---
kind: "section"
citation: "14 C.F.R. § 22.185"
title: "14"
number: "22.185"
heading: "Quality assurance system."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/14/22.185"
---

# §22.185. Quality assurance system.


The aircraft must have been designed, produced, and tested under a documented quality assurance system to ensure each product and article conforms to its design and is in a condition for safe operation.


## Notes

### Authority

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

### Source

Source: Amdt. No. 22-1, 90 FR 35208, July 24, 2025, unless otherwise noted.