AIRCRAFT ENGINEERING AND CONSULTING SERVICES
CONTRACT DESIGN ENGINEERING
MANUFACTURING ASSISTANCE
DAR SERVICES

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DESIGNATED AIRWORTHINESS REPRESENTATIVE
MANUFACTURING (DAR-F)

  

A Manufacturing DAR is an FAA designee authorized to perform certain tasks on behalf of the FAA and report back to the FAA through their local MIDO.   Their functions fall into the following general categories:

The FAA rarely conducts conformity inspections or issues experimental airworthiness certificates as they once did.   Instead, designees have largely taken over these functions.   This makes DARs an essential part of any certification project.

The authority to appoint DARs comes from 14 CFR §183, Representatives of the Administrator.   §183.33 is the section that deals specifically with DARs.   A DAR-F may be authorized to perform one or more of the following codes and functions:

08 Issue original standard airworthiness certificates for U.S.-registered aircraft and original airworthiness approvals for engines, propellers, parts, and appliances that conform to the approved design requirements and are in a condition for safe operation.
NOTE 1:  Under this function code, the issuance of airworthiness approvals (Form 8130-3) are for domestic shipments only in accordance with FAA Order 8130.21, Procedures for Completion and Use of FAA Form 8130-3, Airworthiness Approval Tag.

NOTE 2:  This includes very light aircraft (VLA), aircraft built from spare and surplus parts, and surplus military aircraft.   This does not include aircraft built in countries in which the United States does not have a BAA or BASA.
09 Issue special airworthiness certificates, in the experimental category, for the purpose of showing compliance with 14 CFR chapter I, for U.S.-registered aircraft which have undergone changes to the type design and require flight test prior to the issuance/reissuance of an airworthiness certificate.
10 Issue original/recurrent special airworthiness certificates for primary category aircraft.
11 Issue original/recurrent special airworthiness certificates, in the experimental category, for the purposes of performing market survey, research and development, and crew training on U.S.-registered aircraft.
12 Issue original/recurrent special airworthiness certificates, in the experimental category, for the purpose of air racing and operating exhibition U.S.-registered aircraft located in the United States.
13 Issue original special airworthiness certificates for U.S.-registered restricted category aircraft, including aircraft built from spare and surplus parts or surplus military aircraft.
NOTE:  Spare and surplus apply only to §§ 21.21 and 21.27 type-certificated aircraft.
14 Issue original class I provisional airworthiness certificates.
15 Issue original/recurrent special airworthiness certificates for limited category.
16 Issue special flight permits for U.S.-registered aircraft for the purposes outlined in 14 CFR part 21, §21.197(a)(1), (2), (3), (4), (5), and (b).
17 Issue replacement for a lost, stolen, or mutilated standard or special airworthiness certificate if the proper documentation can be obtained from the applicant.
NOTE:  This includes the replacement of certificates when the aircraft registration number changes.
18 Issue original export airworthiness approval for class I products in accordance with the provisions of 14 CFR part 21, subpart L.
19 Issue original export airworthiness approval for class II products manufactured and located in the United States in accordance with 14 CFR part 21, subpart L.
20 Issue original export airworthiness approval for class III products that are manufactured and located in the United States in accordance with 14 CFR part 21, subpart L.   When this function is delegated to an individual DAR, its application is limited to exporting of class III products only when employed by an applicant who is the PAH of the product being exported.
21 Make conformity determinations on aircraft, engines, propellers, and parts thereof to be used for design evaluation programs, for example, TC and supplemental type certification (STC) programs, and complete all necessary reports.
21 Issue conformity certifications on behalf of the Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) for components manufactured by U.S. suppliers for non-U.S. product manufacturers.   Determinations of conformity to the design, test, and quality requirements may be accomplished by a DAR only after the FAA has received notification from the CAA of the country in which the product is located.


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