21L.A.206 Demonstration of compliance

(a)     The applicant for the approval of a major repair design shall demonstrate compliance with the applicable type-certification basis and applicable environmental protection requirements as established and notified to the applicant by the Agency in accordance with point 21L.B.201 and shall provide the Agency with the means by which such compliance has been demonstrated.

(b)     The applicant for the approval of a major repair design shall provide the Agency with a recorded justification of the means of compliance within compliance documents according to the compliance demonstration plan.

(c)      When carrying out testing and inspections to demonstrate compliance in accordance with point (a), the applicant shall have verified and documented this verification prior to carrying out any test:

1.       for the test specimen, that:

(i)      the materials and processes adequately conform to the specifications for the proposed type design;

(ii)     the constituent parts of the products adequately conform to the drawings in the proposed type design;

(iii)     the manufacturing processes, construction and assembly adequately conform to those specified in the proposed type design; and

2.       that the test and measuring equipment used for the test were adequate for the test and appropriately calibrated.

(d)     The flight testing for the purpose of obtaining an approval of a major repair design shall be conducted in accordance with methods for such flight testing specified by the Agency. The applicant shall make all the flight tests necessary to determine compliance with the applicable type‑certification basis and the applicable environmental protection requirements.

(e)     An applicant for the approval of a major repair design shall allow the Agency to:

1.       review any data and information related to the demonstration of compliance;

2.       witness or carry out any test or inspection conducted for the purpose of the demonstration of compliance; and

3.       if it is considered necessary, conduct a physical inspection of the repaired product to verify the compliance of the design with the type-certification basis and the applicable environmental protection requirements.

(f)      Upon completion of the compliance demonstration, the applicant shall declare to the Agency that:

1.       they have demonstrated compliance with the type-certification basis and the applicable environmental protection requirements as established and notified to the applicant by the Agency in accordance with points 21L.B.201, according to the compliance demonstration plan; and

2.       no feature or characteristic has been identified that may make the product with the repair design unsafe or environmentally incompatible for the uses for which certification is requested.