background image

133 

Federal Aviation Administration, DOT 

§ 21.1 

Subpart P—Special Federal Aviation 

Regulations 

21.700

SFAR No. 111—Lavatory oxygen sys-

tems. 

A

UTHORITY

: 42 U.S.C. 7572; 49 U.S.C. 106(f), 

106(g), 40105, 40113, 44701–44702, 44704, 44707, 
44709, 44711, 44713, 44715, 45303. 

E

DITORIAL

N

OTES

: 1. For miscellaneous 

amendments to cross references in this 21 see 
Amdt. 21–10, 31 FR 9211, July 6, 1966. 

2. Nomenclature changes to part 21 appear 

at 74 FR 53384, Oct. 16, 2009. 

S

PECIAL

F

EDERAL

A

VIATION

R

EGULATION

 

N

O

. 88—F

UEL

T

ANK

S

YSTEM

F

AULT

 

T

OLERANCE

E

VALUATION

R

EQUIRE

-

MENTS

 

1. 

Applicability. 

This SFAR applies to the 

holders of type certificates, and supple-
mental type certificates that may affect the 
airplane fuel tank system, for turbine-pow-
ered transport category airplanes, provided 
the type certificate was issued after January 
1, 1958, and the airplane has either a max-
imum type certificated passenger capacity of 
30 or more, or a maximum type certificated 
payload capacity of 7,500 pounds or more. 
This SFAR also applies to applicants for 
type certificates, amendments to a type cer-
tificate, and supplemental type certificates 
affecting the fuel tank systems for those air-
planes identified above, if the application 
was filed before June 6, 2001, the effective 
date of this SFAR, and the certificate was 
not issued before June 6, 2001. 

2. 

Compliance: 

Each type certificate holder, 

and each supplemental type certificate hold-
er of a modification affecting the airplane 
fuel tank system, must accomplish the fol-
lowing within the compliance times specified 
in paragraph (e) of this section: 

(a) Conduct a safety review of the airplane 

fuel tank system to determine that the de-
sign meets the requirements of §§ 25.901 and 
25.981(a) and (b) of this chapter. If the cur-
rent design does not meet these require-
ments, develop all design changes to the fuel 
tank system that are necessary to meet 
these requirements. The responsible Aircraft 
Certification Service office for the affected 
airplane may grant an extension of the 18- 
month compliance time for development of 
design changes if: 

(1) The safety review is completed within 

the compliance time; 

(2) Necessary design changes are identified 

within the compliance time; and 

(3) Additional time can be justified, based 

on the holder’s demonstrated aggressiveness 
in performing the safety review, the com-
plexity of the necessary design changes, the 
availability of interim actions to provide an 

acceptable level of safety, and the resulting 
level of safety. 

(b) Develop all maintenance and inspection 

instructions necessary to maintain the de-
sign features required to preclude the exist-
ence or development of an ignition source 
within the fuel tank system of the airplane. 

(c) Submit a report for approval to the re-

sponsible Aircraft Certification Service of-
fice for the affected airplane, that: 

(1) Provides substantiation that the air-

plane fuel tank system design, including all 
necessary design changes, meets the require-
ments of §§ 25.901 and 25.981(a) and (b) of this 
chapter; and 

(2) Contains all maintenance and inspec-

tion instructions necessary to maintain the 
design features required to preclude the ex-
istence or development of an ignition source 
within the fuel tank system throughout the 
operational life of the airplane. 

(d) The responsible Aircraft Certification 

Service office for the affected airplane, may 
approve a report submitted in accordance 
with paragraph 2(c) if it determines that any 
provisions of this SFAR not complied with 
are compensated for by factors that provide 
an equivalent level of safety. 

(e) Each type certificate holder must com-

ply no later than December 6, 2002, or within 
18 months after the issuance of a type cer-
tificate for which application was filed be-
fore June 6, 2001, whichever is later; and each 
supplemental type certificate holder of a 
modification affecting the airplane fuel tank 
system must comply no later than June 6, 
2003, or within 18 months after the issuance 
of a supplemental type certificate for which 
application was filed before June 6, 2001, 
whichever is later. 

[Doc. No. 1999–6411, 66 FR 23129, May 7, 2001, 
as amended by Amdt. 21–82, 67 FR 57493, Sept. 
10, 2002; 67 FR 70809, Nov. 26, 2002; Amdt. 21– 
83, 67 FR 72833, Dec. 9, 2002; Doc. No. FAA– 
2018–0119, Amdt. 21–101, 83 FR 9169, Mar. 5, 
2018] 

Subpart A—General 

§ 21.1

Applicability and definitions. 

(a) Except for aircraft subject to the 

provisions of part 107 of this chapter, 
this part prescribes— 

(1) Procedural requirements for 

issuing and changing— 

(i) Design approvals; 
(ii) Production approvals; 
(iii) Airworthiness certificates; and 
(iv) Airworthiness approvals; 
(2) Rules governing applicants for, 

and holders of, any approval or certifi-
cate specified in paragraph (a)(1) of 
this section; and 

VerDate Sep<11>2014 

12:50 Apr 30, 2019

Jkt 247046

PO 00000

Frm 00143

Fmt 8010

Sfmt 8002

Y:\SGML\247046.XXX

247046

spaschal on DSK3GDR082PROD with CFR