14 CFR 21.175
§ 21.175 Airworthiness certificates: classification.
United States · 14 CFR — Aeronautics and Space · Status: effective
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- 14 CFR 21.175, § 21.175 Airworthiness certificates: classification, United States, version 1 as recorded 2026-07-09, yourstate.us, https://yourstate.us/provision/53810
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(a) Standard airworthiness certificates are airworthiness certificates issued for aircraft type certificated:
(1) In the normal, utility, acrobatic, commuter, or transport category;
(2) As manned free balloons; or
(3) As special classes of aircraft.
(b) Special airworthiness certificates are airworthiness certificates issued for:
(1) Aircraft type-certificated in the primary, restricted, provisional, or limited category;
(2) Aircraft certificated in the light-sport category;
(3) Aircraft operating for an experimental purpose; or
(4) Aircraft operating under a special flight permit.
Legislative history
This is a federal regulation, adopted through agency rulemaking under the Administrative Procedure Act — not enacted by a recorded vote of Congress.