---
kind: "section"
citation: "14 C.F.R. § 26.49"
title: "14"
number: "26.49"
heading: "Compliance plan."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/14/26.49"
---

# §26.49. Compliance plan.

- (a) **Compliance plan.** Except for applicants for type certificates and supplemental type certificates whose applications are submitted after January 11, 2008, each person identified in §§ [26.43](/cfr/14/26.43.md), [26.45](/cfr/14/26.45.md), and [26.47](/cfr/14/26.47.md), must submit a compliance plan consisting of the following:
  - (1) A project schedule identifying all major milestones for meeting the compliance times specified in §§ [26.43(f)](/cfr/14/26.43.md?p=f), [26.45(e)](/cfr/14/26.45.md?p=e), and [26.47(e)](/cfr/14/26.47.md?p=e), as applicable.
  - (2) A proposed means of compliance with §§ [26.43](/cfr/14/26.43.md), [26.45](/cfr/14/26.45.md), and [26.47](/cfr/14/26.47.md), as applicable.
  - (3) A plan for submitting a draft of all compliance items required by this subpart for review by the responsible Aircraft Certification Service office not less than 60 days before the applicable compliance date.
- (b) **Compliance dates for compliance plans.** The following persons must submit the compliance plan described in [paragraph (a)](#a) of this section to the responsible Aircraft Certification Service office for approval on the following schedule:
  - (1) **For holders of type certificates, no later than 90 days after January 11, 2008.**
  - (2) **For holders of supplemental type certificates no later than 180 days after January 11, 2008.**
  - (3) For applicants for changes to type certificates whose application are submitted before January 11, 2008, no later than 180 days after January 11, 2008.
- (c) **Compliance Plan Implementation.** Each affected person must implement the compliance plan as approved in compliance with [paragraph (a)](#a) of this section.

## Notes

### Amendments

[Docket No. FAA-2005-21693, 72 FR 70505, Dec. 12, 2007, as amended by Doc. No. FAA-2018-0119, Amdt. 26-7, 83 FR 9170, Mar. 5, 2018]

### Source

Source: Docket No. FAA-2005-21693, 72 FR 70505, Dec. 12, 2007, unless otherwise noted.

### Authority

Authority: 49 U.S.C. 106(g), 40113, 44701, 44702 and 44704.

### Source

Source: Docket No. FAA-2004-18379, 72 FR 63409, Nov. 8, 2007, unless otherwise noted.

### Amendments

[Docket No. FAA-2005-21693, 72 FR 70505, Dec. 12, 2007, as amended by Doc. No. FAA-2018-0119, Amdt. 26-7, 83 FR 9170, Mar. 5, 2018]