SFAR No. 26

Contrary provisions of §§ 21.29, 21.500, and 21.502 of the Federal Aviation Regulations notwithstanding—

1. A type certificate may be issued under § 21.29 for an aircraft engine or propeller manufactured in a foreign country with which the United States has a currently effective bilateral agreement for the acceptance of powered aircraft for export and import and that is to be imported into the United States if (i) a type certificate has previously been issued by the Administrator for a product manufactured in that country which is of the same kind as the product for which a type certificate is requested; and (ii) the Administrator determines that the design standards and practices, the quality control standards, and the certification procedures utilized by such country for the particular product being imported are the equivalent of those required in the United States.

2. Aircraft engines, propellers, materials, parts (including subassemblies), or appliances (hereinafter referred to as aircraft components), manufactured in a foreign country with which the United States has a currently effective bilateral agreement for the acceptance of powered aircraft may be approved under § 21.500 or § 21.502, as applicable, if (i) an approval has previously been issued by the Administrator for an aircraft component manufactured in that country which is of the same kind as the aircraft component for which approval is requested; and (ii) the Administrator determines that the quality control standards and the certification and approval procedures utilized by such country for the particular aircraft component being imported are the equivalent of those required in the United States.

3. Aircraft subassemblies not covered under paragraph 2 that are to be incorporated on aircraft designed and manufactured in the United States, and that are manufactured in a foreign country with which the United States has a currently effective bilateral agreement for the acceptance of powered aircraft may be approved if (i) an approval has previously been issued by the Administrator for any other subassembly manufactured in that country; (ii) the Administrator determines that the quality control standards and the certification and approval procedures utilized by that country for the particular subassembly being imported are equivalent to those required in the United States; and (iii) the competent aeronautical authorities of the country certify that the subassembly meets the applicable design requirements.

4. Appropriate procedures for the execution of the provisions contained in paragraphs 1, 2, and 3 of the regulation may be embodied in agreements between the Administrator and the competent aeronautical authorities of the country of manufacture of the aircraft component.

5. In the event that the Administrator determines that the quality control standards and certification and approval procedures being utilized in the foreign countries to which this regulation is applicable no longer meet the quality control and certification and approval requirements equivalent to those required in the United States, the approval given under this regulation for the import into the United States of those aeronautical products covered by the regulation will be terminated.

6. After October 1, 1977, this special regulation applies only to aircraft components and subassemblies produced in Japan pursuant to contracts between Japanese manufacturers and United States product manufacturers entered into prior to October 1, 1977.

This special regulation shall terminate December 1, 1977, unless sooner rescinded or superseded.