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Title 14 - Aeronautics and Space last revised: Apr 18, 2026
§ 16.101 - Basis for the initiation of agency action.

The FAA may initiate its own investigation of any matter within the applicability of this part without having received a complaint. The investigation may include, without limitation, any of the actions described in § 16.29(b).

authority: 49 U.S.C. 106(g), 322, 1110, 1111, 1115, 1116, 1718(a) and (b), 1719, 1723, 1726, 1727, 40103(e), 40113, 40116, 44502(b), 46101, 46104, 46110, 47104, 47106(e), 47107, 47108, 47111(d), 47122, 47123-47125, 47133, 47151-47153, 48103
source: Docket No. 27783, 61 FR 54004, Oct. 16, 1996, unless otherwise noted.
cite as: 14 CFR 16.101