Regulations last checked for updates: Nov 23, 2024

Title 14 - Aeronautics and Space last revised: Nov 21, 2024
§ 39.5 - When does FAA issue airworthiness directives?

FAA issues an airworthiness directive addressing a product when we find that:

(a) An unsafe condition exists in the product; and

(b) The condition is likely to exist or develop in other products of the same type design.

authority: 49 U.S.C. 106(g), 40113, 44701
source: Docket No. FAA-2000-8460, 67 FR 48003, July 22, 2002, unless otherwise noted.
cite as: 14 CFR 39.5