§ 21.193 Application for special airworthiness certificates issued for experimental purposes.
An applicant for an experimental airworthiness certificate must submit the following information in a form and manner prescribed by the FAA:
(a) The experimental purpose for which the aircraft is to be used.
(b) Enough information to describe the operation, equipment, or test as applicable.
(c) The estimated time or number of flights required for the operation, for an applicant seeking issuance of an experimental airworthiness certificate for those experimental purposes specified in § 21.191(a) through (f).
(d) The areas over which flights will be conducted.
(e) Enough data to identify the aircraft.
(f) Except for a previously type certificated aircraft without an appreciable change in its external configuration, three-view drawings or three-view dimensional photographs of the aircraft.
(g) Upon inspection of the aircraft, any pertinent information found necessary by the FAA to safeguard the general public.
(h) In the case of a light-sport category aircraft assembled from a kit to be certificated in accordance with § 21.191(k), an applicant must provide the following:
(1) Evidence that an aircraft of the same make and model was manufactured and assembled by the aircraft kit manufacturer and issued a special airworthiness certificate in the light-sport category under § 21.190.
(2) The pilot's operating handbook that includes a flight training supplement.
(3) The aircraft's maintenance and inspection procedures.
(4) The manufacturer's statement of compliance for the aircraft kit used in the aircraft assembly that meets the applicable requirements of § 21.190 in effect at the time the aircraft kit was manufactured, except the statement need not indicate compliance with § 22.195 of this chapter. The statement must identify assembly instructions for the aircraft that meet an applicable consensus standard.
(5) For an aircraft kit manufactured outside the United States, evidence that the aircraft kit was manufactured in a country with which the United States has a Bilateral Airworthiness Agreement concerning airplanes or a Bilateral Aviation Safety Agreement with associated Implementation Procedures for Airworthiness concerning airplanes, or an equivalent airworthiness agreement.
[Amdt. No. 21-109, 90 FR 35207, July 24, 2025]