---
kind: "section"
citation: "14 C.F.R. § 21.138"
title: "14"
number: "21.138"
heading: "Quality manual."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/14/21.138"
---

# §21.138. Quality manual.


Each applicant for or holder of a production certificate must provide a manual describing its quality system to the FAA for approval. The manual must be in the English language and retrievable in a form acceptable to the FAA.


## Notes

### Source

Source: Docket No. FAA-2006-25877, Amdt. 21-92, 74 FR 53387, Oct. 16, 2009, unless otherwise noted.

### Authority

Authority: 42 U.S.C. 7572; 49 U.S.C. 106(f), 40105, 40113, 44701-44702, 44704, 44707, 44709, 44711, 44713, 44715, 45303.