This advisory circular (AC) provides guidance for powerplant fire testing and
recognizes the Society of Automotive Engineers (SAE) Aerospace Standard (AS) 6826,
Powerplant Fire Test Standards, as an acceptable Means of Compliance (MoC) for
demonstrating compliance to the applicable regulations specified in Appendix A.

This order describes how to complete Federal Aviation
Administration (FAA) Form 8130-3, Authorized Release Certificate, FAA Form 8130-3,
Airworthiness Approval Tag, for aircraft engines, propellers, and articles produced under title 14,
Code of Federal Regulations (14 CFR) part 21, Certification Procedures for Products and
Articles. It describes the use of the form as evidence of a conformity inspection for prototype
aircraft engines, propellers, or articles in Type Certification, Supplemental Type Certification, or
PMA programs; as an airworthiness approval for an aircraft engine, propeller, or article
manufactured under an FAA production approval to find compliance with §§ 21.146, 21.316,
and 21.616; as an export airworthiness approval under § 21.325(b); and as an authorized release
document (ARD) under § 21.137(o).

This order provides guidance and assigns responsibility for aircraft certification service (AIR)
personnel to provide oversight of a design and production approval holder with a safety
management system (SMS) that is required under Title 14, Code of Federal Regulations
(14 CFR) Part 5 or accepted by the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) under the voluntary
SMS program. This order also instructs AIR personnel on how to provide safety management
guidance to an approval holder that is not required to meet Part 5 and has not entered the
voluntary SMS program.

This order describes how the Aviation Safety Organization (AVS) staff use the Monitor
Safety/Analyze Data (MSAD) process within the Aircraft Certification Service (AIR) Safety
Management System (SMS) to help identify safety issues and manage risk in aviation products
throughout their life cycle.

This change incorporates requirements from the Aircraft Certification, Safety, and
Accountability Act (ACSAA) of 2020, as well as recommended changes from the National
Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine (NASEM).

This change, advisory circular (AC) 25-7D Change 1, incorporates updates and adds or
revises guidance for stall in-ground-effect and for tailwind and crosswind capability.