Registration: Exchange Certificate

Applicants holding a current FAA Form 1362A, Certificate of Airworthiness, or FAA Form 1362B, Certificate of Airworthiness, may exchange these certificates for a Standard Airworthiness Certificate, FAA Form 8100-2, or a Special Airworthiness Certificate, FAA Form 8130-7. You initiate this process by clicking the Exchange Certificate link under Create Application on the My AWC page. The Aircraft Registration page for an Exchange Certificate displays.

Once an application has been started, to access this page from the My AWC landing page, select the Exchange Certificates link under My Applications. The Exchange Certificates list at the bottom of the screen displays your current exchange applications. Select the appropriate application by clicking on the Application Number hyperlink. The Aircraft Registration page displays.

At the top of the FAA header, Help, User Guide, and References links are displayed in the right corner along with a Signout link. The Help link opens page-specific help for the current page. The User Guide link opens the Airworthiness Certification Applicant User Guide, which is the secondary resource for Airworthiness Certification Applicant Portal application user procedures and reference information. The References link opens a page allowing you to access FAA reference data relevant to airworthiness certification. The Signout link logs you out of the application and takes you to the System Use Notice. At the bottom of the FAA header, your name displays right justified along with a Person icon (); clicking the icon displays a pop-up screen with a list of the roles assigned to you.

The title bar showing the application name, "Airworthiness Certification (AWC) - Applicant Portal," displays at the top of the page below the standard FAA page header. The Airworthiness Certification application navigation top-level menu displays just below the title bar and contains the links that provide access to the Airworthiness Certification commands, or functions: My AWC, Search, Reports and My Profile.

Complete Aircraft Registration for an Exchange Certificate

To complete the Aircraft Registration page for an Exchange certificate, follow the steps below:

  1. In the Registration Mark text box, enter at least the first character of the aircraft registration number. The system displays a list of registration numbers starting with the character(s) entered. Select the appropriate registration number from the list. Once you select a registration number, the relevant Aircraft Registration fields are populated with FAA Aircraft Registry data. An edit icon () appears next to each field that may be edited.
  2. To modify the aircraft make, if necessary, click the edit icon next to the Aircraft Make field to render the information editable, then enter at least the first two characters of the aircraft make. Select the appropriate make from the list displayed.
  3. To modify the aircraft model, if necessary, click the edit icon next to the Aircraft Model field to render the information editable, then enter at least the first character of the aircraft model. Select the appropriate model from the list displayed.

  4. To modify the aircraft serial number, if necessary, click the edit icon next to the Aircraft Serial Number field to render the information editable, then enter the aircraft serial number. Note: For reserved (or temporary) registration marks, the aircraft serial number is editable; otherwise, the field is read-only and cannot be modified.

  5. Enter the reason for the request for an exchange certificate in the Reason for Exchange text box.
  6. Click Save to save your entries and remain on the page, or click Save & Next to save your entries and move to the next page in the application process. A confirmation message is displayed.

Once you save the data on this page, an application data block displays the following information below the top-level menu. The Application Type field displays "Exchange Certificate" and the Status/State field displays "Open."

Application Type N-Number Owner
Make & Model Status/State Application #
Certification Type Application Date Created By
Created Date Last Updated By Last Updated

Below the application data block, a tabbed menu appears with links to the various pages in the application process. The tabs are color coded indicating whether the pages under that tab are complete (green), in progress (yellow) or not yet started (red). Pages with required fields are marked with icons indicating completed (), in progress (), or not yet started (). If all the required data is complete, a green check mark () appears next to Aircraft Registration in the third-tier menu indicating that this section is complete.

Click the links below to get online help for each subsequent stage in the Exchange Certificate application process.