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FAA AC 23-20 : 2003

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ACCEPTANCE GUIDANCE ON MATERIAL PROCUREMENT AND PROCESS SPECIFICATIONS FOR POLYMER MATRIX COMPOSITE SYSTEMS

Published date

12-01-2013

1 PURPOSE
2 RELATED REGULATIONS AND GUIDANCE DOCUMENTS
  a Regulations
  b Advisory Circulars
  c Policy Statements
3 SUPPORTING REFERENCES
  a DOT/FAA Technical Reports
  b Industry Standards
4 BACKGROUND
  a Scope
  b Historical Perspectives
  c Shared Databases
  d Material Qualification & Equivalency (MQ&E)
  e Material Control
  f Importance to Structural Substantiation
5 MATERIAL SPECIFICATION
  a Overview
  b Material Requirements
  c Material Characterization
  d Changes to Qualified Materials
  e Quality Assurance
  f Material Test Methods
  g Test Panel Fabrication
  h Packaging and Shipping Requirements
  i Use of a Distributor in the Supply Chain
6 PROCESS SPECIFICATION
  a Overview
  b Fabrication Requirements
  c Quality Assurance
7 SUMMARY
8 FUTURE STANDARDIZATION

Gives information and guidance concerning an acceptable means, but not the only means, of compliance with Title 14 of the Code of Federal Regulations (14 CFR) part 23. It is applicable to the material and process specifications, or other documents, used to ensure sufficient control of composite prepreg materials in normal, utility, acrobatic, and commuter category airplanes.

DocumentType
Standard
PublisherName
Federal Aviation Administration
Status
Current

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