21.191 Standard and restricted category requirements

• An applicant for a standard category, restricted category, or provisional category airworthiness certificate for an aircraft must provide the Director with evidence that--
  • (1) the aircraft, its engines, and propellers if applicable conform to applicable current--
    • (i) type certificates issued in accordance with Subpart B; or
    • (ii) type acceptance certificates issued in accordance with Subpart B; or
    (iii) provisional type certificates issued in accordance with Subpart F; and
  • (2) every modification and repair to the aircraft conforms to a design change approved in accordance with acceptable technical data under Subpart N for the aircraft type; and
  • (3) every airworthiness directive that is applicable to the aircraft has been complied with in accordance with Part 39; and
  • (4) the aircraft is issued with --
    • (i) the appropriate flight manual; and
    • (ii) the appropriate logbooks, repair and alteration forms and documents; and
  • (5) the aircraft is a New Zealand registered aircraft and, in accordance with Part 47, displays an identification plate and 1 of the following forms of marking:
    • (i) the nationality and registration marks:
    • (ii) Police marks:
    • (iii) an approved identifiable paint scheme and markings; and
  (6) the aircraft, its engines, propellers, and propeller hubs and blades are identified by the means specified in Subpart Q; and
  • (7) the aircraft conforms with every applicable additional airworthiness requirement prescribed in Part 26; and
  • (8) the aircraft has, within 60 days before the application for the airworthiness certificate, undergone --
    • (i) a 100-hour, or equivalent, inspection in accordance with the manufacturer's maintenance schedule; or
    • (ii) a scheduled inspection in accordance with an applicable maintenance programme of an air operator certificated in accordance with Part 119 or an air transport operator certificated by an ICAO Contracting State; or
    • (iii) an equivalent inspection acceptable to the Director; and
  • (9) the aircraft has been weighed within the last 5 years prior to the application under rule 21.175; and
  • (10) the aircraft is in a condition for safe operation; and
  • (11) the aircraft and each modification and repair to the aircraft complies with the applicable aircraft noise and engine emission standards specified in Appendix C.