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 PUBLIC LAW 103-298—AUG. 17, 1994 108 STAT. 1553 istration, or concealed or withheld from the Federal Aviation Administration, required information that is material and relevant to the performance or the maintenance or operation of such aircraft, or the component, system, subassembly, or other part, that is causally related to the harm which the clsdmant allegedly suffered; (2) if the person for whose injury or death the claim is being made is a passenger for purposes of receiving treatment for a medical or other emergency; (3) if the person for whose injury or death the claim is being made was not aboard the aircraft at the time of the accident; or (4) to an action brought under a written warranty enforceable under law but for the operation of this Act. (c) GENERAL AVIATION AIRCRAFT DEFINED.— For the purposes of this Act, the term "general aviation aircraft" means any aircraft for which a type certificate or an airworthiness certificate has been issued by the Administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration, which, at the time such certificate was originally issued, had a maximum seating capacity of fewer than 20 passengers, and which was not, at the time of the accident, engaged in scheduled passenger-carrying operations as defined under regulations in effect under the Federal Aviation Act of 1958 (49 U.S.C. App. 1301 et seq.) at the time of the accident. (d) RELATIONSHIP TO OTHER LAWS. —T his section supersedes any State law to the extent that such law permits a civil action described in subsection (a) to be brought after the applicable limitation period for such civil action established by subsection (a). SEC. 3. OTHER DEFINITIONS. 49 USC 40101 For purposes of this Act— (1) the term "aircraft" has the meaning given such term in section 101(5) of the Federal Aviation Act of 1958 (49 U.S.C. 1301(5)); (2) the term "airworthiness certificate" means an airworthiness certificate issued under section 603(c) of the Federal Aviation Act of 1958 (49 U.S.C. 1423(c)) or under any predecessor Federal statute; (3) the term "limitation period" means 18 years with respect to general aviation aircraft and the components, systems, subassemblies, and other parts of such aircraft; and (4) the term "type certificate" means a type certificate issued under section 603(a) of the Federal Aviation Act of 1958 (49 U.S.C. 1423(a)) or under any predecessor Federal statute.

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