---
kind: "section"
citation: "49 U.S.C. § 44105"
title: "49"
title_heading: "Transportation"
number: "44105"
heading: "Suspension and revocation of aircraft certificates"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/49/44105"
units:
  - "Subtitle VII — Aviation Programs"
  - "Part A — Air Commerce and Safety"
  - "Subpart iii — safety"
  - "Chapter 441 — Registration and Recordation of Aircraft"
---

# §44105. Suspension and revocation of aircraft certificates


The Administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration may suspend or revoke a certificate of registration issued under [section 44103 of this title](/usc/49/44103.md) when the [aircraft](/usc/49/40102.md?p=a-6) no longer meets the requirements of [section 44102 of this title](/usc/49/44102.md).


## Source credit

(Pub. L. 103–272, § 1(e), July 5, 1994, 108 Stat. 1163.)

## Notes

| Historical and Revision Notes |  |  |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Revised<br>Section | Source (U.S. Code) | Source (Statutes at Large) |
| 44105 | 49 App.:1401(e)(1). | Aug. 23, 1958, Pub. L. 85–726, § 501(e)(1), 72 Stat. 772; Oct. 19, 1984, Pub. L. 98–499, § 4(a), 98 Stat. 2314. |
|  | 49 App.:1655(c)(1). | Oct. 15, 1966, Pub. L. 89–670, § 6(c)(1), 80 Stat. 938; Jan. 12, 1983, Pub. L. 97–449, § 7(b), 96 Stat. 2444. |

The words “when the aircraft no longer meets” are substituted for “for any cause which renders the aircraft ineligible” for consistency.