So what is DD Form 2400? The short answer: a Defense Department document, officially DD Form 2400, Civil Aircraft Certificate of Insurance, January 2008, used to Civil Aircraft Certificate of Insurance. Anything else you need follows from that.
Does it apply to your branch? Yes. The DD prefix means Department of Defense, not one service, so the same blank serves the Army, Navy, Air Force, Marine Corps, Space Force and the Coast Guard under Defense jurisdiction. There is no Army version and no Navy version to search for.
Where does the requirement come from? From not stated, with not stated responsible for the document itself. Those are the names to cite if anyone asks under what authority you filed.
How current is this? Edition not stated, publisher status not stated. That is the version described throughout this page.
What the form asks for
- 1. Today's date (4 digit year, 2 digit month, 2 digit day, no dividers).
- 3. Insured (user). a. Name.
- 3.b. Address (Street, City, State and ZIP Code).
- 2.b. Address (Street, City, State and ZIP Code).
- 2. Insurer. a. Name.
- 4. Aircraft Policy Data. a. Policy number(s).
- 4.b. Effective date (4 digit year, 2 digit month, 2 digit day).
- 4.c. Expiration date (4 digit year, 2 digit month, 2 digit day).
- 4.d. Geographical area or limit of policy coverage.
- 4.e. Aircraft registration number(s).
- 5. Aircraft Liability Coverage. a. Bodily injury. (1) Amount of insurance for each person (U.S. dollars).
- 5.c. Passenger. (1) Amount of insurance for each person.
- 5.a. (2) Amount of bodily injury insurance for each accident.
- 5.b.(2) Amount of property damage insurance for each accident.
- 5.c.(2) Amount of passenger insurance for each accident.
- 6. Single Limit (If the aircraft are insured with a single limit of liability, the amount of the single limit must be equal to or greater than the combined amount of bodily injury, property damage, and passenger liability specified in applicable military regulations listed in NOTE 1 on back) (Must be stated in U.S. Dollars.).
- 7. Excess Liability (If the aircraft are insured by a combination of primary and excess policies, the combined amounts of bodily injury, property damage, and passenger liability, respectively must be equal to or greater than those specified in applicable military regulations listed in NOTE 1 on reverse, NOTE: When this entry is completed, include primary policy numbers or amounts over which the excess applies. Show whether excess applies to bodily injury, property damage, or passenger liability) (Must be stated in U.S. Dollars).
- 9. Certification. a. Typed name of insurer's authorized representative.
- 9.b. Signature.
- 9.c. Title.
- 9.d. Telephone number (Include Area Code).
- If additional space is required, continue here (refer to item number).
- Press this Reset button to clear the data from all fields.
Download the form
What formats exist for this form? PDF. What is the scale of it? 2 pages and approximately 23 fields.
Why will not the xfdl file open? Because it is not a pdf. Xfdl belongs to IBM Lotus Forms, long the Department's electronic form format, and it needs IBM Lotus Forms Viewer or an equivalent reader installed first.
Do you pay for these? No. Free download, every format. What should you avoid? Filling the form inside a browser tab; the fields frequently do not save.
Can you skip around the form? Better not to. The layout runs identification, then content, then certification, and entries near the bottom frequently take their meaning from what sits above them.
Why does the edition matter so much here? Because DD forms are revised centrally. When the Department reissues one, it reissues it for all branches simultaneously, and the field layout can shift. Compare the printed date against not stated before you type anything.
What about a box that does not apply to you? Enter N/A rather than leaving it empty. An empty field reads as an oversight and sends the form back; N/A reads as an answer. What about dates? Use the format printed beside the field, not the one you write by habit.
Why read the Privacy Act Statement? Because it sits ahead of the personal data fields deliberately. It names the collection authority, the principal purpose, the routine uses of your data and the consequence of declining. Reading it afterward tells you nothing you can still act on.
What counts as a signature? Ink on a printed copy, or a credentialed digital signature — CAC-based, applied in software that supports it. What does not count? Your name typed into the signature box. That is a name. Then date the block, because an undated certification is a returned form.
Which mistakes are worth a final check? Superseded edition, gaps in mandatory fields, unreadable writing on a scanned copy, non-conforming date format, unsigned or undated certification.
Where do you look up an unclear entry? The form face first, not stated second. And when the two disagree? not stated controls.
Who receives it? The office not stated designates, subject to whatever local instruction your organization adds. What do you keep? A copy, made before the form leaves your hands.
What if DD Form 2400 points to another form? Search the series and number. Because the DD sequence is common to every military department, no branch qualifier is needed to land on the right file.
Why do some instructions cite both a DA and a DD form? Because the procedure touches both systems, not because the forms are related. Service forms answer to a service proponent; DD forms answer to not stated or another Department office. The sequences were never aligned.
How often does a form like this change? Unpredictably — revision follows directive changes, altered collection requirements and updated notice language. What is the practical defence? Verifying not stated every time you download rather than trusting a saved copy.
Will your completed form be accepted? That is not a question this page can answer. What you have here is a published Department of Defense document, a description of it and instructions for filling it out. Nothing on the page is legal advice, and nothing here determines what any office does with a submission. Where do the remaining questions go? To not stated, to your servicing personnel office, or to the office named in not stated.
Questions and answers
- What is DD Form 2400?
- DD Form 2400, Civil Aircraft Certificate of Insurance, January 2008
- Which edition is current?
- Not stated by the publisher
- Who is responsible for this form?
- Not stated
- In which formats can it be downloaded?