Stalking the elusive Type Certificate

[Pat Russell[_2_]]

I have some questions about the FAA Type Certificate (TC). My questions are not about the Type Certificate Data Sheet (TCDS). Typically, the TCDS refers to the TC.

I have never seen a TC.

Here are my questions:

1. What does a TC look like?
2. Are copies of the TC available to the public?
3. Is it referenced by the same identifier as the TCDS?

I have the same questions about the EASA TC.

Looking forward to enlightenment. Thanks.

[Papa3[_2_]]

On Friday, December 19, 2014 1:11:23 PM UTC-5, Pat Russell wrote:
> I have some questions about the FAA Type Certificate (TC). My questions are not about the Type Certificate Data Sheet (TCDS). Typically, the TCDS refers to the TC.
>
> I have never seen a TC.
>
> Here are my questions:
>
> 1. What does a TC look like?
> 2. Are copies of the TC available to the public?
> 3. Is it referenced by the same identifier as the TCDS?
>
> I have the same questions about the EASA TC.
>
> Looking forward to enlightenment. Thanks.

There is an FAA Website that has them. Here's an example for Duo Discus. Not all gliders have a Type Certificate in the US (as I'm sure you already know).

http://rgl.faa.gov/Regulatory_and_Guidance_Library/rgMakeModel.nsf/0/c65e39afff1d1d778625743b005c49ee/$FILE/G85EU.pdf

[John Carlyle]

In the US it appears that you are looking for a Form 8110-9, if the following link is accurate: http://www.astech-engineering.com/systems/avionics/aircraft/faatcprocess.html I did a quick search and found the blank form, but it wasn't very helpful and I couldn't find a filled in form 8110-9.

-John, Q3


On Friday, December 19, 2014 1:11:23 PM UTC-5, Pat Russell wrote:
> I have some questions about the FAA Type Certificate (TC). My questions are not about the Type Certificate Data Sheet (TCDS). Typically, the TCDS refers to the TC.
>
> I have never seen a TC.
>
> Here are my questions:
>
> 1. What does a TC look like?
> 2. Are copies of the TC available to the public?
> 3. Is it referenced by the same identifier as the TCDS?
>
> I have the same questions about the EASA TC.
>
> Looking forward to enlightenment. Thanks.

[Papa3[_2_]]

On Friday, December 19, 2014 1:39:32 PM UTC-5, Papa3 wrote:
> On Friday, December 19, 2014 1:11:23 PM UTC-5, Pat Russell wrote:
> > I have some questions about the FAA Type Certificate (TC). My questions are not about the Type Certificate Data Sheet (TCDS). Typically, the TCDS refers to the TC.
> >
> > I have never seen a TC.
> >
> > Here are my questions:
> >
> > 1. What does a TC look like?
> > 2. Are copies of the TC available to the public?
> > 3. Is it referenced by the same identifier as the TCDS?
> >
> > I have the same questions about the EASA TC.
> >
> > Looking forward to enlightenment. Thanks.
>
> There is an FAA Website that has them. Here's an example for Duo Discus. Not all gliders have a Type Certificate in the US (as I'm sure you already know).
>
> http://rgl.faa.gov/Regulatory_and_Guidance_Library/rgMakeModel.nsf/0/c65e39afff1d1d778625743b005c49ee/$FILE/G85EU.pdf

Whoops - this is the main search page where you would start:

http://rgl.faa.gov/Regulatory_and_Guidance_Library/rgMakeModel.nsf/Frameset?OpenPage

[Dan Daly[_2_]]

On Friday, December 19, 2014 1:11:23 PM UTC-5, Pat Russell wrote:
> I have some questions about the FAA Type Certificate (TC). My questions are not about the Type Certificate Data Sheet (TCDS). Typically, the TCDS refers to the TC.
>
> I have never seen a TC.
>
> Here are my questions:
>
> 1. What does a TC look like?
> 2. Are copies of the TC available to the public?
> 3. Is it referenced by the same identifier as the TCDS?
>
> I have the same questions about the EASA TC.
>
> Looking forward to enlightenment. Thanks.

EASA sample here. http://www.windpath.ca/index.php?option=com_content&view=category&layout=blog&id=4&Itemid=4 for the Perkoz.

Simple certificate with a signature from your FAA equivalent.

[Pat Russell[_2_]]

Thanks, Dan. That's the Canadian equivalent of what I am looking for, and I suspect that the FAA version looks similar. I wonder why they can't be found? Perhaps there's only one copy in a vault in the basement in Oklahoma City.

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On Friday, December 26, 2014 9:07:16 AM UTC-5, Pat Russell wrote:
> Thanks, Dan. That's the Canadian equivalent of what I am looking for, and I suspect that the FAA version looks similar. I wonder why they can't be found? Perhaps there's only one copy in a vault in the basement in Oklahoma City.

I'm curious as to why you are looking for this.
UH

[Pat Russell[_2_]]

No particular reason. The mind tends to wander this time of year.