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Federal Aviation Administration, DOT 

Pt. 5 

§ 3.5

Statements about products, parts, 

appliances and materials. 

(a) 

Definitions. 

The following terms 

will have the stated meanings when 
used in this section: 

Airworthy 

means the aircraft con-

forms to its type design and is in a con-
dition for safe operation. 

Product 

means an aircraft, aircraft 

engine, or aircraft propeller. 

Record 

means any writing, drawing, 

map, recording, tape, film, photograph 
or other documentary material by 
which information is preserved or con-
veyed in any format, including, but not 
limited to, paper, microfilm, identifica-
tion plates, stamped marks, bar codes 
or electronic format, and can either be 
separate from, attached to or inscribed 
on any product, part, appliance or ma-
terial. 

(b) 

Prohibition against fraudulent and 

intentionally false statements. 

When con-

veying information related to an adver-
tisement or sales transaction, no per-
son may make or cause to be made: 

(1) Any fraudulent or intentionally 

false statement in any record about the 
airworthiness of a type-certificated 
product, or the acceptability of any 
product, part, appliance, or material 
for installation on a type-certificated 
product. 

(2) Any fraudulent or intentionally 

false reproduction or alteration of any 
record about the airworthiness of any 
type-certificated product, or the ac-
ceptability of any product, part, appli-
ance, or material for installation on a 
type-certificated product. 

(c) 

Prohibition against intentionally 

misleading statements. 

(1) When con-

veying information related to an adver-
tisement or sales transaction, no per-
son may make, or cause to be made, a 
material representation that a type- 
certificated product is airworthy, or 
that a product, part, appliance, or ma-
terial is acceptable for installation on 
a type-certificated product in any 
record if that representation is likely 
to mislead a consumer acting reason-
ably under the circumstances. 

(2) When conveying information re-

lated to an advertisement or sales 
transaction, no person may make, or 
cause to be made, through the omission 
of material information, a representa-
tion that a type-certificated product is 

airworthy, or that a product, part, ap-
pliance, or material is acceptable for 
installation on a type-certificated 
product in any record if that represen-
tation is likely to mislead a consumer 
acting reasonably under the cir-
cumstances. 

(d) The provisions of § 3.5(b) and 

§ 3.5(c) shall not apply if a person can 
show that the product is airworthy or 
that the product, part, appliance or 
material is acceptable for installation 
on a type-certificated product. 

PART 5—SAFETY MANAGEMENT 

SYSTEMS 

Subpart A—General 

Sec. 
5.1

Applicability. 

5.3

General requirements. 

5.5

Definitions. 

Subpart B—Safety Policy 

5.21

Safety policy. 

5.23

Safety accountability and authority. 

5.25

Designation and responsibilities of re-

quired safety management personnel. 

5.27

Coordination of emergency response 

planning. 

Subpart C—Safety Risk Management 

5.51

Applicability. 

5.53

System analysis and hazard identifica-

tion. 

5.55

Safety risk assessment and control. 

Subpart D—Safety Assurance 

5.71

Safety performance monitoring and 

measurement. 

5.73

Safety performance assessment. 

5.75

Continuous improvement. 

Subpart E—Safety Promotion 

5.91

Competencies and training. 

5.93

Safety communication. 

Subpart F—SMS Documentation and 

Recordkeeping 

5.95

SMS documentation. 

5.97

SMS records. 

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UTHORITY

: Pub. L. 111–216, sec. 215 (Aug. 1, 

2010); 49 U.S.C. 106(f), 106(g), 40101, 40113, 
40119, 41706, 44101, 44701–44702, 44705, 44709– 
44711, 44713, 44716–44717, 44722, 46105. 

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OURCE

: 80 FR 1326, Jan. 8, 2015, unless oth-

erwise noted. 

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