CASA 153/11 – Authorisation – pilot maintenance on Eurocopter (Cth)
Instrument number CASA 153/11
I, JOHN FRANCIS McCORMICK, Director of Aviation Safety, on behalf of CASA, make this instrument under subregulation 42ZC (6) and regulation 308 of the Civil Aviation Regulations 1988 (CAR 1988).
[Signed John F. McCormick]
John F. McCormick
Director of Aviation Safety
21 June 2011
Authorisation — pilot maintenance on Eurocopter
1 Commencement
This instrument:
(a) commences on 27 June 2011; and
(b) stops having effect at the end of 26 June 2013.
2 Revocation
Instrument CASA 552/09 is revoked.
3 Application
This instrument applies to the pilot of a Class B aircraft manufactured by Eurocopter (the aircraft).
4 Authorisation
For paragraph 42ZC (4) (e) of CAR 1988, I authorise the pilot of the aircraft to carry out maintenance (the maintenance) in the form of the daily operating checks listed for the pilot in subsection 8.4 of the aircraft manufacturer’s flight manual, namely:
(a) the before the first flight (BFF) checks; and
(b) the turnaround (TA) checks; and
(c) the after last flight of the day (ALF) checks.
5 Exemption
For an operation, a pilot authorised under section 4 is exempt from subregulation 42ZE (1) to the extent that anything mentioned in that subregulation would prevent the pilot from certifying the TA check at the same time as he or she certifies the ALF checks.
Note Under subregulation 42ZE (1) of CAR 1988, a person who carries out maintenance on an Australian aircraft in Australian territory must ensure that completion of maintenance is certified in accordance with the approved system of certification of completion of maintenance, or the CASA system of certification of completion of maintenance. These systems normally require certification to be made immediately after the maintenance is completed. The exemption permits maintenance in the form of the pilot’s TA checks to be certified along with certification of the pilot’s ALF checks when a day’s operations are completed.
6 Conditions
The authorisation in section 4 is subject to the conditions mentioned in Schedule 1.
Schedule 1 Conditions
1 The pilot must be required by the AOC holder to carry out the maintenance as part of his or her duties for the AOC holder.
2 The maintenance must not be carried out by the pilot if, under the approved maintenance data for the aircraft, the maintenance requires the use of tools.
Note Tools includes tools of any description, including small hand tools.
3 In carrying out the maintenance, the pilot must not use a tool of any description.
Note Tools includes tools of any description, including small hand tools.
4 The pilot must hold a pilot endorsement, other than a student pilot endorsement, for the aircraft type.
5 The pilot must have completed, in accordance with Schedule 2, relevant initial training given by a person who holds a relevant subcategory B1.3 aircraft engineer licence, and rating (if any), applicable for the aircraft type (an aircraft engineer).
6 At intervals of not more than 2 years after the initial training, the pilot must complete recurrent training given by an aircraft engineer in accordance with Schedule 2.
7 The initial and recurrent training undertaken by the pilot must be recorded and signed by the relevant aircraft engineer, as an annotation in the pilot’s log book.
8 The pilot must ensure that the maintenance is recorded on the aircraft’s maintenance release and, subject to the exemption in section 4, certified in accordance with subregulation 42ZE (1) of CAR 1988.
Schedule 2 Initial and recurrent training
Initial and recurrent training must include the following:
(a) a review of all approved maintenance data for the aircraft that is relevant to the maintenance;
(b) the practical process of carrying out the maintenance;
(c) the correct way to certify and record completion of the maintenance.
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