---
kind: "section"
citation: "14 C.F.R. § 39.5"
title: "14"
number: "39.5"
heading: "When does FAA issue airworthiness directives?"
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/14/39.5"
---

# §39.5. When does FAA issue airworthiness directives?


FAA issues an airworthiness directive addressing a product when we find that:

- (a) An unsafe condition exists in the product; and
- (b) **The condition is likely to exist or develop in other products of the same type design.**

## Notes

### Authority

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

### Source

Source: Docket No. FAA-2000-8460, 67 FR 48003, July 22, 2002, unless otherwise noted.