PURCHASE OF AIRCRAFT STORES

AIRWORTHINESS NOTICE

VERSION : DATE OF IMPLEMENTATION : OFFICE OF PRIME INTEREST :

2.0 20-04-2010 AIRWORTHINESS DIRECTORATE

20/04/2010

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A.

AUTHORITY:

A1. This Airworthiness Notice is issued under the Authority vested in DG CAA vide Rule 4 and 23 of Civil Aviation Rules, 1994.

B.

PURPOSE:

B1. The Airworthiness Notice covers conditions of acceptance of aircraft components/stores with acceptable Authorized Release Documents from manufacturer/distributor/supplier, and the responsibilities of the certifying person and user. It also identifies Parts which are considered unapproved and outlines the procedure to be adopted by organization or person under Mandatory Defect Reporting.

C.

SCOPE:

C1. This Airworthiness Notice will be applicable to all operators and organizations involved in purchase of aircraft from different source.

D.
D1.
D1.1

DESCRIPTION:
DEFINITIONS:
For the purpose of this Airworthiness Notice the following definitions apply:-

D1.1.1 Aircraft Component means any part of an aircraft including a complete power plant and any operational or emergency equipment. D1.1.2 Standard Parts are currently defined as those parts identified as such by the Type Certificate (TC) holder or parts made to a national or international specification, unless the part/parts are the subject of specific product Approvals, such as TSO (Technical Standard Order) or PCAA Equipment Approval. Note: - This Notice does not apply to standard parts, although it is recommended that such parts should be accompanied by a statement of conformity.

D2.

AUTHORIZED RELEASE DOCUMENT:

D2.1 This document is required for any aircraft component, which is to be installed on an aircraft, except that it is not required for standard parts as defined in paragraph D1.1.2 D2.2 Where the equipment being purchased was not manufactured in the country from which the purchase is made, then the CAA Airworthiness Directorate must be satisfied that the equipment was certified by the Inspection Authority of the country of origin, and that it has been adequately maintained in a serviceable condition during transit through the country from which it is purchased. D2.3 When received from a manufacturing source approved by the CAA (UK) or other National Aviation Authority (NAA) and listed in the JAA Administrative and Guidance material, JAR-21, the Authorized Release Document will be a JAA or EASA Form One issued under the terms of that Approval. D2.4 When received from a manufacturing source approved by the CAA (U.K) or approved by the NAA of one of the following countries, the Authorized Release Document will be a JAA / EASA Form One issued under the terms of that Approval until such time as JAR-21 may state otherwise: Austria Belgium Finland France Germany 20/04/2010 Austro Control Administration De LAcronautique (AA) National Board of Aviation (NBA) Direction Generale de LAviation Civile (DGAC) Luftfahrt Bundesamt (LRA) Page 1 of 5 AWNOT-006-AWXX-2.0

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Netherlands Norway Sweden Switzerland

Rajksluchtvaartdienst (RLD) Civil Aviation Administration Luftfartsverket (LFV) Federal Office for Civil Aviation (FOCA)

D2.5 When received from a company Approved by the CAA (U.K) regarding Material Manufacturer, Process Company, Test house; Material Distributor or, Fastener Distributor, the Authorized Release Document will be an Approved Certificate issued under the terms of that Approval. D2.6 When received from a manufacturing source located in the USA and appropriately Approved by the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), which arranges for the release of the aircraft component, the Authorized Release Document will be FAA Form 8130-4 for new engines/propellers and FAA Form 81303, Airworthiness Approval Tag, export airworthiness approval for other new components including APUs. Note: i) An FAA Form 8130-3 which has been issued and used internally within the USA for purposes other than export is not acceptable for use as an export Airworthiness approval with regard to this Notice. Further information regarding the use of FAA Form 8130-3 is contained in FAA Order 8130-2 1B. ii) Aircraft components manufactured in accordance with the Parts Manufacturer Approval of FAR 21.303 are only acceptable when intended for fitment to an aircraft engine or propeller where the FAA is the Primary National Aviation Authority. iii) The Primary National Aviation Authority is that of the country of the Type Certificate holder. D2.7 When received from a manufacturing source located in Canada and appropriately Approved by Transport Canada, the Authorized Release Document will be a TCA Form 24-0078. D2.8 Some aircraft components may be manufactured by organization that do not fall within the foregoing group classifications. Where the organization is the original manufacturer the PCAA may be prepared to permit acceptance of such aircraft components without the foregoing release documentation, subject to the organization being under the control of the aircraft, engine or propeller Type Certificate holder and authorized by the Primary National Aviation Authority for that particular purpose at the time that the component was manufactured.

D3.

STORES PURCHASED FROM ELSEWHERE:

D3.1 Where stores are purchase from the countries other than those mentioned above, either certification of the Airworthiness Standard of the item by Government inspection organization of the country concerned, or an Approval Certificate signed by a person authorized to do so by the Government concerned quoting the reference of authority must be supplied with the equipment. PCAA may refuse such certificates if the system followed by the country is not satisfactory. D3.2 Where the procedure outline in Para D2 is not applicable, then the purchaser must satisfy the Airworthiness Directorate that an equipment guarantee has been received of the standard of Airworthiness of the equipment.

D4.

DISTRIBUTORS:

D4.1 (Except as stated in paragraph D2.6) Although aircraft component distributors provide a useful service to the aviation industry they are not required to be approved by the PCAA, cannot raise Authorized Release Documents and cannot be required to possess the necessary technical expertise to establish the status of aircraft components. It therefore follows that for all components received, the end user should request from the distributor the associated Authorized Release Document raised by an appropriately approved organization as described above. 20/04/2010 Page 2 of 5 AWNOT-006-AWXX-2.0

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D4.2 Where a distributor does not want to pass the components documents to a potential buyer, being another distributor, it is acceptable for the original distributors documentation to be endorsed:Authorized Release Documentation of the aircraft component is on file, giving Ref. No._______ and will be made available to the end user upon request from that end user.

D4.3 Upon request of the end user the distributor should transmit the original documentation to allow the end user to establish the components acceptability prior to installation. In all cases it is the responsibility of the end user to obtain the appropriate Authorized Release Documentation and establish the acceptability of the component. Note: - Where more than one components appear on the Authorized Release Document and the components are to be distributed separately a certified true copy of the Authorized Release Document is acceptable for transmittal to the end user. It should be made clear which entries on the copy of the Authorized Release Document relate to the supplied components.

D5.

PROBLEM OF UNAPPROVED PARTS:

D5.1 For the purpose of this notice an unapproved part is a part or material intended for installation on a type certified product aircraft, which has been neither manufactured according to approved procedures, nor conforms to an approved type design; or it fails to conform to declared specifications or accepted industry standards (i.e. standard parts). D5.1.1 Unapproved parts include, but are not limited: D5.1.1.1 Parts specified in the illustrated parts catalogues (IPC) of a type certificated aircraft, but which have been manufactured, reclaimed or reworked by an unauthorized source and provided with documents which indicate falsely that the part(s) are genuine and conform to the approved type design, or meet a particular industry standard and are offered for use as conforming with an aircraft manufactures authorized IPC. D5.1.1.2 Parts shipped directly to users by manufactures, supplier, or distributors who do not themselves hold appropriate production approvals for the parts, and have not been authorized to make direct shipments to users or stockist, by the type certificate holder, who alone has production approval e.g. production overruns. D5.1.1.3 Parts which have not been maintained, overhauled or repaired in accordance with requirements of approved airworthiness data and/or statutory requirements, or that have been maintained, overhauled or repaired by persons not authorized to perform and certify these functions.

D6.

MANDATORY DEFECT REPORTING PROCEDURES:

D6.1 Users of aircraft components and spares are reminded that suspected unapproved parts should be reported to the PCAA Airworthiness Directorate through the Mandatory Occurrence Reporting Procedure (MOR). D6.2 Although the MOR procedure does not extended to aircraft bellow 2300kg, users of aircraft parts or material for this class of aircraft are encouraged to use the procedure where suspect parts are identified. D6.3 To assist in tracing unapproved parts or material, persons raising an MOR should, as far as possible, provide the following information on the report: D6.3.1 The name of the suspected unapproved part. D6.3.2 Part number or any other number on the part. 20/04/2010 Page 3 of 5 AWNOT-006-AWXX-2.0

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D6.3.3 Serial number of part. D6.3.4 List next higher assembly that suspected unapproved part is assembled into (i.e. fuel pump, engine, landing gear) and list part number, if known. D6.3.5 Quantity of suspected unapproved parts found or identified. D6.3.6 Make and model number of the aircraft or component that the suspected unapproved part is applicable to. D6.3.7 The identification of the commercial source of the suspected unapproved part. If the part is identified with part manufacture or distributor making, this should be quoted. D6.3.8 Describe any pertinent facts relating to the suspected unapproved part and identify where part may be inspected (provide photos, invoices, etc., if available). D6.4 The organization or persons which raise the mandatory occurrence report must pass a copy of the report to the appropriate type design holder and manufacturer(s) of the relevant parts. D6.5 Once the part is authenticated to be unapproved and the source from where the part was procured is identified PCAA shall take appropriate action as per PCAA rules and may inform state regulatory agency of the source.

D7.

CERTIFYING PERSON AND USER RESPONSIBILITY:

D7.1 The certifying person can be either the Approved organization, a person authorized in accordance with that organizations Exposition Manual, or an appropriately PCAA Type Rated Licensed Engineer, who issues the Certificate of Release to Service for installation of an aircraft part onto an aircraft, its engine(s), propeller(s) or equipment. D7.2 The User of an aircraft part is responsible for ensuring that the part is serviceable and conforms to the standard determined by the appropriate type certificate holder as being suitable for the intended application. In order to discharge this responsibility to the satisfaction of the PCAA, the user must, when obtaining an aeronautical part from a supplier:D7.2.1 Ensure that the purchase order contains accurate definition of the aircraft parts and full details of the quality control and certification requirements to be met by the supplier in satisfying the order. D7.2.2 Take all necessary steps to verify that the supplier is meeting the requirements of the purchase order. This may require the user visiting the suppliers facilities.

D8.

COMPLIANCE:

D8.1 Equipment which does not comply with any of the above procedure shall not be installed on an aircraft registered in Pakistan. Should any such equipment be installed on any aircraft, the Certificate of Airworthiness of that aircraft would be considered to be invalidated.

EVIDENCES (ACRONYMS / RECORDS / REFERENCES):

E1. ACRONYMS:
AA APU CAA DGAC FAR FOCA 20/04/2010 ADMINISTRATION DE LACRONAUTIQUE AUXILIARY POWER UNIT CIVIL AVIATION AUTHORITY DIRECTION GENERALE DE LAVAITION CIVILE FEDERAL AVIATION REGULATION FEDERAL OFFICE FOR CIVIL AVIATION Page 4 of 5 AWNOT-006-AWXX-2.0

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IPC JAA JAR LFV LRA MOR NAA NBA RLD TC TCA TSO

ILLUSTRATED PARTS CATALOGUES JOINT AVIATION AUTHORITY JOINT AVIATION REQUIREMENT LUFTFARTSVERKET LUFTFAHRT BUNDESAMT MANDATORY OCCURRENCE REPORTING NATIONAL AVIATION AUTHORITY NATIONAL BOARD OF AVAITION RAJKSLUCGTVAARTDIENST TYPE CERTIFICATE TRANSPORT CANADA TECHNICAL STANDAR ORDER

E2.

RECORDS:
Form 8130-3 Form 8130-2-1B TCA Form 24-0078.

E3.

REFERENCES:
JAR-21 IMPLEMENTATION: This Airworthiness Notice shall be implemented with effect from 20th April, 2010 and repeals / cancels / supersedes Airworthiness Notice No. 6 issue 1, dated 17th April, 2000.

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