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title: "26.302 Fatigue and damage tolerance evaluation — ADDITIONAL AIRWORTHINESS SPECIFICATIONS FOR OPERATIONS, Part-26 · Avioverse"
description: "A holder of a TC or a restricted TC, for a large aeroplane certified to carry 30 passengers or more, or with a payload capacity of 3 402 kg (7 500 lb) or…"
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# 26.302 Fatigue and damage tolerance evaluation

ADDITIONAL AIRWORTHINESS SPECIFICATIONS FOR OPERATIONS · Regulation (EU) 2015/640 · EAR revision 20 Mar 2026

IR Implementing rule

## 26.302 Fatigue and damage tolerance evaluation

(a) A holder of a TC or a restricted TC, for a [large aeroplane](https://avioverse.aero/glossary/easa/large-aeroplane) certified to carry 30 passengers or more, or with a payload capacity of 3 402 kg (7 500 lb) or more, certified on or after 1 January 1958, for which the application for a TC was submitted before 1 January 2019, shall carry out a fatigue and [damage tolerance evaluation](https://avioverse.aero/glossary/easa/damage-tolerance-evaluation) of the aeroplane structure and develop the DTI that will prevent catastrophic failures due to fatigue throughout the operational life of the aeroplane.

(b) Unless the documentation describing the DTI referred to in paragraph (a) have already been approved by the Agency in accordance with Annex I (Part 21) to Regulation (EU) No 748/2012, the holder of a TC or a restricted TC shall submit that documentation to the Agency before 26 February 2023 for approval.

IR · 26.302 — Regulation (EU) 2015/640 · Regulation (EU) 2024/2954 · Part-26 Easy Access Rules · EAR revision 20 Mar 2026

[All rules in SUBPART B — AEROPLANES](https://avioverse.aero/regulations/easa/additional-airworthiness/additional-airworthiness-specifications-for/subpart-b)

Consolidated from the EASA Easy Access Rules (revision 20 Mar 2026, extracted 13 Oct 2026) for convenience. Not the official publication — verify against the Official Journal of the European Union and the EASA publications before operational use.