43.02.8

MANDATORY INSPECTIONS [43.02.6]

CONTENTS

SECTION A:
GENERAL

1.

General instructions

(1)

Unless the Commissioner has granted written exemption from compliance with any of the requirements contained in its maintenance schedule, no aircraft may be flown unless it is airworthy and all the mandatory maintenance required by its maintenance schedule and by the manufacturer has been carried out when due and has been certified by an appropriately rated licence holder, persons authorised in terms of Part 24 or Part 145, or such other person approved by the Commissioner.

(2)

The onus for ensuring that an aircraft is kept airworthy rests on the registered owner or operator of the aircraft. Maintenance schedules are prepared to assist him or her in ensuring that, as far as possible in the light of available information and experience, the aircraft is maintained in an airworthy condition by scheduling the required maintenance through a programme of inspections and overhauls based on the intended operational usage of the aircraft. Such programme may be calendar-hours-flown or cycles-based.

(3)

The maintenance requirements contained in an aircraft’s maintenance schedule constitute the minimum requirements considered necessary for the satisfactory maintenance of the aircraft to which the schedule applies. However, in the performing of maintenance on an individual aircraft, due regard must be given to its age, type of operations, climatic and housing conditions and any other factors which may affect the airworthiness of such an aircraft. Consequently, a maintenance schedule must not be construed as absolving the owner, the licensed aircraft maintenance engineer or the approved aircraft maintenance organisation from ensuring that any additional maintenance found to be necessary or as required by the Commissioner is carried out.

(4)

Nothing in a maintenance schedule is to be construed as relieving the pilot-in-command of an aircraft from his or her responsibility regarding flight preparation as prescribed in Regulation 91.02.7.

It is the duty and responsibility of the pilot-in-command to ensure that unusual occurrences, defects or suspected faults, coming to his or her notice during operations and which affect or may affect the serviceability and safety of the aircraft, are recorded in the aircraft’s flight folio as and when they occur and are reported to the appropriate maintenance personnel for investigation or rectification.

Any defects shall be cleared prior to further flight. When away from base, instructions regarding rectification and certification must be sought and recorded. All rectification away from base must be entered and certified in the aircraft’s flight folio and transferred in the appropriate logbook(s) within 48 hours after the aircraft returns to base.

(5)

Maintenance required to be carried out in accordance with the provisions of a maintenance schedule must be accomplished under such working conditions and with the use of such tools, equipment, test apparatus and technical information as will ensure completion to standards acceptable to the Commissioner.

Where the use of special equipment or test apparatus is recommended by the manufacturer of the products involved, such equipment or apparatus, or an acceptable approved equivalent method is to be used. Whenever the tools, equipment or test apparatus referred to in this paragraph are used, it must be ensured that they are in good working order and condition and that the person using them is familiar with their use.

Precision measuring tools, equipment, test apparatus and items such as gauges and indicators must be checked annually or as often as deemed necessary by the manufacturer or as required by the Commissioner. Such equipment shall be checked for accuracy and correct calibration.

Where the security or tightness of nuts, unions and other fasteners is required to be checked, such checking must be done with the aid of the appropriate calibrated tools, where required, and to approved standards.

(6)

Maintenance away from base may only be performed at an approved AMO or at a facility approved by the Commissioner where equipment, test facilities and spares for the type of maintenance to be undertaken are available. All the necessary manuals and catalogues for the particular aircraft shall be available. Prior to the commencement of such maintenance, the AMO or facility shall advise the Commissioner of its intention to carry out the maintenance and supply the following information:

(a)

Aircraft registration.

(b)

Name of the organisation to carry out the maintenance, and approvals held.

(c)

Location where the intended maintenance is to be performed.

(d)

Type of maintenance to be carried out.

(e)

Name and licence or approval number(s) of the person(s) responsible for the maintenance.

(7)

When mandatory inspections are to be carried out away from base, the Accountable Manager referred to in Part 145 shall indicate what tools, spares and documentation have to be on hand to satisfactorily carry out the work on the aircraft.

[Note: When an aircraft maintenance organisation holds only one set of tools or manuals, and these tools or manuals are sent away to the facility where the above referred-to away-from-base maintenance is to be performed, the relevant privileges granted to the organisation may not be exercised at its approved main base of operation until such time as the tools and necessary manuals have been returned.]

(8)

Failure to comply with any applicable mandatory requirement or part of a maintenance schedule invalidates the validity of the aircraft’s certificate of airworthiness unless exemption has been obtained from the Commissioner in terms of Part 11 of the CAR.

(9)

The applicable aircraft logbooks must be available when scheduled maintenance is carried out. Should the aircraft logbooks not be available for perusal and completion, the aircraft may not be released to service.

2.

Inspections

(1)

Types of inspections

Inspections consist of the following:

(a)

Inspections as recommended by the manufacturer.

(b)

Mandatory periodic inspections.

(c)

Progressive inspections.

(d)

Block inspections.

(e)

Other inspections.

(2)

Recommended inspections

The inspections referred to in paragraph (1)(a) are recommended. However, when the contents of the recommended inspection indicate that the airworthiness of the aircraft may be affected, they must be complied with in respect of aircraft utilised in commercial air transport operations, and in the case of other aircraft whenever so directed by the Commissioner.

(3)

Mandatory Inspections

(a)

The inspections referred to in paragraph (1)(b) and (c) must be accomplished in order to validate or revalidate the Certificate of Airworthiness –

(i)

on all aircraft imported into South Africa for the purpose of obtaining a certificate of registration before such aircraft may be put into service;

(ii)

on new aircraft built in the Republic;

(iii)

when an aircraft has sustained damage, as prescribed in Regulation 43.02.5;

(iv)

at any time before the next routine inspection is due, should circumstances warrant such action: thus more than once annually or at frequencies less than 100 hours of flight time, should circumstances so dictate.

(b)

Mandatory Periodic Inspections (MPI)

(i)

A mandatory periodic inspection must be carried out at 100-hours of flight time intervals since the last MPI or within a 12-month period, whichever comes first. (This means that if an aircraft is operated for less than 100 hours of flight time per annum, it will undergo an MPI once within a 12-month period regardless of hours flown.)

(ii)

In carrying out an MPI, the following requirements must be observed:

(aa)

No MPI may be attempted without the use of an individualised check-list conforming in all essential respects to the manufacturer’s requirements, and supplemented by the requirements addressed in Sections B, C, E or F, as applicable. Such check-list may be one compiled by the aircraft manufacturer, provided it is sufficiently comprehensive to cover the complete aircraft and installed equipment. The check-list, used during any inspection, must be retained by the certifying licence holder for the appropriate period as prescribed in the CAR.

(bb)

All relevant logbooks must be on hand during an MPI.

(cc)

Before commencing an inspection, the relevant areas must be exposed to assess the condition of the areas under inspection.

(dd)

Serviceability of the aircraft must be determined by a thorough inspection in accordance with the manufacturer’s recommendations and standard inspection practices and procedures.

(ee)

It must be ascertained that the requirements of all mandatory repairs, modifications and special inspections have been met and that the mandatory replacement of components and parts has been carried out.

(ff)

An aircraft inspection report CA43.02 “Aeroplanes”, CA43.03 ‘Helicopters’, CA43.04 “Gliders” or CA43.05 ‘Manned Balloons’ must be completed and together with a copy of the certificate of release to service of an aircraft (Annex B1) forwarded to the Commissioner within 48 hours after completion of the MPI.

(iii)

No extension is to be granted in respect of calendar times. Thus: an aircraft operating on an annual limit may not be flown after the 12-month period of validity has lapsed. In such a case a special flight permit is to be requested from the Commissioner to fly the aircraft to a base where the required inspection can be carried out.

(c)

Progressive inspections

(i)

An owner or operator may request permission from the Commissioner to introduce a system of progressive inspections to replace the 100-hours mandatory periodic inspection. Such programme of progressive inspections must have been extracted from approved data and ensure that the work required by the mandatory periodic inspection is spread over the approved intervals between successive inspections.

The owner or operator must obtain written approval from the Commissioner for approval to maintain the aircraft on such a particular programme. Full details of the manner in which he or she proposes to implement the programme, together with all relevant data to substantiate the request, must be accompany the request.

(ii)

Inspections on aircraft that are on an approved progressive inspection programme must be carried out at the intervals prescribed by such programme, provided that, if the programme has not been completed within a 12 months period, the aircraft shall undergo the remainder of its progressive inspection programme before it is being released to service. (This means that the aircraft shall complete its progressive inspection programme always within a 12-months period, if not in a lesser period.)

(iii)

An aircraft inspection report form CA43.02 “Aeroplanes” or CA43.03 “Helicopters” must be completed and forwarded annually on the anniversary of the date on which the programme commenced, together with a copy of the certificate of release to service (Annex B1) to the Commissioner.

(iv)

The provisions of paragraph (b) shall apply mutatis mutandis.

(4)

Block inspections

(a)

Aeroplanes with a maximum certificated mass in excess of 5 700 kg, and helicopters with a maximum certificated mass in excess of 3 700 kg, may be inspected and maintained in accordance with an approved maintenance schedule divided in blocks.

(b)

Where the maintenance schedule shows only the items to be inspected at each check, without detailing for what aspect or condition these items are to be inspected, the user of the maintenance schedule shall compile check sheets from approved data, which sheets shall indicate in detail the inspection requirements.

(c)

Scheduled and unscheduled maintenance inspections shall be carried out in accordance with the provisions of Section C.

(5)

Other inspections

(a)

Duplicate inspection

A duplicate inspection of all control systems must be carried out after the initial assembly and at any time the systems are disturbed in any way. The purpose of the duplicate inspection is to verify that the manufacturer’s specifications and requirements have been met in detail.

An initial inspection of the control system must be made and certified immediately after the maintenance is completed. A duplicate inspection of the controls being worked on must be made by a person referred to in Regulation 43.04.1 prior to further flight. See also Regulation 43.04.7 “Duplicate Inspection of Controls”.

(b)

Non-scheduled maintenance inspections

(i)

During operations an aircraft may be subject to -

(aa)

hard/overweight landings;

(bb)

operations outside the normal flight envelope e.g. - exceeding placarded speed for flaps or landing gear, exceeding aircraft design speeds and loads, etc.;

(cc)

severe air turbulence or severe manoeuvres;

(dd)

lightning strikes;

(ee)

foreign-object damage;

(ff)

unconfined engine failures;

(gg)

towing - involving high drag/side loads due to ground handling; or

(hh)

any manoeuvre not catered for in the aeroplane flight manual.

(ii)

If any of the foregoing occur, the manufacturer’s recommendations must be followed. If no specific procedures are prescribed for a particular aircraft, the Commissioner must be approached for guidance.

(c)

Propeller and rotor blade strikes

(i)

Following any propeller strike, whether rotating or as prescribed in the manufacturer’s recommendations, a complete propeller and engine disassembly and shock load inspection is mandatory and must be accomplished prior to further flight.

All propeller, engine and applicable exhaust-driven Class II products, such as but not restricted to magnetos, propeller governors, alternators, generators, hydraulic pumps, turbochargers, fuel pumps and vacuum pumps for which there are overhaul instructions available, shall be inspected internally and externally in accordance with the manufacturer’s requirements, and to the extent necessary, to ensure continued safe operation of the propeller, engine and component parts.

The organisation responsible for the above mentioned inspections shall also ensure that the required testing, as prescribed by the manufacturer of the propeller, engine or component involved, is carried out in accordance with such requirements.

(ii)

All procedures and parts as detailed in the relevant engine, propeller and component overhaul/repair manuals, IPCs, ADs, SBs, SLs and SIs shall be adhered to. Reference shall also be made to the relevant AICs.

(iii)

The following shall be substituted when executing a shock-load inspection:

(aa)

All propeller parts as detailed in the overhaul/repair manuals and IPCs.

(bb)

All engine gaskets, seals, induction and rocker drain hoses, or any other hose that has become brittle, and all locking devices.

(cc)

All crankshaft bearing or bearing inserts (main and connecting rods), and reduction gear shaft bearing or bearing inserts, where applicable.

(dd)

All connecting rod bolts and nuts.

(ee)

All counterweight retention parts (for counterweight-equipped engines).

(ff)

All piston rings.

(gg)

All shock absorbing rubbers (magneto and alternator drives).

(hh)

All stressed bolts, such as crankshaft gear attaching bolts, camshaft gear attaching bolts, crankshaft alternator drive gear attachment bolts (where applicable), stationary drive gear bolts (reduction gear train), and all other parts that do not meet the manufacturer’s service limitation requirements, as well as any incorrect or unapproved parts.

(ii)

All engine mounting rubbers and the engine mounting(s) and attachments shall be x-ray, magnaflux or dye-penetrant inspected and replaced as required.

(jj)

In the case of a turbine engine, any additional recommendations by the manufacturer to the foregoing shall be met.

(d)

In the event of a helicopter rotor strike, the manufacturer’s recommendations are to be met.

(6)

Fuel-flow checks

Fuel flow checks must be carried out and the results recorded in the maintenance records as follows:

(a)

At each MI on all aircraft with gravity-feed fuel tank systems.

(b)

After any maintenance performed on the fuel system, including the replacement of fuel lines, components or tanks.

(c)

At any time the operator encounters fuel system starvation problems.

3.

Associated documents

(1)

During the maintenance of aircraft due regard must be given to –

(a)

the contents, recommendations or requirements of the relevant manuals, IPCs, ADs, SBs, SLs, SIs or other similar technical information produced by the manufacturers of the airframe, engine, propeller and installed equipment; and

(b)

additional requirements issued by the Commissioner, including those contained in Aeronautical Information Circulars and in any publications, issued by the State of manufacture or State of type design of the aircraft, which may prescribe or amplify techniques to be followed in the maintenance of aircraft; e.g. British Civil Aircraft Inspection Procedures and United States of America Federal Aviation Administration handbooks AC-43-13-1 (Acceptable Methods, Techniques and Practices) and AC-43-13-2 (Acceptable methods Techniques and Practices - Aircraft Alterations) or their successor publications.

(2)

All relevant information and requirements referred to in paragraph (1) must be either contained in, listed, or otherwise associated with the check-list required to be used in terms of paragraph 2(3)(b)(ii)(aa) for each specific aircraft.

(3)

In the event of any conflict between the requirements or instructions issued by a manufacturer and those by the Commissioner, the provisions of the latter shall prevail.

(4)

It is a requirement that all relevant aircraft documents be available, at the time of inspection and that such documents be current and up to date, and that no inspection may be certified unless requirements in respect thereof have been satisfied.

(5)

(a)

The registered owner or operator shall ensure that a control system is in place ensuring that the requirements of all applicable ADs, as well as any SBs, SLs, SIs or other service information classified as mandatory, are complied with as specified in each directive before the aircraft is released to service.

(b)

“Mandatory” in this context means:

(i)

the airworthiness directive (AD) is issued by either the Commissioner or by the appropriate authority of the State of the type certificate holder;

(ii)

the Commissioner instructs that a SB, SL, SI or other service information, issued by a manufacturer shall be complied with;

(iii)

the Commissioner instructs that a SB, SL, SI or other service information, relating to the safety of the aircraft, shall be complied with in respect of an aircraft, including its components or parts, that is operated in terms of an air service licence or is utilised for the provision of flying training (other than the training of its registered owner).

(c)

In respect of an aircraft that is not used for the provision of a commercial air transport operation or in flying training (other than for the training of its registered owner), compliance with any SB, SL, SI or other service information, issued by a manufacturer, shall be at the discretion of the aircraft’s owner, in which case he or she shall comply with the provisions of sub-regulation (d).

(d)

Whenever an owner, referred to in subregulation (c), decides not to comply with a particular SB, SL, SI or other service information, issued by a manufacturer in respect of his or her aircraft, this shall be recorded in the appropriate logbook as “SB (etc.) No. ___ NOT COMPLIED WITH”.

(6)

Requirements quoted in ADs are periodically revised. Each person carrying out mandatory maintenance shall ensure that such publications are up to date when used, and shall also ensure that any retrospective action required by any publication revision is complied with as and when required.

(7)

Modifications and special inspections shall be accomplished not later than the time or date specified against each item. Should the certifying person find that, due to circumstances beyond his or her control, he or she is unable to comply with the manufacturer’s instructions regarding the specified time or date, written exemption from compliance must be requested and an acceptable alternate means of compliance must be submitted to the Commissioner for consideration together with all substantiating data. Such approval must be obtained prior to further flight.

(8)

Deferred modifications or special inspections shall be accomplished as soon as the circumstances requiring the postponement no longer exist, but in any event not later than the written extension granted by the Commissioner. An alternate method of compliance may be considered by the Commissioner upon submission of acceptable substantiating data.

(9)

Modifications and special inspections required by the manufacturer of the airframe, engine, propeller, component or installed equipment are made known by way of SBs, SLs, SIs, modification bulletins or other similar technical information. Such information is generally classified by the manufacturer to indicate the degree of essentiality. Licence holders or authorised persons who certify the inspections are to ensure that their organisation possesses and keep up-to-date all such information that is to be brought to the notice of the aircraft owner or operator. No aircraft may be released to service if not all applicable Airworthiness Directives have been complied with as yet.

(10)

Where applicable in terms of subparagraph (5)(b)(ii), modifications and special inspections, classified by a manufacturer as mandatory, shall be carried out in accordance with the manufacturer’s instructions not later than the time or date specified by them, but in the event of any difficulties in complying therewith, the provisions of paragraph (7) above shall apply mutatis mutandis.

(11)

The accomplishment of any modification or special inspection is to be recorded in the appropriate logbook on the page provided for and to be certified by the licensed or authorised person who performed the maintenance. See also paragraph (5)(d) above in respect of any non-compliance.

SECTION B:
MAINTENANCE SCHEDULE FOR AEROPLANES WITH AN MCM OF 5 700 KG OR LESS (MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS)

Provided the Maintenance Schedule is drawn up in accordance with this Technical Standard, it serves as the approved aircraft maintenance schedule for the particular aeroplane, without the need to forward it to the Commissioner for his or her approval. However, any deviation from the provisions of this Technical Standard shall require the prior approval of the Commissioner.

MPI MINIMUM CHECK-LIST

[Note:  Only the minimum requirements for an MPI are listed. The manufacturer’s check sheets must be integrated in the appropriate places for the check-list to be acceptable as an approved aircraft maintenance schedule for a particular make and type of aircraft.]

SECTION C:
MAINTENANCE SCHEDULE FOR HELICOPTERS WITH AN MCM OF 3 175 KG OR LESS (MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS)

Provided the Maintenance Schedule has been drawn up in accordance with this Technical Standard it serves as the approved Aircraft Maintenance Schedule for the particular helicopter, without the need to forward it to the Commissioner for his or her approval. However, any deviation from the provisions of this Technical Standard shall require the prior approval of the Commissioner.

MPI MINIMUM CHECK-LIST

[Note: Only the minimum requirements for an MPI are listed. The manufacturer’s check sheets must be integrated in the appropriate places for the check-list to be acceptable as an approved aircraft maintenance schedule for a particular make and type of aircraft.]

SECTION D:
MAINTENANCE SCHEDULE FOR AEROPLANES WITH AN MCM IN EXCESS OF 5 700 KG, AND HELICOPTERS WITH AN MCM IN EXCESS OF 3 175 KG (MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS)

APPROVED MAINTENANCE SCHEDULE NO.:

FOR AIRCRAFT ZS –

SERIAL NO.:

MAKE:

MODEL:

This maintenance schedule consists of six Parts, namely:

Part 1 – Approval and general instructions

Part 2 – Scheduled and unscheduled maintenance inspections

Part 3 – Overhauls or substitution of Class I and II products

Part 4 – Airworthiness Directives and mandatory modifications

Part 5 – Documents

Part 6 – Reliability programme

PART 1
APPROVAL AND GENERAL INSTRUCTIONS

1.

General

This maintenance schedule contains the minimum requirements in respect of the maintenance and inspections prescribed aeroplanes with an MCM of 5 700 kg or less and for helicopters with an MCM of 3 275 kg respectively, utilised in commercial air transport operations.

2.

Approval

(1)

This schedule becomes effective on the date specified by the Commissioner and supersedes any previously approved maintenance schedule for the aircraft concerned, if any.

(2)

Any amendment to this maintenance schedule shall require the prior approval of the Commissioner.

(3)

This maintenance schedule is approved in terms of the powers granted to me by Part 183 of the Civil Aviation Regulations of 1997, as amended, and shall become effective on      (date).

Signed:

  Date:

COMMISSIONER FOR CIVIL AVIATION

LIST OF EFFECTED PAGES (LEP)

REVISION STATUS

2.

Abbreviations

AD

–

Airworthiness Directive

AIC

–

Aeronautical Information Circular

AME

–

Aircraft Maintenance Engineer

AMO

–

Aircraft Maintenance Organisation

AMS

–

Approved Maintenance Schedule

BCAR

–

British Civil Aviation Requirements

CAR

–

Civil Aviation Regulations of 1997, as amended

CATS

–

Civil Aviation Technical Standards

CD

–

Compact Disc

CDL

–

Configuration Deviation List

COMMISSIONER

–

Commissioner for Civil Aviation

C of A

–

Certificate of Airworthiness

C of R

–

Certificate of Registration

CRS

–

Certificate of Release to Service

CPCP

–

Corrosion Prevention Control Programme

CRM

–

Certificate Relating to Maintenance

DDM

–

Dispatch Deviation Manual

DGAC

–

Direction Generale de l'Avaition Civile

FAA

–

Federal Aviation Administration

FAR

–

Federal Aviation Regulations

HRS

–

Hour

IPC

–

Illustrated Parts Catalogue

JAA

–

Joint Aviation Authorities

JAR

–

Joint Aviation Requirements

MCM

–

Maximum Certificated Mass

MCM

–

Maintenance Control Manual

MEL

–

Minimum Equipment List

MMEL

–

Master Minimum Equipment List

MPD

–

Maintenance Planning Document

MTM

–

Maximum Certificated Take Off Mass

PI

–

Progressive Inspection

P/N

–

Part Number

RVSM

–

Reduced Vertical Separation Minimum

SACAA

–

South African Civil Aviation Authority

SB

–

Service Bulletin

SI

–

Service Instruction

SL

–

Service Letter

S/N

–

Serial Number

SRM

–

Structural Repair Manual

TBO

–

Time Between Overhaul

3.

Definitions

In this Schedule, unless inconsistent with the context, the following terms shall have the meanings of descriptions assigned to them (see also Part 1 of the CAR):

“Aircraft” means an aircraft as defined in the Aviation Act, (Act No. 74/1962), including its engines, propellers, rotors, components, parts, equipment instruments, accessories and materials.

“Airworthy” means, when used in relation to an aircraft, that the aircraft is serviceable and meets all the requirements prescribed for the issuing of a certificate of airworthiness and such other requirements as have been prescribed for the continuing validity of such a certificate.

“Approved Maintenance Schedule” means a document compiled by an owner or operator and approved by the Commissioner that defines the procedures for ensuring the sustained airworthiness of the aircraft to which it relates, its components, installed systems and equipment.

“Check ………… for condition” means that the products, component/part or other item referred to must be inspected for cleanliness, corrosion, wear, deterioration, delimitation, cracks, dents, scores, cuts, scratches, distortion, bowing, evidence of overheating, freedom from obstruction, fouling, leaks, correct locking and any other unacceptable feature not specifically mentioned herein. “Inspect ………… for condition” and “Examine ………… for condition” have corresponding meanings.

“Direct supervision” means, in relation to the maintenance of an aircraft, that the person exercising the supervision personally maintains such surveillance of all maintenance being performed, as is necessary to ensure that it is being properly carried out, and that this person is readily available in person for consultation with the person doing the work.

“Large aeroplane” means an aeroplane with an MCM in excess of 5 700 kg.

“Large helicopter” means a helicopter with an MCM in excess of 3 175 kg.

“Maintenance” means all work carried out in accordance with manufacturers’ recommendations and approved maintenance schedules and includes inspection, adjustment, substitution, rectification, repair, modification, overhaul and testing.

“Progressive inspection” means the continuous airworthiness inspection of an aircraft at scheduled intervals in accordance with procedures approved by the Commissioner.

“Serviceable” means, when used in relation to an aircraft, that the aircraft has been maintained and inspected in accordance with the requirements of the approved maintenance schedule and that all adjustments and rectification's, found to be necessary, have been satisfactorily made.

“Serious defect” means a defect that would result in the aircraft becoming unserviceable, due to damage to its major primary structure, and no longer meeting its type certification basis.

4.

General instructions

(1)

The onus for ensuring that an aircraft is kept airworthy rests on the registered owner/operator of the aircraft. This maintenance schedule has been prepared to ensure that, as far as possible in the light of information and experience available, the aircraft to which it refers is effectively maintained in an airworthy condition by scheduling the required maintenance during its operational life with a programme of inspections and overhauls, based on normal operational usage of the aircraft.

(2)

The routine maintenance, scheduled inspections, structural integrity inspections, overhaul, modification, major repairs and structural repairs on the aircraft to which this maintenance schedule refers shall be undertaken and certified by an appropriately rated approved Aircraft Maintenance Organisation (AMO) only.

(3)

It is the duty and responsibility of the flight crew operating the aircraft to ensure that unusual occurrences, defects or suspected faults, coming to their notice and that may affect the serviceability and safety of the aircraft, are recorded in the flight folio as and when they occur, and are reported to an appropriately approved Aircraft Maintenance Organisation for investigation or rectification. When away from base, instructions regarding their rectification and certification must be sought and recorded.

(4)

All rectification carried out away from base must be entered and certified in the aircraft’s flight folio and transferred into the aircraft’s logbook/s within 48 hours after the aircraft returns to base.

(5)

A defect, allowable in terms of the MEL, DDM or CDL, must be entered in the flight folio and the aircraft may continue to operate if the defect is not considered to have an adverse affect on the safety of the aircraft. Repetitive entries in the flight folio shall give the reason for the deferment and shall be certified by the holder of valid type certification issued by an approved Aircraft Maintenance Organisation.

(6)

The AMO responsible for the maintenance of the aircraft, to which this schedule relates, will drawn up a maintenance planning document (MPD) to ensure compliance with:

(a)

all information issued by the manufacturers of the aircraft, its engines, propellers, instruments and installed equipment relating to the maintenance, inspection, repair, modification and overhaul of these items;

(b)

any requirements, including those contained in Airworthiness Directives and such SBs, SLs and SIs classified mandatory by the manufacturer or the Commissioner, and Aeronautical Information Circulars (AICs), issued by the Commissioner; and

(c)

the Civil Aviation Regulations of 1997, as amended.

In the unlikely event of the aircraft is not utilised in commercial air transport operations or for the provision of flight training, the provision of subparagraph 3(5)(c) in Section A of Technical Standard 43.02.8 applies.

(7)

The terms “check”, “inspect” and “examine for condition”, where used in this maintenance schedule, shall mean that the part, component or item referred to is required to be inspected for cleanliness, corrosion, wear, deterioration, cracks, dents, scores, cuts, scratches, distortion, bowing, evidence of overheating, freedom from obstruction, fouling, leaks, security, correct locking and any other unacceptable feature not specifically mentioned herein, as applicable, and to an extent considered to be commensurate with its known condition at the last inspection and with the known usage or abuse it has undergone since then.

(8)

Any part, component or item, found to be adversely affected, shall be rendered serviceable or substituted by such rectification as is necessary, and no check required by this maintenance schedule shall be considered to be complete until all items found unsatisfactory have been effectively rectified.

(9)

Nothing in this maintenance schedule shall be construed as:

(a)

absolving the owner or operator or the AMO from ensuring that any additional maintenance found necessary for the continued airworthiness of the aircraft is carried out; or

(b)

relieving the pilot-in-command of the aircraft from complying with the requirements of this schedule that are applicable to him or her.

5.

Scheduled and unscheduled maintenance inspections

(1)

Scheduled and unscheduled maintenance inspections shall be carried out in accordance with the requirements of Part 2 of this maintenance schedule.

(2)

Where Part 2 of this maintenance schedule shows only the items to be inspected at each check, without detailing what they are to be inspected for, the user of the maintenance schedule shall compile check sheets from approved data which shall indicate in detail the inspection requirements.

(3)

Amendments to this maintenance schedule must be submitted for approval by the aircraft owner or operator of the aircraft to which the schedule refers. Therefore, maintenance organisations are not entitled to request any changes to this maintenance schedule unless such request is accompanied by written authority from the owner or operator, as the case may be.

(4)

If the aircraft, to which this maintenance schedule relates, sustains a serious defect, its certificate of airworthiness shall automatically become invalid. The certificate will be revalidated once an inspection and repair of the aircraft has been performed to the satisfaction of the Commissioner by a person or body of persons acceptable to him or her, and the Commissioner has satisfied himself or herself that the aircraft can once again be operated safely.

6.

Overhaul or substitution

(1)

The aircraft and its components or installed equipment shall be overhauled or substituted in accordance with current instructions prescribed in paragraph 4(6) of Part 1 of this schedule and at such times as is prescribed in Part 3.

(2)

If the Commissioner considers it necessary, in the interests of safety, to prescribe a TBO for items for which the manufacturer has not prescribed an overhaul life, such life limitation shall be recorded in Part 3 of this Schedule.

(3)

If the owner of the aircraft, to which this maintenance schedule refers, wishes to extend any TBO specified in Part 3 of this Schedule, he or she shall apply in writing for the temporary amendment of this Schedule. Such application must be supported by adequate information substantiating the temporary amendment applied for. The application must follow the procedure as prescribed in Regulation 43.02.1.

(4)

In addition to the aircraft logbooks or approved recording system, a separate record of life-limited and TBO items shall be kept, to ensure that limitations are not exceeded. This record shall be updated within 48 hours of any component having been overhauled, replaced or substituted.

(5)

The record. specified in paragraph (4) above, shall include a section to indicate compliance with any recurring ADs, manufacturer’s mandatory requirements, such as SBs, SIs and SLs, and applicable structural integrity inspections, corrosion prevention control programme(CPCP), or any other requirement called out in a maintenance planning document (MPD). See also subparagraph 3(5)(d) of Sec- tion A of Technical Standard 43.02.8.

(6)

Whenever a record system is introduced, it shall be subject to acceptance by the Commissioner, and no procedural changes that affect the validity of this Schedule shall be made to the system without the prior approval of the Commissioner.

(7)

No calendar and cycle limitations imposed by the manufacturer may be extended without prior approval of the Commissioner.

(8)

The recording system, to be used to ensure compliance with this Schedule, shall be as follows:

(Please indicate fully the method of record keeping to be adapted.)

7.

Mandatory modification and special inspections

(1)

Unless the Commissioner has approved an amendment to this Schedule, compliance with all modifications or special inspections that the manufacturer of the aircraft, its engines, propellers, instruments and installed equipment considers mandatory by a certain date or time shall be met by that date or time. Failure to comply with the aforementioned requirements will invalidate the C of A. See also sub-paragraphs 3(5)(c) and (d) of Section A of Technical Standard 43.02.8.

(2)

Part 4 of this Maintenance Schedule may contain a list of modifications and special inspections, hereinafter referred to as Airworthiness Directives (ADs), that are issued by the State of Type Design, State of Type Certificate Holder, State of Manufacture or the Commissioner. These may include some of the modifications and inspections referred to in paragraph (1) above, or may be additional thereto. Compliance shall be met in accordance with the requirements contained in the applicable AD and not later than the time stated therein. In the event of any conflict between the modifications and special inspections classified as essential and mandatory by the manufacturer or ADs issued by the Commissioner, the provisions of the latter shall prevail.

(3)

Revisions, cancellations or additions to the Part, referred to in subparagraph (2) above, will be issued as necessary. The requirements shall be complied with not later than the time or date specified. In the event where compliance cannot be met, the requirements of paragraph (2) above shall apply mutatis mutandis.

8.

Certificates of release to service

(1)

A Certificate of Release to Service, as prescribed in Part 5 of this Schedule and issued in accordance with the requirements of the Civil Aviation Regulations of 1997, as amended, shall be valid for the interval between any successive checks or on completion of an inspection cycle required by this Maintenance Schedule

(2)

When a Certificate of Release to Service becomes invalid due to an aircraft sustaining a defect, its validity will be restored when the defect, that caused it to become invalid, is rectified and such rectification has been certified by a person authorised in terms of Regulation 43.04.1, and the Commissioner has satisfied himself or herself that the aircraft can be operated safely.

(3)

When compliance with any Scheduled check is extended in terms of paragraph 2 of Part 2 of this Schedule, the person(s) extending the check shall issue a new Certificate of Release to Service valid only for the extended period.

(4)

Should the aircraft sustain a serious defect, the Certificate of Release to Service ceases to be valid as such. The Certificate of Airworthiness issued for the aircraft also ceases to be valid.

(5)

An aircraft may not be released to service with any unsatisfactory items or deferred defects without approval from the Commissioner.

9.

Avionics, instrumentation and electrical

(1)

The routine maintenance, overhaul, modification and repair of avionics, instrumentation and electrical equipment shall be performed only under the direct supervision of, and be certified by, a person holding an appropriately rated certificate of approval issued by the holder of an approved Aircraft Maintenance Organisation.

(2)

According to Regulation 43.02.2(4) the routine maintenance, scheduled inspections, structural integrity inspections, overhaul, modification, major repairs and structural repairs on aeroplanes with a maximum certificated mass in excess of 5 700 kg or on helicopters with a maximum certificated mass in excess of 3 175 kg shall be undertaken and certified by an appropriately rated approved Aircraft Maintenance Organisation (AMO) only.

Therefore, no person shall sign a release to service for avionics, instrument or electrical systems, unless that person has been authorised by, and holds the necessary certification issued by, an approved aircraft maintenance organisation. Thus the holder of an AME category A or C licence may not exercise this privilege in respect of the aircraft to which this schedule relates.

10.

Amendments

(1)

This maintenance schedule specifies the minimum maintenance considered necessary to maintain the aircraft to which it refers in an airworthy condition. No amendment to this maintenance schedule may be made without the prior written approval of the Commissioner.

(2)

Subparagraph (1) is not to be construed as prohibiting any additional maintenance, not specifically mentioned in this schedule, that may be required to ensure that the aircraft can be operated safely. Such maintenance may be undertaken without the approval of the Commissioner, provided the latter is advised of such requirement and an application for the amendment of this maintenance schedule is made accordingly. The Commissioner may wave the amendment requirement.

(3)

Amendments to this Maintenance Schedule shall become effective on the date of approval by the Commissioner or otherwise as indicated in subparagraph 1(5) of Part 1 of this Schedule.

(4)

The user of this Maintenance Schedule shall, prior to use, ensure that it has been amended to date.

11.

Aircraft inspection report

An aircraft inspection report form CA 43.02 shall be submitted at intervals not exceeding 12 months, commencing on the date of validation of the C of A. If the aircraft is unserviceable at the time when the applicable form should be completed and submitted, the interval may be extended until the aircraft is airworthy again.

12.

Duplicate inspections

(1)

A duplicate inspection of all engine and flight control systems shall be carried out after initial assembly and at any time the systems have been disturbed in any way. The purpose of the duplicate inspection is to verify that the manufacturer’s specifications and requirements have been met in full.

(2)

An initial inspection of the control system shall be made and certified by a person in possession of a valid Aircraft Maintenance Engineer’s (AME) licence, or who has been approved by the Commissioner as an Inspector in an organisation, or holds company certification as prescribed in Part 145 of the Civil Aviation Regulations of 1997, as amended, immediately after the maintenance is completed and before the aircraft is flown. Persons qualified to perform and certify duplicate inspections are:

(a)

A type-rated AME or person holding valid company certification in terms of Part 145 of the Civil Aviation Regulations of 1997, as amended.

(b)

An AME, holding a valid licence for the particular category, but not type-rated.

(c)

The holder of valid company certification on a similar type.

(d)

The holder of a valid airline transport pilot licence rated on the type concerned, if the persons referred to in subparagraphs (a), (b) or (c) are not available.

13.

Rectification of unsatisfactory items

(1)

When during any inspection or at any other time any part, product, component or item is found to be unserviceable or, in the opinion of the supervising licensed aircraft maintenance organisation is unlikely to remain serviceable under normal operating conditions during the period preceding the next scheduled inspection, such rectification action as the supervising person considers to be necessary shall be taken to restore or extend the serviceability of the part, component or item prior to returning the aircraft to service.

(2)

All deferred defects shall be transferred from the flight folio and all work involved in restoring the serviceability of any part, component or item shall be clearly recorded in the relevant logbook or other approved recording system and be certified by an appropriately rated person or certificate holder.

(3)

Where aircraft are operating away from base for any length of time, copies of the above mentioned flight folios shall be submitted every seven (7) days to the base in the Republic where the records are normally kept.

(4)

The Certificate of Airworthiness is invalid until the unsatisfactory items have been rectified or the items have been deferred in accordance with the approved MEL, DDM or CDL requirements.

14.

Associated documents

(1)

During the maintenance of the aircraft to which this schedule applies due regard shall be given to:

(a)

the contents, recommendations or requirements of the relevant manuals, SBs, SLs, SIs or other similar technical information produced by the manufacturer and, where applicable, the engine, propeller and installed equipment; and

(b)

additional requirements issued by the Commissioner, including those contained in SA-CATS-GMR, AICs and in any publication issued by the authorities of the country of the type certificate holder that may prescribe or amplify techniques to be followed in the maintenance of aircraft, such as but not limited to British Civil Aircraft Inspection Procedures and United States of America Federal Aviation Administration handbooks AC. 43.13-1 (Acceptable Methods, Techniques and Practices - Aircraft Alternations), or their successor publications, Ageing Aircraft Programme, Corrosion Prevention Control Programme, and the Aircraft’s Structural Repair Manual (SRM).

[Note: All relevant information and requirements, referred to in subparagraphs (a) and (b) above, must be either contained in, listed, or otherwise associated with the check-list required to be used for the aircraft.]

(2)

In the event of any conflict between the requirements or instructions issued by a manufacturer and those of the Commissioner, the provisions of the latter shall prevail.

(3)

It is a requirement that all relevant aircraft documents be available at the time of inspection and that such documents are current and amended to date. No inspection is to be certified unless all requirements in respect thereof have been satisfied.

(4)

The following is a list of documents which are to be valid, current or amended to date, as the case may be, and shall be checked prior to the aircraft being released to service:

(a)

Certificate of Registration No.

(b)

Certificate of Airworthiness No.

Currency date

(c)

Radio Station Licence No.

Currency date

(d)

Certificate of Release to Service

(e)

Approved Flight Manual

(f)

Mass and Balance and Equipment List data

(g)

Flight Folio

(h)

MEL

(i)

Aircraft logbook/s

(j)

Reduced Vertical Separation Minimum (RSVM) certificate (if applicable)

(k)

Noise certificate (if applicable)

(l)

Engine emission certificate (if applicable)

(m)

Fuel venting certificate (if applicable)

(n)

Approved Maintenance Schedule

PART 2
SCHEDULED AND UNSCHEDULED INSPECTIONS

1.

The complete periodic inspection cycle of time-limited and maintenance checks shall be as follows:

Check to be done at intervals not exceeding

(Specify)

2.

Notwithstanding the requirements contained in paragraph 1, it shall be permissible under this schedule for an appropriately certificated person nominated by the Accountable Manager of an approved aircraft maintenance organisation, as referred to in Part 145, to extend any scheduled check by not more than ten per cent where the aircraft manufacturer or type certificate holder has approved such an extension: Provided that –

(a)

the person has inspected the aircraft and satisfied himself or herself that the aircraft can be operated safely for the extended period;

(b)

his or authority for the extension is entered in the aircraft logbook prior to the aircraft being operated for the extended period;

(c)

a certificate of release to service has been made out and certified in the correct manner; and

(d)

the number of hours extended is deducted from the next scheduled inspection period by an equal amount.

3.

During the extended period all other scheduled checks and inspections falling due must be carried out within the times specified in paragraph 1, but these may also be extended subject to the above requirements having been satisfied.

4.

The Commissioner may extend any scheduled inspection by a further 2% if the operator has an acceptable reliability programme in place and the operator can prove that safety will not be jeopardised.

5.

No extension may be granted in respect of calendar times. Thus, an aircraft may not be flown without written approval from the Commissioner after a calendar period of validity has lapsed.

6.

During operations an aircraft may be subjected to –

(a)

hard or overweight landings;

(b)

operations outside the normal flight envelope; i.e. aircraft design speed or placarded speed of flaps or landing gear;

(c)

severe air turbulence or severe manoeuvres;

(d)

lightning strikes;

(e)

foreign-object damage;

(f)

propeller strikes;

(g)

towing - including high drag or side loads due to ground handling.

If any of the foregoing occurs, the manufacturer’s recommendations shall be followed. If no specific procedures are prescribed for the particular type of aircraft, the Commissioner must be consulted, and an alternate method of compliance be submitted for approval, based on approved data from a person or body of persons responsible for the continued airworthiness of the aircraft.

7.

Fuel flow checks are to be carried out in accordance with the aircraft’s maintenance manual and the results recorded:

(a)

at any time the fuel system has been worked on; and

(b)

at any time the operator encounters fuel system starvation problems.

8.

Installed avionics equipment shall be checked for proper operation. See also TS 43.02.6, TS 43.02.10 and TS 43.02.11.

PART 3
OVERHAULS AND SUBSTITUTION OF CLASS I AND II PRODUCTS

1.

Listed in Table 1 are extension intervals that the Commissioner allows to be granted to the Time Between Overhauls in respect of the aircraft and installed equipment. These extension periods may NOT be granted, if the manufacturer has stipulated an escalation programme approved by the Commissioner. Escalation programmes do not qualify for these extensions.

2.

An appropriately certified person nominated by the Accountable Manager of an approved aircraft maintenance organisation may extend any TBO listed in Table 1 as follows:

Provided that he or she has satisfied himself or herself from the performance, condition and recorded history and approved data for the component concerned that it can be operated safely for the extended period and that his or her authority for the extension is entered, in accordance with paragraph 3 below in the appropriate logbook or other appropriate approved record prior to the component concerned is operated for the extended period.

3.

On each occasion that an extension is granted in terms of paragraph 2 above, the person authorising the extension shall certify the following entry in the appropriate logbook:

“I hereby certify that I have satisfied myself, after consulting approved data and historical records of its performance since new or last overhaul, and the condition of (name the product or component concerned giving a description and quoting part and serial number), the latter is such that it can be operated safely for a further      hours of flight time. I hereby authorise such extension.

The current total airframe hours are

Signature

Approval/Licence No.

Date

”

4.

The current status of life-limited products and parts, whether it be hours, cycles or calendar time must be available.

5.

No calendar and cycle limitations imposed by a manufacturer may be extended without prior approval of the Commissioner. Application with respect to this type of extension must be made in accordance with Regulation 43.02.1.

6.

A copy of TBO components must be attached to this Part.

PART 4
AIRWORTHINESS DIRECTIVES AND OTHER SERVICE INFORMATION

1.

Airworthiness Directives (ADs) which concern the aircraft to which this maintenance schedule applies (including installed equipment) are dealt with in this Part.

2.

The registered owner or operator shall ensure that a system is in place ensuring that the requirements of all applicable ADs, as well as any SBs, SLs, SIs or other service information classified by the manufacturer as mandatory, are complied with as specified in each directive before an aircraft is released to service.

3.

“Mandatory” in this context means:

(a)

the airworthiness directive (AD) is issued by either the Commissioner or by the appropriate authority of the State of the type certificate holder;

(b)

the Commissioner instructs that a SB, SL, SI or other service information, issued by a manufacturer shall be complied with;

(c)

in respect of an aircraft, including its components or parts, operated in terms of an air service licence or utilised for the provision of flying training (other than the training of its registered owner), any SB, SL, SI or other service information enhancing the safety of the aircraft (whether classified by the manufacturer as mandatory or not);

(d)

in respect of aircraft that are not used for the provision of a commercial air transport operation or in flying training (other than for the training of its registered owner), compliance with any SB, SL, SI or other service information, issued by a manufacturer, shall be at the discretion of the aircraft’s owner;

(e)

whenever an owner decides not to comply with a particular SB, SL, SI or other service information, issued by a manufacturer in respect of his or her aircraft, this shall be recorded in the appropriate logbook as

“SB (etc.) No. ………… NOT COMPLIED WITH”.

4.

Requirements quoted in ADs are periodically revised. Each user of this schedule shall ensure that such publications are up to date when used, and shall also ensure that any retrospective action required by any publication revision is complied with as and when required.

5.

Modifications and special inspections shall be accomplished not later than the time or date specified against each item. Should the certifying person find that, due to circumstances beyond his or her control, he or she is unable to comply with the manufacturer's instructions regarding the specified time or date, written exemption from compliance must be requested and an acceptable alternate means of compliance must be submitted to the Commissioner for consideration together with all substantiating data. Such approval must be obtained prior to further flight.

6.

Deferred modifications or special inspections shall be accomplished as soon as the circumstances requiring the postponement no longer exist, but in any event not later than the written extension granted by the Commissioner. An alternate method of compliance may be considered by the Commissioner upon submission of acceptable substantiating data.

7.

Modifications and special inspections required by the manufacturer of the airframe, engine, propeller, component or installed equipment are made known by way of SBs, SLs, SIs, modification bulletins or other similar technical information. Such information is generally classified by the manufacturer to indicate the degree of essentiality. Licence holders or authorised persons who certify the inspections required by this schedule are to ensure that their organisation possesses and keeps up to-date all such information that is to be brought to the notice of the aircraft owner or operator. No aircraft may be released to service with Airworthiness Directives that have not been complied with as yet.

8.

All modifications and special inspections classified by the manufacturers as mandatory shall be carried out in accordance with the manufacturer’s instructions not later than the time or date specified by them, but in the event of any difficulties in complying therewith, the provisions of paragraph 5 above shall apply mutatis mutandis.

9.

The accomplishment of any modification or special inspection is to be recorded on the page provided for in the appropriate logbook and certified by the licensed or authorised person who performed the maintenance.

PART 5
DOCUMENTATION

Insert copy of Certificate of Release to Service for aeroplanes with an MCM in excess of 5 700 kg and helicopters with an MCM in excess of 3 175 kg, as prescribed in Annexure B 2, and amended to reflect the details of the issuing AMO.

PART 6
RELIABILITY PROGRAMME

[Under development]

SECTION E:
MAINTENANCE SCHEDULE FOR GLIDERS INCLUDING POWER-ASSISTED AND TOURING GLIDERS (MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS)

Provided the Maintenance Schedule has been drawn up in accordance with this Technical Standard it serves as the Approved Aircraft Maintenance Schedule for the particular glider without the need to forward it to the Commissioner for his or her approval. However, any deviation from the provisions of this Technical Standard shall require the prior approval of the Commissioner.

[Notes:

1.

The minimum requirements for the annual inspection are the manufacturer’s requirement, integrated with the requirements addressed in the Minimum Check-list.

2.

The serviceability of an item is to be indicated by initialling the block against the item, to be countersigned on the job card by the person who inspected the work.

3.

A list of the names of all technical and certifying personnel, their signatures and initials shall be attached to the check-list for identification purposes.

4.

During any maintenance it will be the responsibility of the aircraft maintenance organisation to verify if Class I and Class II products correspond with the aircraft documentation and determine if the correct data are affixed to these products as applicable. If data plates are omitted, the Commissioner must be notified prior to releasing the glider to service, stating what measures have been taken to ensure that the component is not a non-certificated part.]

5.

In the case of touring glider, it may be advantageous to combine the maintenance schedule for an aeroplane, as listed in Section B of TS 43.02.8, with the maintenance schedule for a glider.]

MPI MINIMUM CHECK-LIST

Before the inspection, remove or open all necessary inspection panels, access doors, fairings and cowlings and thoroughly clean the aircraft, engine and propeller (if fitted).

INSPECTION CHECK-LIST
To be used when carrying out the inspection of a glider

SECTION F:
MAINTENANCE SCHEDULE FOR MANNED BALLOONS (MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS)

Provided the Maintenance Schedule has been drawn up in accordance with this Technical Standard it serves as the Approved Aircraft Maintenance Schedule for the particular aircraft without the need to forward it to the Commissioner for his or her approval. However, any deviation from the provisions of this Technical Standard shall require the prior approval of the Commissioner.

[Notes:

1.

The minimum requirements for the annual inspection are the manufacturer’s requirement, integrated with the requirements addressed in the Minimum Check-list.

2.

The serviceability of an item is to be indicated by initialling the block against the item, to be countersigned on the job card by the person who inspected the work.

3.

A list of the names of all technical and certifying personnel, their signatures and initials shall be attached to the check-list for identification purposes.

4.

During any maintenance it will be the responsibility of the person or organisation carrying out the maintenance to verify whether Class I and Class II products correspond with the aircraft documentation and to determine whether the correct data are affixed to these products, as applicable. If data plates are omitted, the Commissioner must be notified prior to releasing the balloon to service, stating what measures have been taken to ensure that the component is not a non-certificated part.]

MPI MINIMUM CHECK-LIST

(Inspect as applicable)

SECTION G:
MAINTENANCE SCHEDULE FOR AIRSHIPS (MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS)

Provided the Maintenance Schedule has been drawn up in accordance with this Technical Standard it serves as the Approved Aircraft Maintenance Schedule for the particular aircraft without the need to forward it to the Commissioner for his or her approval. However, any deviation from the provisions of this Technical Standard shall require the prior approval of the Commissioner.

[Notes:

1.

The minimum requirements for the annual inspection are the manufacturer’s requirement, integrated with the requirements addressed in the Minimum Check-list.

2.

The serviceability of an item is to be indicated by initialling the block against the item, to be countersigned on the job card by the person who inspected the work.

3.

A list of the names of all technical and certifying personnel, their signatures and initials shall be attached to the check-list for identification purposes.

4.

During any maintenance it will be the responsibility of the person or organisation carrying out the maintenance to verify whether Class I and Class II products correspond with the aircraft documentation and to determine whether the correct data are affixed to these products, as applicable. If data plates are omitted, the Commissioner must be notified prior to releasing the airship to service, stating what measures have been taken to ensure that the component is not a non-certificated part.]

MPI MINIMUM CHECK-LIST
(Inspect as applicable)
[Under development]

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