{"data":{"id":"us/14-cfr-39.5","jurisdiction":"us","citation":"14 CFR 39.5","heading":"When does FAA issue airworthiness directives?","body":"FAA issues an airworthiness directive addressing a product when we find that:\n(a) An unsafe condition exists in the product; and\n(b) The condition is likely to exist or develop in other products of the same type design.","path":["Title 14—Aeronautics and Space","CHAPTER I—FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINISTRATION, DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION","SUBCHAPTER C—AIRCRAFT","PART 39—AIRWORTHINESS DIRECTIVES"],"source_url":"https://www.ecfr.gov/api/versioner/v1/full/2026-08-25/title-14.xml","current_through":"2026-08-25","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T02:24:20Z","sha256":"14dd34d7755e11ca1ebde74dde2a426991e914c63971841c8bd5ae90bdd50de1","source_id":"us-cfr","stale":true,"prev":"us/14-cfr-39.3","next":"us/14-cfr-39.7"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}