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Federal Aviation Administration, DOT 

§ 3.5 

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. 

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