Faa Form 8120-10 - Requesting Conformity Inspections printable pdf download

Requesting Conformity Inspections

Using FAA Form 8120-10, “Request for Conformity (RFC)”

Inspections are routinely conducted to verify

conformity of parts, installations, test setups, test

equipment calibrations, etc.

Conformity inspections are done for both

prototype and production activities

Prototype inspections are initiated by the FAA

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engineering project office. FAA engineers and

DERs may be involved in prototype

conformities.

Production conformity inspections are the

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responsibility of, and initiated by, the local

manufacturing inspection office. DERs are not

involved in this process

A prototype conformity inspection is performed as

part of the certification process. The request is

sent from the engineering project office to the

local manufacturing inspection office. The engineering project office may request a DER to initiate this

request on their behalf. The request for conformity includes any instructions that are critical to

performing the inspection, naming designees who may be involved in the inspection process, and

identifies the role they will play. DERs may be authorized to disposition non-conforming items that were

found during the inspection. They may reapprove drawings to correct the non-conformity. When

authorized by the project office, the DER completes a FAA Form 8120-10, Request for Conformity (RFC).

The completed RFC is sent to the manufacturing inspection office to request the inspection, which may

be performed by a manufacturing or airworthiness inspector or by one of their designees, a DMIR or

DAR-F.

DER Actions on FAA Form 8120-10 (RFC)

Instructions for completing the RFC are found as a separate instruction sheet attached to the printed

version of the form, or as the first two pages of the electronic version of the form and will not be

repeated in this documentation. An electronic version of the form can be found at:

DERs initiating FAA Form 8120-10, or RFC, on behalf of the project office record their name and DER

identification number in the Remarks section on the front of the form. This section is used to specify

any designees that will be used during the conformity inspection. It is also used for other instructions

pertinent to the inspection. The fillable form on the FAA web site has limited space for remarks on the

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Faa Form 8120-10 - Requesting Conformity Inspections