smjmitchell wrote:
From the FAA's standpoint is a type certificate issued per
application, or per device? Does a type certificate care who filed it
from a regulatory standpoint? (Not being flip, just trying to
understand how this works) By the sounds of it their are quality
control requirements that are also part of the TC. Obviously those
would have to be met independently.


There are no QA requirements associated with the TC ... that is what a
production certificate is for.

There are ADDITIONAL QA requirements on the production certificate (which
you can only get if you are the Type Certificate (or STC) holder or one
of their licensees). However, while the Production Certificate covers the
actual manufacturer, the issuing of the Airworthiness certificate (or the
approval for installation) remains with the TC holder. Therefore, the TC
holder retains responsibility for airworthiness issues.