How do I find Tcds?

How do I find Tcds?

Please go to the FAA Type Certificate Data Sheet (TCDS) search page. Image 1. FAA TCDS search page. Once on the FAA TCDS page, you can search for your aircraft TCDS on the left side.

What is the Tcds number for your aircraft?

A TCDS is an FAA document that records the type certification data of a product (such as control surface movement limits, operating limitations, placards, and weight and balance) that may also be available in the flight manual or maintenance manual in accordance with FAA Order 8110.4.

What is an aviation STC?

A supplemental type certificate ( STC ) is a type certificate ( TC ) issued when an applicant has received FAA approval to modify an aeronautical product from its original design.

What is a type certificate for an aircraft?

Type certification is the approval of the design of the aircraft and all component parts (including propellers, engines, control stations, etc.). It signifies the design is in compliance with applicable airworthiness, noise, fuel venting, and exhaust emissions standards.

What does Tcds mean?

TCDS

Acronym Definition
TCDS Type Certificate Data Sheet (FAA)
TCDS Texas Center for Disability Studies (University of Texas at Austin)
TCDS Telemetry Channel Decoding System
TCDS Tri-County Dental Society

How do aircraft get STC?

STC process – major steps, as required

  1. Applicant applies for STC.
  2. Familiarization and preliminary type certification board ( TCB ) meetings.
  3. FAA develops certification program plan.
  4. Establishment of certification basis by FAA.
  5. Applicant submits data for approval.
  6. FAA design evaluation.

What is the difference between a TSO and STC?

By definition, an STC is something that affects the type certificate of the aircraft. Keep in mind, lights that are STC’d for a Boeing 737, aren’t normally STC’d for a Cessna 172. A TSO, on the other hand, is a minimum performance standard for specified materials, parts, and appliances used on civil aircraft.

What is the purpose of a type certificate?

A type certificate (TC) is issued to signify the airworthiness of the approved design or “type” of an aircraft to be manufactured. The TC is issued by a regulatory authority, and once issued, the design cannot be changed unless at least part of the process for certification is repeated to cover the changes.

What is the meaning of type certificate?

1 The Type Certificate. The type certificate (TC) is a document by which the authority states that an applicant has demonstrated the compliance of a type design to all applicable requirements.