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14 CFR Ch. I (1–1–19 Edition) 

§ 26.21 

issued on or after December 10, 2007: 
December 10, 2009 or the date the cer-
tificate is issued, whichever occurs 
later. 

(3) Unless compliance with § 25.1729 of 

this subchapter is required or elected, 
applicants for amendments to TCs, if 
the application was filed on or after 
December 10, 2007: December 10, 2009, or 
the date of approval of the certificate, 
whichever occurs later. 

(4) Applicants for supplemental type 

certificates (STC), including changes 
to existing STCs, if the date of applica-
tion was before December 10, 2007 and 
the certificate was issued on or after 
December 10, 2007: June 7, 2010, or the 
date of approval of the certificate, 
whichever occurs later. 

(5) Unless compliance with § 25.1729 of 

this subchapter is required or elected, 
applicants for STCs, including changes 
to existing STCs, if the application was 
filed on or after December 10, 2007, 
June 7, 2010, or the date of approval of 
the certificate, whichever occurs later. 

(e) Each person identified in para-

graphs (d)(1), (d)(2), and (d)(4) of this 
section must submit to the responsible 
Aircraft Certification Service office for 
approval a compliance plan by March 
10, 2008. The compliance plan must in-
clude the following information: 

(1) A proposed project schedule, iden-

tifying all major milestones, for meet-
ing the compliance dates specified in 
paragraph (d) of this section. 

(2) A proposed means of compliance 

with this section, identifying all re-
quired submissions, including all com-
pliance items as mandated in part 25, 
Appendix H paragraphs H25.5(a)(1) and 
(b) of this subchapter in effect on De-
cember 10, 2007, and all data to be de-
veloped to substantiate compliance. 

(3) A proposal for submitting a draft 

of all compliance items required by 
paragraph (e)(2) of this section for re-
view by the responsible Aircraft Cer-
tification Service office not less than 
60 days before the compliance time 
specified in paragraph (d) of this sec-
tion. 

(4) A proposal for how the approved 

ICA will be made available to affected 
persons. 

(f) Each person specified in paragraph 

(e) must implement the compliance 
plan, or later approved revisions, as ap-

proved in compliance with paragraph 
(e) of this section. 

(g) This section does not apply to the 

following airplane models: 

(1) Lockheed L–188 
(2) Bombardier CL–44 
(3) Mitsubishi YS–11 
(4) British Aerospace BAC 1–11 
(5) Concorde 
(6) deHavilland D.H. 106 Comet 4C 
(7) VFW—Vereinigte Flugtechnische 

Werk VFW–614 

(8) Illyushin Aviation IL 96T 
(9) Bristol Aircraft Britannia 305 
(10) Handley Page Herald Type 300 
(11) Avions Marcel Dassault—Breguet 

Aviation Mercure 100C 

(12) Airbus Caravelle 
(13) Lockheed L–300 

[Amdt. 26–0, 72 FR 63409, Nov. 8, 2007; 72 FR 
68618, Dec. 5, 2007, as amended by Doc. No. 
FAA–2018–0119, Amdt. 26–7, 83 FR 9170, Mar. 5, 
2018] 

Subpart C—Aging Airplane Safe-

ty—Widespread Fatigue Dam-
age 

S

OURCE

: Docket No. FAA–2006–24281, 75 FR 

69782, Nov. 15, 2010, unless otherwise noted. 

§ 26.21

Limit of validity. 

(a) 

Applicability. 

Except as provided 

in paragraph (g) of this section, this 
section applies to transport category, 
turbine-powered airplanes with a max-
imum takeoff gross weight greater 
than 75,000 pounds and a type certifi-
cate issued after January 1, 1958, re-
gardless of whether the maximum 
takeoff gross weight is a result of an 
original type certificate or a later de-
sign change. This section also applies 
to transport category, turbine-powered 
airplanes with a type certificate issued 
after January 1, 1958, if a design change 
approval for which application is made 
after January 14, 2011 has the effect of 
reducing the maximum takeoff gross 
weight from greater than 75,000 pounds 
to 75,000 pounds or less. 

(b) 

Limit of validity. 

Each person iden-

tified in paragraph (c) of this section 
must comply with the following re-
quirements: 

(1) Establish a limit of validity of the 

engineering data that supports the 

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