10.3 Approved Maintenance Organisations Flashcards
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Part-145 is Annex II to Continuing Airworthiness Regulation - UK Regulation (EU) No. 1321/2014 and details the standards with which an organisation must comply in order to be approved to carry out the maintenance of aircraft and components.
Part-145 Section A sets forth stringent guidelines and standards that must be adhered to by maintenance organisations to ensure the safety and airworthiness of aircraft
Part-145 Section B also addresses the responsibilities of the CAA, outlining its role in approving, overseeing, and monitoring maintenance organisations. It establishes the criteria for the issuance, renewal, and amendment of maintenance organisation approvals.
An application for a certificate or an amendment to an existing certificate must be made in a form and manner established by the CAA, taking into account the applicable requirements of Annex I (Part-M), Annex Vb (Part-ML) and Part-145.
Applicants for an initial certificate pursuant to this Annex must provide the CAA with:
the results of a pre-audit performed by the organisation against the applicable requirements provided for in Annex I (Part-M), Annex Vb (Part-ML) and Part-145;
documentation demonstrating how they intend to ensure compliance with the requirements of this Regulation.
The organisation’s scope of work must be specified in the maintenance organisation exposition (“MOE”);
The organisation must comply with the terms of approval attached to the organisation certificate issued by the CAA, and with the scope of work specified in the MOE.
The organisation shall ensure that:
-For base maintenance of aircraft, aircraft hangars are both available and large enough to accommodate aircraft on planned base maintenance;
-For component maintenance, component workshops are large enough to accommodate the components on planned maintenance.
-Office accommodation is provided for the management of the planned work referred to in point (a), and certifying staff so that they can carry out their designated tasks in a manner that contributes to good aircraft maintenance standards.
The working environment :
-Temperatures
-dust and airborne contamination are kept to a minimum
-adequate lighting
-noise
-where a particular maintenance task requires the application of specific environmental conditions different to the foregoing, then such conditions are observed. Specific conditions are identified in the maintenance data.
the working environment for line maintenance is such that the work be suspended until satisfactory conditions are re-established.
Secure storage facilities are provided for components, equipment, tools and material.
the organisation must appoint an accountable manager that has corporate authority to ensure that all maintenance activities of the organisation can be financed and carried out in accordance with Regulation (EU) 2018/1139
The accountable manager must
ensure that all necessary resources are available to accomplish maintenance in accordance with this Annex, Annex I (Part-M) and Annex Vb (Part-ML), as applicable, to support the organisation certificate;
establish and promote the safety policy;
demonstrate a basic understanding of this Regulation.
The accountable manager must nominate
a person or group of persons representing the management structure for the maintenance functions and with the responsibility to ensure that the organisation works in accordance with the MOE and approved procedures. It must be made clear in the procedures who deputises for a particular person in the case of lengthy absence of that person;
must nominate a person or group of persons with the responsibility to manage the compliance monitoring function as part of the management system;
must nominate a person or group of persons with the responsibility to manage the development, administration and maintenance of effective safety management processes as part of the management system.
For base maintenance carried out at a location outside the United Kingdom, support staff may be qualified in accordance with the national aviation regulations of the State in which the organisation facility is located subject to the conditions specified in Appendix IV to this Annex (Part-145).
For line maintenance carried out at a line station located outside the United Kingdom, the certifying staff may be qualified, subject to the conditions specified in Appendix IV to this Annex, in accordance with the following alternative conditions:
national aviation regulations of the State in which the line station is located,
national aviation regulation of the State in which the organisation’s principal place of business is located
If an aircraft is operated away from a supported location, the organisation may issue a limited certification authorisation to the pilot on the basis of the flight crew licence held, subject to being satisfied that the pilot has carried out sufficient practical training ensuring that the pilot can accomplish the specified tasks.
In the following unforeseen cases, where an aircraft is grounded at a location other than the main base where no appropriate certifying staff are available, the organisation contracted to provide maintenance support may issue a one-off certification authorisation:(i) to one of its employees holding equivalent type authorisations on aircraft of similar technology, construction and systems; or(ii) to any person with not less than five years maintenance experience and holding a valid ICAO aircraft maintenance licence rated for the aircraft type requiring certification provided there is no organisation appropriately approved under this Part at that location and the contracted organisation obtains and holds on file evidence of the experience and the licence of that person.
All such cases as specified in this point must be reported to the CAA within seven days after issuing such certification authorisation
‘Support staff’ means those staff holding an aircraft maintenance licence under Annex III (Part-66) in category B1, B2, B2L, B3 and/or L with the appropriate aircraft ratings, working in a base maintenance environment while not necessarily holding certification privileges.
‘Relevant aircraft and/or components’, means those aircraft or components specified in the particular certification authorisation
‘Certification authorisation’ means the authorisation issued to certifying staff by the organisation and which specifies the fact that those staff may sign certificates of release to service within the limitations stated in such authorisation on behalf of the approved organisation.
The organisation shall ensure that all certifying staff and support staff are involved in at least 6 months of actual relevant aircraft or component maintenance experience in any consecutive 2-year period.
The organisation must ensure that all certifying staff and support staff receive sufficient recurrent training in each 2 year period to ensure that they have up to date knowledge of relevant technologies, organisation procedures and safety management, including human factor issues.
The organisation must provide certifying staff with a copy of their certification authorisation in either written or electronic format.
Certifying staff must produce their certification authorisation to any authorised person within 24 hours of the request.
The minimum age for certifying staff and support staff is 21 years.
In order to be approved to carry out airworthiness reviews and to issue the corresponding airworthiness review certificates (ARC) for aircraft covered by Part-ML, the organisation must have airworthiness review staff that comply with all of the following requirements:
they have acquired experience in continuing airworthiness of at least 1 year for sailplanes and balloons and of at least 3 years for all other aircraft;
they hold a certifying staff authorisation for the corresponding aircraft;
they have acquired knowledge of Part-M, Subpart C, or Part-ML, Subpart C;
they have acquired knowledge of the procedures of the maintenance organisation relevant to the airworthiness review and issue of the airworthiness review certificate.
Before the organisation issues an airworthiness review authorisation to a candidate, that candidate must perform an airworthiness review under the supervision of the CAA or under the supervision of a person that is already authorised as airworthiness review staff by the organisation. If this airworthiness review under supervision is satisfactory, the CAA may formally accept that candidate to become airworthiness review staff.
The organisation must ensure that the airworthiness review staff can demonstrate appropriate recent continuing airworthiness experience.
Components which are in a satisfactory condition, released on a CAA Form 1 or equivalent and marked in accordance with relevant regulations i.e. part-21 Subpart Q.
CRITICAL MAINTENANCE TASKS
The procedure should ensure that the following maintenance tasks are reviewed to assess their impact on flight safety:
tasks that may affect the control of the aircraft flight path and attitude, such as installation, rigging and adjustments of flight controls;
aircraft stability control systems (autopilot, fuel transfer);
tasks that may affect the propulsive force of the aircraft, including installation of aircraft engines, propellers and rotors; and
overhaul, calibration or rigging of engines, propellers, transmissions and gearboxes.
When an aircraft is grounded at a location other than the main line station or main maintenance base due to the non-availability of a component with the appropriate release certificate, it is permissible to temporarily fit a component without the appropriate release certificate for a maximum of 30 flight hours or until the aircraft first returns to the main line station or main maintenance base, whichever is the sooner, subject to the aircraft operator agreement and said component having a suitable release certificate but otherwise in compliance with all applicable maintenance and operational requirements
Occurrence reporting
The organisation shall report to the CAA , the state of registry and the organisation responsible for the design of the aircraft or component any condition of the aircraft or component identified by the organisation that has resulted or may result in an unsafe condition that hazards seriously the flight safety.
The organisation shall produce and submit such reports as soon as practicable but in any case within 72 hours of the organisation identifying the condition to which the report relates.
The organisation shall notify the CAA of any proposal to carry out any of the following changes before such changes take place to enable the CAA to determine continued compliance with this Part and to amend, if necessary, the approval certificate, except that in the case of proposed changes in personnel not known to the management beforehand, these changes must be notified at the earliest opportunity:
the name of the organisation;
the main location of the organisation;
additional locations of the organisation;
the accountable manager;
any of the persons nominated under point 145.A.30(b);
the facilities, equipment, tools, material, procedures, work scope, certifying staff and airworthiness review staff that could affect the approval.
145.A.90 Continued Validity
The organisation’s certificate must remain valid, subject to compliance with all of the following conditions:
the organisation remaining in compliance with Regulation (EU) 2018/1139, taking into account the provisions of point 145.B.350 (handling of findings and corrective actions; observations);
the CAA being granted access to the organisation as specified in point 145.A.140;
the certificate not being surrendered by the organisation, or suspended or revoked by the CAA.
Upon surrender or revocation, the certificate must be returned to the CAA without delay.
145.A.95 Findings and observations
After the receipt of a notification of findings, the organisation must:
After the receipt of a notification of findings, the organisation must:
identify the root cause of, and any contributing factors to, the non-compliance;
define a corrective action plan;
demonstrate the implementation of corrective action to the satisfaction of the CAA.
The actions referred to in point (a) must be performed within the period agreed with the CAA.
The observations received in accordance with point 145.B.350(e) must be given due consideration by the organisation. The organisation must record the decisions taken in respect of those observations.
Finding levels under 145.B.350 -
A level 1 finding is any finding of significant non-compliance with the requirements of this Annex which lowers the safety standard and seriously endangers flight safety.
A level 2 finding is any finding of non-compliance with the requirements of this Annex which may lower the safety standard and may endanger flight safety.
Means of compliance
An organisation may use any alternative means of compliance to establish compliance with this Regulation.
If an organisation wishes to use an alternative means of compliance, it must, prior to using it, provide the CAA with a full description. The description must include any revisions to manuals or procedures that may be relevant, as well as an explanation indicating how compliance with this Regulation is achieved. The organisation may use those alternative means of compliance subject to prior approval from the CAA.
Access
For the purpose of determining compliance with the relevant requirements of Regulation (EU) 2018/1139, the organisation must ensure that access to any facility, aircraft, document, records, data, procedures or to any other material relevant to its activity subject to certification, whether it is subcontracted or not, is granted to any person authorised by the CAA.
Immediate reaction to a safety problem
The organisation must implement:
any safety measures mandated by the CAA in accordance with point 145.B.135 (CAA’s Immediate reaction to a safety problem);
any relevant mandatory safety information issued by the CAA.
