Federal Aviation Administration, DOT

Section 183.43

Section 183.31 Designated manufacturing inspection representatives.
A designated manufacturing inspection representative (DMIR) may, within limits prescribed by, and under the
general supervision of, the Administrator, do the following:
(a) Issue - 
(1) Original airworthiness certificates
for aircraft and airworthiness approvals for engines, propellers, and product
parts that conform to the approved design requirements and are in a condition for safe operation;
(2) Export certificates of airworthiness and airworthiness approval tags in
accordance with subpart L of part 21 of
this chapter;
(3) Experimental certificates for aircraft for which the manufacturer holds
the type certificate and which have undergone changes to the type design requiring a flight test; and
(4) Special flight permits to export
aircraft.
(b) Conduct any inspections that may
be necessary to determine that - 
(1) Prototype products and related
parts conform to design specifications;
and
(2) Production products and related
parts conform to the approved type design and are in condition for safe operation.
(c) Perform functions authorized by
this section for the manufacturer, or
the manufacturer-s supplier, at any location authorized by the FAA.
[Doc. No. 16622, 45 FR 1416, Jan. 7, 1980]

Section 183.33 Designated
Representative.

Airworthiness

A Designated Airworthiness Representative (DAR) may, within limits
prescribed by and under the general supervision of the Administrator, do the
following:
(a) Perform examination, inspection,
and testing services necessary to issue,
and to determine the continuing effectiveness of, certificates, including
issuing certificates, as authorized by
the Executive Director, Flight Standards Service in the area of maintenance or as authorized by the Executive Director, Aircraft Certification
Service in the areas of manufacturing
and engineering.

(b) Charge a fee for his or her services.
(c) Perform authorized functions at
any authorized location.
(Secs. 313(a), 314, 601, 603, 605, and 1102, Federal Aviation Act of 1958, as amended (49
U.S.C. 1354(a), 1355, 1421, 1423, 1425, and 1502);
sec.6(c) Department of Transportation Act
(49 U.S.C. 1655(c)))
[Doc. No. 23140, 48 FR 16179, Apr. 14, 1983, as
amended by Amdt. 183-9, 54 FR 39296, Sept.
25, 1989; Amdt. 183-11, 67 FR 72766, Dec. 6,
2002; Docket FAA-2018-0119, Amdt. 183-17, 83
FR 9176, Mar. 5, 2018]

Subpart D - Organization
Designation Authorization
SOURCE: Docket No. FAA-2003-16685, 70 FR
59947, Oct. 13, 2005, unless otherwise noted.

Section 183.41 Applicability and definitions.
(a) This subpart contains the procedures required to obtain an Organization Designation Authorization, which
allows an organization to perform specified functions on behalf of the Administrator related to engineering, manufacturing, operations, airworthiness, or
maintenance.
(b) Definitions. For the purposes of
this subpart:
Organization Designation Authorization (ODA) means the authorization to
perform approved functions on behalf
of the Administrator.
ODA Holder means the organization
that obtains the authorization from
the Administrator, as identified in a
Letter of Designation.
ODA Unit means an identifiable
group of two or more individuals within the ODA Holder-s organization that
performs the authorized functions.
Section 183.43 Application.
An application for an ODA may be
submitted after November 14, 2006. An
application for an ODA must be submitted in a form and manner prescribed by the Administrator and must
include the following:
(a) A description of the functions for
which authorization is requested.
(b) A description of how the applicant
satisfies the requirements of Section 183.47 of
this part;
(c) A description of the applicant-s
organizational structure, including a

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