{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2014-1321/annex-III/division-66.1/section-A/division-subpart+a/division-66.a.5",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2014-1321/annex-III/division-66.1/section-A/division-subpart+a/division-66.a.5.json",
  "legislation": "eur/2014/1321",
  "legislation_title": "Commission Regulation (EU) No 1321/2014 of 26 November 2014 on the continuing airworthiness of aircraft and aeronautical products, parts and appliances, and on the approval of organisations and personnel involved in these tasks (Recast) (Text with EEA relevance)",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2014-1321",
  "path": "annex/III/division/66.1/section/A/division/subpart+a/division/66.a.5",
  "kind": "division",
  "number": "66.A.5",
  "heading": "Aircraft groups",
  "text": "For the purpose of ratings on aircraft maintenance licences, aircraft shall be classified into the following groups:\n(1) Group 1: complex motor-powered aircraft, helicopters with multiple engines, aeroplanes with maximum certified operating altitude exceeding FL290, aircraft equipped with fly-by-wire systems, gas airships other than ELA2 and other aircraft requiring an aircraft type rating when defined as such by the CAA.\nThe CAA may decide to classify into Group 2, Group 3 or Group 4, as appropriate, an aircraft which meets the conditions set out in the first subparagraph, if it considers that the lower complexity of the particular aircraft justifies so.\n(2) Group 2: aircraft other than those in Group 1 belonging to the following subgroups:\n(i) subgroup 2a:\nsingle turboprop engine aeroplanes,\nthose turbojet and multiple-turboprop aeroplanes classified by the CAA in this subgroup because of their lower complexity.\n(ii) subgroup 2b:\nsingle turbine engine helicopters,\nthose multiple turbine engine helicopters classified by the CAA in this subgroup because of their lower complexity.\n(iii) subgroup 2c:\nsingle piston engine helicopters,\nthose multiple piston engine helicopters classified by the CAA in this subgroup because of their lower complexity.\n(3) Group 3: piston engine aeroplanes other than those in Group 1.\n(4) Group 4: sailplanes, powered sailplanes, balloons and airships, other than those in Group 1.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Substituted by Commission Regulation (EU) 2018/1142 of 14 August 2018 amending Regulation (EU) No 1321/2014 as regards the introduction of certain categories of aircraft maintenance licences, the modification of the acceptance procedure of components from external suppliers and the modification of the maintenance training organisations' privileges (Text with EEA relevance)."
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Word in Annex 3 point 66.A.5 substituted (31.12.2020) by The Aviation Safety (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/645), regs. 1, 270(2) (with Sch. 3) (as amended by S.I. 2019/1098, regs. 1(3), 12); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eur/2014/1321/annex/III/division/66.1/section/A/division/subpart+a/division/66.a.5",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-11-01T14:47:03.190425+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}