14 CFR 31.33
§ 31.33 Materials.
United States · 14 CFR — Aeronautics and Space · Status: effective
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(a) The suitability and durability of all materials must be established on the basis of experience or tests. Materials must conform to approved specifications that will ensure that they have the strength and other properties assumed in the design data.
(b) Material strength properties must be based on enough tests of material conforming to specifications so as to establish design values on a statistical basis.
Legislative history
This is a federal regulation, adopted through agency rulemaking under the Administrative Procedure Act — not enacted by a recorded vote of Congress.