14 CFR § 89.405 - Submission of a means of compliance for FAA acceptance.
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identifier: "/us/cfr/t14/s89.405"
source: "ecfr"
legal_status: "authoritative_unofficial"
title: "14 CFR § 89.405 - Submission of a means of compliance for FAA acceptance."
title_number: 14
title_name: "Aeronautics and Space"
section_number: "89.405"
section_name: "Submission of a means of compliance for FAA acceptance."
chapter_name: "FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINISTRATION, DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION"
subchapter_number: "F"
subchapter_name: "AIR TRAFFIC AND GENERAL OPERATING RULES"
part_number: "89"
part_name: "REMOTE IDENTIFICATION OF UNMANNED AIRCRAFT"
positive_law: false
currency: "2026-04-05"
last_updated: "2026-04-05"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
authority: "49 U.S.C. 106(f), 40101(d), 40103(b), 44701, 44805, 44809(f); Section 2202 of Pub. L. 114-190, 130 Stat. 629."
regulatory_source: "Amdt. 89-1, 86 FR 4505, Jan. 15, 2021, unless otherwise noted."
cfr_part: "89"
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# 89.405 Submission of a means of compliance for FAA acceptance.
(a) *Eligibility.* Any person may submit a means of compliance for acceptance by the FAA.
(b) *Required information.* A person requesting acceptance of a means of compliance must submit the following information to the FAA in a form and manner acceptable to the Administrator:
(1) The name of the person or entity submitting the means of compliance, the name of the main point of contact for communications with the FAA, the physical address, email address, and other contact information.
(2) A detailed description of the means of compliance.
(3) An explanation of how the means of compliance addresses all of the minimum performance requirements established in subpart D of this part so that any standard remote identification unmanned aircraft or remote identification broadcast module designed and produced in accordance with such means of compliance meets the remote identification requirements of this part.
(4) Any substantiating material the person wishes the FAA to consider as part of the request.
(c) *Testing and validation.* A means of compliance submitted for acceptance by the FAA must include testing and validation procedures for persons responsible for the production of standard remote identification unmanned aircraft or remote identification broadcast modules to demonstrate through analysis, ground test, or flight test, as appropriate, how the standard remote identification unmanned aircraft or the remote identification broadcast module performs its intended functions and meets the requirements in subpart D of this part, including any applicable FAA performance requirements for radio station operation.