---
kind: "section"
citation: "14 C.F.R. § 39.7"
title: "14"
number: "39.7"
heading: "What is the legal effect of failing to comply with an airworthiness directive?"
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/14/39.7"
---

# §39.7. What is the legal effect of failing to comply with an airworthiness directive?


Anyone who operates a product that does not meet the requirements of an applicable airworthiness directive is in violation of this section.


## 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.