New Guidance on Completing 8130-3

The FAA has new instructions on how to complete 8130-3 tags.

FAA Order 8130.21J is the new guidance on how a manufacturer or an FAA designee completes the FAA Form 8130-3. It becomes effective on November 24, 2025. This order includes instructions for a designee who issues the form for parts at a distributor’s facility:

When issued at a distributor, a 14 CFR part 121 or 14 CFR part 135 certificate holder, or a 14 CFR part 145 certificated repair station, enter the following statement: “The product or article shipped under this approval was produced by [insert PAH’s name and CM project number].”

The order also includes instructions for splitting bulk shipments:

8.f.(2) Splitting a bulk shipment. Any person may split a bulk shipment that the person owns or controls. When splitting bulk shipments, PAHs, PAH associate facilities, distributors, PAH-approved suppliers having direct shipment authorizations shall have procedures in place to control products or articles. Previously shipped bulk shipments of new products or articles may be split as many times as the original quantity listed in block 9 permits. Products or articles received without an FAA Form 8130-3 must not be mixed with those received with FAA Form 8130-3. To split a bulk shipment associated with a form, copy the form and either:

(a) Indicate on each copy of the form (front or back side) the number of aircraft engines, propellers, or articles being shipped, tracking number for the portion being shipped, and the name, physical address, date, and contact information of the person splitting the shipment, or;

(b) Make a statement on a separate document accompanying each copy that includes: the tracking number of the original form, tracking number for the portion being shipped (tracking number assigned to the new statement by the person responsible for splitting the bulk shipment), number of aircraft engines, propellers, or articles being shipped (under this new statement), and the name, physical address, date, and contact information of the person splitting the shipment.

Note: Retain a copy of the form or the separate document used to split a bulk shipment
according to paragraph 8.d. This note only applies to paragraph 8.f.(2)

FAA Advisory Circular 43-9D is the new guidance on how a repair station or other maintenance provider completes the FAA Form 8130-3 as an approval for return to service and maintenance release. Rebuilds performed under 14 C.F.R. 43.3(j) and approved under 14 C.F.R. 43.7(d) ARE NOT part of this guidance (they are covered under Order 8120.18A).

Resources

• FAA Order 8130.21J
• FAA Advisory Circular 43-9D