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CAR 21 Certification of Aircraft and Related

Products, Parts and Appliances, and of Design and Production Organizations

Industry Familiarization Session

Zahid Munawar

Manager Engineering Safety

CAR 21

• Introduction

• Need for CAR 21

• What is CAR 21

• Existing Provisions & Industry Guidelines

• CAR 21 Implementation Milestones

• Related Standards / Material

• Discussion on CAR 21

• FAQ

• Questions / Answer Session

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Breakdown of Presentation

Introduction

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Need for CAR 21

• GCAA vision of a leading regulator

• No regulatory provisions for certifying activities like TC, TCV, STC, DOA, POA & UAE TSOA etc

• Introduction of regulations inline with ICAO standards

• Industry demand - development of aviation sector

• International agreements & acceptance

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CAR 21

What is CAR 21?

– Umbrella Regulations

– Inline with EASA Part 21

– Subparts A – Q, Contains requirements, rights and obligations for applicants and holders of certificates for certification of parts, products and design & manufacturing organisation

– CAR 21 Appendices - Contains mandatory templates for certain certificates / forms

– Ownership of CAR 21

• Department of airworthiness (Engineering team)

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CAR 21

• TCV

– IB 06/2006

• Modification / Repair approval

– Part V & CAR OPS 1/3

– IB 02/2010

• DOA

– CAR 145 – Appendix V

• AD

– Provisions for acceptance only

• C of A, Flight Permit, Noise Certificate

– Part V

• No Provisions for many activates covered by CAR 21

– No provisions for issuing AD

– POA 6

Existing Provisions & Industry Guidelines

CAR 21

• CAR 21 – NPA - 2009

– Published in Oct 2010

• Entered into force – 01 Jun 2011

• Effective – 01 Jun 2012

• Status during grace period– Option between existing provisions and CAR 21

– GCAA will encourage to comply with CAR 21

– Working on procedures for implementation

• CAR 21, CAR 21 AMC & GM, forms and industry guidance material available at www.gcaa.ae

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Implementation Milestones

CAR 21

• Airworthiness Codes– CAR 21.16A

– accepts airworthiness codes issued by EASA – Any other airworthiness code conforming to Annex 8

• US FAR• Transport Canada CARs

• AMC and GM to CAR 21• Advisory Material - EASA• GCAA Publications

– Airworthiness Notices– IB Fees & Charges

• Forms– Appendices to CAR 21– Other Forms

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Related Standards/Materials

CAR 21

Discussion on CAR 21

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Subparts

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Subpart A General Provisions

Subpart B Type Certificates and Restricted Type Certificates

Subpart B1 Type Acceptance Certificate

Subpart D Changes to Type Certificates and Restricted Type Certificates

Subpart E Supplemental Type Certificates

Subpart F Production Without Production Organisation Approval

Subpart G Production Organisation Approval

Subpart H Certificates of Airworthiness and Restricted Certificates of Airworthiness

Subpart I Noise Certificates

Subpart J Design Organisation Approval

CAR 21

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Subpart K Parts and Appliances

Subpart M Repairs

Subpart O UAE Technical Standard order Authorisations

Subpart P Permit to Fly

Subpart Q Identification of Products, Parts and Appliances

Appendices Contains Mandatory Templates for Certain Certificates / Forms

Subparts

CAR 21

General Provisions

General provisions governing the rights and obligations of

the applicant for, and holder of, any certificate issued or to

be issued in accordance with CAR 21

• CAR 21.3 Failures, Malfunctions and Defects

• CAR 21.3B Airworthiness Directives

• CAR 21.4 Coordination Between Design and Production

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CAR 21 Subpart A

CAR 21 Subpart B1

Type Acceptance Certificate

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Subpart B1Type Acceptance Certificate

• Type acceptance is required for issue of UAE C of A or restricted C of A

• Applicability – Type Acceptance certification requirements apply to an aircraft model

imported to the United Arab Emirates on or after 01 January 2006

• GCAA Fees and Charges– AED 400,000.00 – MTOW >5700 kg & >19 Passengers

– AED 200,000.00 – MTOW >5700 kg & <19 Passengers

– AED 200,000.00 – MTOW >5700 kg Cargo Category

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Applicability & Fees

• Airworthiness Requirements– Certification basis including special conditions, ELOSF, exemptions

– Import requirements – bilingual placards

• Data Requirements– Compliance reports

– Continued airworthiness data

– Operation manuals

• Duration and Continued Validity– Unlimited

– May be revoked or suspended

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Requirements & Validity


• List of Validated Models (32 models)

– Engineering team

– GCAA website

• Validation Timeframe

– Depends on cooperation of manufacturer

– Approximately six months

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General Information


CAR 21

Airworthiness and Environmental Protection Certification of Products

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• Subpart B - Type certificates and restricted type certificates

• Subpart D - Changes to type certificate and restricted type certificates

• Subpart E - Supplemental type certificates

• Subpart M - Repairs

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Airworthiness and Environmental Protection Certification of Products

Subparts

– CAR 21.91 – Classification of changes to type design

– Minor, when it has no appreciable effect on:• Mass, balance, structural strength, reliability, operational

characteristics, noise, fuel venting, exhaust emission or other characteristics affecting the airworthiness of the product

– Major, any other changes

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Subpart D - Changes to Type Certificate and Restricted Type Certificate

Classification of Changes

– Major Changes:• TC Holder

• STC – Any Person

– Minor Changes• TC holder

• Any Person

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Who can Apply for Changes


• Approval of Changes:

– Major:• GCAA

– Minor:• GCAA

• Appropriately approved design organisation

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Approval of Changes


• The applicant for a change (minor & major) has to:

– Apply on the GCAA prescribed form

– Provide description of the change

– Provide applicable certification basis

– Identification necessary re-investigations for compliance

– show compliance with the applicable certification basis

– Declare and provide the GCAA with the basis on which the declaration of compliance is made

• If the applicant holds a DOA, this declaration shall be made according with CAR 21 Subpart J

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Application for Change


• The minor change is approved when the applicant:– Has submitted the declaration of compliance

– Has shown compliance with certification basis

• The major change is approved when the applicant:– Has submitted the declaration of compliance

– Has shown:• Compliance with certification basis

• Any airworthiness provisions not complied with are compensated by factors providing an equivalent level of safety; and

• No feature or characteristic makes the product unsafe for the uses for which certification is requested

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Approval of Change


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• Obligations of the holder of a change to TC:• 21.4 (coordination with production)

• 21.105 (record keeping)

• 21.107 (instructions for continued airworthiness)

• The holder shall specify the marking as per CAR 21 Subpart Q

Obligation of Change Holder


• Apply on the GCAA prescribed form• Eligibility of the applicant: Demonstration of capability

– Use alternative procedures (criteria in GM to 21.112B)

– By holding a design organisation approval• Content of the application (refer to 21.93 for changes):

– Description of the change – Identification of any necessary re-investigations– Justification that the information on which those

descriptions and identifications are based is adequate and based either:• From the applicant’s own resources; or• Through an arrangement with the TC holder

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Application

Subpart E Supplemental Type Certificate

• The applicant shall declare that compliance has been shown with all applicable type certification basis and environmental protection requirements (refer to 21.97)

• If the applicant holds a DOA, this declaration shall be made according with CAR 21 Subpart J

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Declaration of Compliance


• Supplemental Type Certificate is issued when the applicant:

– Has submitted the declaration of compliance

– Has shown that:

• The changed product meets the certification basis

• Any airworthiness provisions not complied with are compensated by factors providing an equivalent level of safety; and

• No feature or characteristic makes the product unsafe for the uses for which certification is requested

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Approval of STC


– Has demonstrated its capability

– Where the applicant has entered into an arrangement with the TC holder:

• The TC holder has advised that it has no technical objection to the information submitted (under the application); and

• The TC holder has agreed to collaborate with the STC holder to ensure discharge of all obligations for continued airworthiness of the changed product

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Approval of STC (cont…)


• Undertake the obligations in:– 21.3 (report and investigation of occurrences)

– 21.3B (cooperation with the GCAA on ADs)

– 21.4 (coordination with production)

– 21.105 (record keeping)

– 21.119 (produce, update and provision of manuals required by airworthiness design standards)

– 21.120 (instructions for continued airworthiness; production, update and availability, program for distribution of changes)

– Marking as per CAR 21 Subpart Q

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Obligations


• Changes to an STC:

– Major Changes

• Applied for by the STC holder: change to the STC

• Applied for by a person other than the STC holder:new STC

– Minor Changes

• Classified and approved according with subpart D

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Post – STC Activities

• “Repair” in CAR 21 means:– Elimination of damage and/or restoration to an

airworthy condition of any product, part or appliance

• Elimination of damage by replacement of parts or appliances without need of design activity is a maintenance activity and does not require approval under CAR 21

• The repairs of UAE TSO articles are dealt with under Subpart O

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Subpart M Repairs

Repair Definition

– Application for repairs on GCAA prescribed form

– Who can apply for repairs• Major repairs - Any person who has demonstrated

capability or is in process of demonstrating capability

• Minor repairs - Any person

– Demonstration of Capability• For major repairs:

– By holding a Design Organisation Approval, or;

– Use alternative procedures

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Subpart M Repairs

Application & Demonstration of Capability

– Classification is same as Application for change• CAR 21.91 – Classification of changes to type design• Minor, when it has no appreciable effect on:

– Mass, balance, structural strength, reliability, operational characteristics, noise, fuel venting, exhaust emission or other characteristics affecting the airworthiness of the product

• Major, any other repair then above

– Who can classify a repair• GCAA

• Appropriately approved design organisation as per their procedure

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Subpart M Repairs

Classification of Repairs

• An applicant for the approval of repair shall:– Has declared the compliance

– Has shown that:• The repair design meets with the applicable airworthiness

design standards and environmental protection requirements, as specified in 21.433(a)(1)

– Submit necessary substantiation when requested

– Where applicable show coordination with TC holder

– For major repairs, the applicant has demonstrated its capability

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Subpart M Repairs

Applicant Responsibities

• The repair is approved when the applicant:

– Has declared the compliance

– Has shown that:

• The repair design meets with the applicable airworthiness design standards and environmental protection requirements, as specified in 21.433(a)(1)

– For major repairs, the applicant has demonstrated its capability

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Subpart M Repairs

Issue of Approval

• CAR 21 Subpart F

• CAR 21 Subpart G

• Appropriately approved maintenance organisation

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Subpart M Repairs

Production of Repair Parts

• Maintenance Organisation

• Production organisation under CAR 21 Subpart G

• Design organisation will transmit all the required information for production

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Subpart M Repairs

Repair Embodiment

– A repair may be approved with limitations. If this is the case, the approval shall include the limitations and all necessary instructions

– These limitations and instructions shall be transmitted by the repair approval holder to the operator (procedure to be agreed with the GCAA)

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Subpart M Repairs

Limitations

• When the damage is left unrepaired – The evaluation of the damage for its airworthiness

consequences shall be made:• By the GCAA• By an appropriately approved design organisation (DOA)

– Limitations may be necessary. They shall be processed as the limitations for the repair approvals

– When the damage is neither evaluated by the GCAA or the TC or STC holder, the justification of the adequacy of the information shall be made:• Through the applicant’s own resources; or• Through an arrangement with the TC holder

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Subpart M Repairs

Unrepaired Damage

• The holder of major repair shall undertake the obligations:– 21.3 (report and investigation of occurrences)

– 21.3B (cooperation with the GCAA on ADs)

– 21.4 (coordination with production)

– 21.439 (production of repair parts)

– 21.441 (repair embodiment)

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Subpart M Repairs

Obligations

– 21.443 (limitations)



– If an arrangement with the TC/STC holder exists, the collaboration implicit in it

• The holder shall specify the marking, including UAE PA

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Subpart M Repairs

Obligations (Cont…)

• Obligations of the minor repair approval holder: – 21.4 (coordination with production)



• The holder shall specify the marking, including UAE PA

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Subpart M Repairs

Obligations (cont…)

CAR 21 Subpart JDesign Organisation Approval

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• DOA is needed to be eligible for applications for:– Type Certificate and Restricted Type Certificate in some

cases (list of excluded products under 21.14B)

– Supplemental Type Certificates in some cases (criteria in GM to 21.112B)

– Major repairs

– UAE TSO authorisation for APU

• DOA may be applied on a voluntary basis for:– Minor changes

– Minor repairs

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Subpart JDesign Organisation Approval

Overview

• Applications on the GCAA prescribed Form

• Content of the application:– An outline of the information required by

21.243 (Data):• Handbook describing the organisation and

procedures

• Subcontractors

• Qualifications and experience of the management staff and other responsible persons

– Terms of approval requested45


Application

• The organisation has to demonstrate:– A Design Assurance System

– Staff in all technical departments:

• are of sufficient numbers and experience

• have been given authority to discharge their allocated responsibilities

– The accommodation, facilities and equipment are adequate to enable the staff to achieve the airworthiness, noise, fuel venting and emissions objectives of the product

– There is full and efficient coordination between departments and within departments in respect to airworthiness and environmental protection matters

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Requirements

– Identify:• The types of design work, categories of products,

parts and appliances for which the organisation holds an approval

• The functions and duties that the organisation is approved to perform

– For DOA covering TC or UAE TSO for APU, in addition, the list of products or APU

– The terms of approval are issued as part of the design organisation approval

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Terms of Approval

– To perform design activities under CAR 21 Subpart J and within its scope of approval

– Subject to investigations the compliance documents for the following are accepted without verification:• TC or approval of major change to a type design

• Supplemental type certificate

• UAE TSOA for APU

• Major repair approval

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Privileges

– The DOA holder is entitled (within its terms of approval):• To classify changes and repairs as “major” and “minor”

• To approve [its own] minor changes and minor repairs

• To issue information and instruction containing the statement “The technical content of this document is approved under the authority of DOA nr.*EASA+.j.*xyz+”

• To approve documentary changes to the AFM, and issue these changes containing the statement “Revision nr.xx to AFM ref.yyy is approved under the authority of DOA nr.*EASA+.j.*xyz+”

• To approve the design of major repairs to products for which it holds the RTC or TC

• To issue a permit to fly and to approve the associated flight conditions

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Privileges (cont…)

– Design Organisation Approval holder shall:• Ensure that handbook is maintained and is used as a

basic document within the organisation

• Determine that the design of products, changes or repairs comply with the applicable requirements and have no unsafe feature

• Except for the minor changes and repairs, provide to the GCAA statements and associated documentation confirming above compliance

• Provide to the GCAA information or instructions related to required actions under 21.3B - Airworthiness Directive

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Obligations

• Duration: Unlimited• Conditions for validity:

– The holder remains in compliance with CAR 21 Subpart J– The GCAA is not prevented by the holder, its partners or

subcontractors to perform investigations– There is no evidence that the design assurance system

cannot maintain satisfactory control and supervision of the design of products or changes thereof under the approval

– The certificate is not surrendered or revoked (under GCAA policy & procedures)

Note: Upon surrender or revocation, the certificate shall be returned to the GCAA

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Conditions of Validity

– DOA shall:

• Make arrangements to allow the GCAA to make any investigations, including those of partners and subcontractors, necessary to determine compliance and continued compliance with CAR 21 Subpart J

• Allow the GCAA to review any report and make any inspection and perform or witness any flight test necessary to check the validity of the compliance statements submitted by the applicant

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Investigation

• Findings:– Non-compliance to the requirements of CAR 21 Subpart J and must

be:• found by objective evidence• classified as level1 or level 2 findings

– Classification:• Level 1 finding is any non-compliance which could lead to uncontrolled

non-compliances with applicable requirements and which could affect the safety of the aircraft

• Level 2 finding is any non-compliance which is not classified as level one

– Level 3 finding is any item where it has been identified, by objective evidence, to contain potential problems that could lead to level 1 or level 2 findings

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Investigation

• Corrective actions:– After notification of the finding the DOA holder:

• Level 1 finding corrective action to the satisfaction of the GAA within a period of no more than 21 days

• Level 2 findings corrective action to the satisfaction of the GCAA within a period of no more than 6 months.

– In certain circumstances this period may be extended, provided an action plan is agreed with the GCAA

• A level 3 finding does not require immediate action by the DOA holder

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Investigation

CAR 21 Demonstration of Capability for Production

POA – Subpart GProduction without POA– Subpart F

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Demonstration of Capability for Production

• CAR 21 Subpart G Approval - Series production

• CAR 21 Subpart F• Limited number of items• During POA investigation

• CAR 145 - Limited fabrication is permissible

Types of Production Approval

• Issue GCAA Form 52 statement of conformity for aircraft to obtain an aircraft certificate of airworthiness and a noise certificate

• In case of other products, parts or appliances issue authorised release certificates (AW Form 1)

• Maintain an new aircraft it has produced and issue a certificate of release to service (GCAA Form 53) in respect of this maintenance

• To issue a permit to fly and associated flight condition document

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Subpart GProduction Organisation Approval

Privileges

This Subpart establishes the procedure relating to the approval of parts and appliances

Definition Parts and Appliances:shall mean any instrument, equipment, mechanism, part, apparatus, appurtenance or accessory, including communications equipment, that is used or intended to be used in operating or controlling an aircraft in flight and is installed in or attached to the aircraft. It includes parts of an airframe, engine or propeller

Subpart KParts and Appliances

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Provides details in which products, parts and appliance are identified

Subpart Q - Identification of Products, Parts & Appliances

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CAR 21

Certificates to Individual Aircraft

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• Subpart H - Certificate of Airworthiness and Restricted Certificate of Airworthiness

• Subpart I - Noise Certificate

• Subpart P - Permits to Fly

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Certificates to Individual Aircraft

Related Subparts

• What stage should I involve the GCAA?• Where I can find list of the following:

– Type accepted models– Approved design organisations– Approved manufacturing organisations

• How should I get a query answered by the GCAA:– Contact person dealing with the case– Send an email to [email protected]– Contact Zahid Munawar – Manager Engineering

Safety – email: [email protected]

CAR 21

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Frequently Asked Questions

Questions?

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