Federal Aviation Administration, DOT

Section 21.193

(2) The aircraft is eligible for an airworthiness certificate, flight authorization, or other similar certification
in its country of manufacture.
[Amdt. 21-85, 69 FR 44862, July 27, 2004]

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Section 21.191

Experimental certificates.

Experimental certificates are issued
for the following purposes:
(a) Research and development. Testing
new aircraft design concepts, new aircraft equipment, new aircraft installations, new aircraft operating techniques, or new uses for aircraft.
(b) Showing compliance with regulations. Conducting flight tests and other
operations to show compliance with
the airworthiness regulations including
flights to show compliance for issuance
of type and supplemental type certificates, flights to substantiate major design changes, and flights to show compliance with the function and reliability requirements of the regulations.
(c) Crew training. Training of the applicant-s flight crews.
(d) Exhibition. Exhibiting the aircraft-s flight capabilities, performance,
or unusual characteristics at air shows,
motion picture, television, and similar
productions, and the maintenance of
exhibition flight proficiency, including
(for persons exhibiting aircraft) flying
to and from such air shows and productions.
(e) Air racing. Participating in air
races, including (for such participants)
practicing for such air races and flying
to and from racing events.
(f) Market surveys. Use of aircraft for
purposes of conducting market surveys, sales demonstrations, and customer crew training only as provided
in Section 21.195.
(g) Operating amateur-built aircraft.
Operating an aircraft the major portion of which has been fabricated and
assembled by persons who undertook
the construction project solely for
their own education or recreation.
(h) Operating primary kit-built aircraft.
Operating a primary category aircraft
that meets the criteria of Section 21.24(a)(1)
that was assembled by a person from a
kit manufactured by the holder of a
production certificate for that kit,
without the supervision and quality

control of the production certificate
holder under Section 21.184(a).
(i) Operating light-sport aircraft. Operating a light-sport aircraft that - 
(1) Has not been issued a U.S. or foreign airworthiness certificate and does
not meet the provisions of Section 103.1 of this
chapter. An experimental certificate
will not be issued under this paragraph
for these aircraft after January 31,
2008;
(2) Has been assembled - 
(i) From an aircraft kit for which the
applicant can provide the information
required by Section 21.193(e); and
(ii) In accordance with manufacturer-s assembly instructions that meet
an applicable consensus standard; or
(3) Has been previously issued a special airworthiness certificate in the
light-sport category under Section 21.190.
[Amdt. 21-21, 38 FR 6858, May 7, 1968, as
amended by Amdt. 21-57, 49 FR 39651, Oct. 9,
1984; Amdt. 21-70, 57 FR 41369, Sept. 9, 1992;
Amdt. 21-85, 69 FR 44862, July 27, 2004; Amdt.
21-85, 69 FR 53336, Sept. 1, 2004]

Section 21.193 Experimental certificates: general.
An applicant for an experimental certificate must submit the following information:
(a) A statement, in a form and manner prescribed by the FAA setting
forth the purpose for which the aircraft
is to be used.
(b) Enough data (such as photographs) to identify the aircraft.
(c) Upon inspection of the aircraft,
any pertinent information found necessary by the FAA to safeguard the
general public.
(d) In the case of an aircraft to be
used for experimental purposes - 
(1) The purpose of the experiment;
(2) The estimated time or number of
flights required for the experiment;
(3) The areas over which the experiment will be conducted; and
(4) Except for aircraft converted from
a previously certificated type without
appreciable change in the external configuration, three-view drawings or
three-view dimensioned photographs of
the aircraft.
(e) In the case of a light-sport aircraft assembled from a kit to be certificated
in
accordance
with

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