. 21-98, 80 FR
59031, Oct. 1, 2015]

Section 21.137 Quality system.
Each applicant for or holder of a production certificate must establish and
describe in writing a quality system
that ensures that each product and article conforms to its approved design
and is in a condition for safe operation.
This quality system must include:
(a) Design data control. Procedures for
controlling design data and subsequent
changes to ensure that only current,
correct, and approved data is used.
(b) Document control. Procedures for
controlling quality system documents
and data and subsequent changes to ensure that only current, correct, and approved documents and data are used.
(c) Supplier control. Procedures that - 
(1) Ensure that each supplier-provided product, article, or service con-

forms to the production approval holder-s requirements; and
(2) Establish a supplier-reporting
process for products, articles, or services that have been released from or
provided by the supplier and subsequently found not to conform to the
production approval holder-s requirements.
(d) Manufacturing process control. Procedures for controlling manufacturing
processes to ensure that each product
and article conforms to its approved
design.
(e) Inspecting and testing. Procedures
for inspections and tests used to ensure
that each product and article conforms
to its approved design. These procedures must include the following, as
applicable:
(1) A flight test of each aircraft produced unless that aircraft will be exported as an unassembled aircraft.
(2) A functional test of each aircraft
engine and each propeller produced.
(f) Inspection, measuring, and test
equipment control. Procedures to ensure
calibration and control of all inspection, measuring, and test equipment
used in determining conformity of each
product and article to its approved design. Each calibration standard must
be traceable to a standard acceptable
to the FAA.
(g) Inspection and test status. Procedures for documenting the inspection
and test status of products and articles
supplied or manufactured to the approved design.
(h) Nonconforming product and article
control. (1) Procedures to ensure that
only products or articles that conform
to their approved design are installed
on a type-certificated product. These
procedures must provide for the identification, documentation, evaluation,
segregation, and disposition of nonconforming products and articles. Only authorized individuals may make disposition determinations.
(2) Procedures to ensure that discarded articles are rendered unusable.
(i) Corrective and preventive actions.
Procedures for implementing corrective and preventive actions to eliminate the causes of an actual or potential nonconformity to the approved design or noncompliance with the approved quality system.

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