14 CFR § 21.39 - Flight test instrument calibration and correction report.
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identifier: "/us/cfr/t14/s21.39"
source: "ecfr"
legal_status: "authoritative_unofficial"
title: "14 CFR § 21.39 - Flight test instrument calibration and correction report."
title_number: 14
title_name: "Aeronautics and Space"
section_number: "21.39"
section_name: "Flight test instrument calibration and correction report."
chapter_name: "FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINISTRATION, DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION"
subchapter_number: "C"
subchapter_name: "AIRCRAFT"
part_number: "21"
part_name: "CERTIFICATION PROCEDURES FOR PRODUCTS AND ARTICLES"
positive_law: false
currency: "2026-04-05"
last_updated: "2026-04-05"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
authority: "42 U.S.C. 7572; 49 U.S.C. 106(f), 40105, 40113, 44701-44702, 44704, 44707, 44709, 44711, 44713, 44715, 45303."
cfr_part: "21"
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# 21.39 Flight test instrument calibration and correction report.
(a) Each applicant for a normal, utility, acrobatic, commuter, or transport category aircraft type certificate must submit a report to the FAA showing the computations and tests required in connection with the calibration of instruments used for test purposes and in the correction of test results to standard atmospheric conditions.
(b) Each applicant must allow the FAA to conduct any flight tests that he finds necessary to check the accuracy of the report submitted under paragraph (a) of this section.
[Doc. No. 5085, 29 FR 14564, Oct. 24, 1964, as amended by Amdt. 21-59, 52 FR 1835, Jan. 15, 1987]