CASA 92/17 - Determination – Civil Aviation Order 100.5 – non-application of fuel quantity gauge calibration requirements (Cth)

Instrument number CASA 92/17

I, shane patrick carmody, Director of Aviation Safety, on behalf of CASA, make this instrument under paragraph 1.2 of the Civil Aviation Order 100.5 (General requirements in respect of maintenance of Australian aircraft) 2011.

[Signed S. Carmody]

Shane Carmody
Director of Aviation Safety

9 November 2017

Determination – Civil Aviation Order 100.5 – non-application of fuel quantity gauge calibration requirements

1          Duration

                 This instrument:

(a)   commences on the day after registration; and

(b)   is repealed at the end of 31 October 2020.

2          Determination

        (1)     I determine that clause 6 of Appendix 1 to Civil Aviation Order 100.5 (General requirements in respect of maintenance of Australian aircraft) 2011 does not apply to a class A aircraft the approved system of maintenance for which incorporates a manufacturer’s MSG maintenance program.

        (2)     In subsection (1), manufacturer’s MSG maintenance program, for an aircraft, means the aircraft manufacturer’s program for the management of continuing airworthiness of the aircraft that:

(a)   requires the carrying out of maintenance that was developed using the specification, known as “ATA MSG-2” or “ATA MSG-3”’, as the specification existed at the time the maintenance program was approved; and

(b)   is approved by a national aviation authority that issued a type certificate for the aircraft.

Note 1   ATA MSG-2 and ATA MSG-3 are specifications presently published by the organisation known as Airlines for America, formerly known as the Air Transport Association of America (ATA).

Note 2   The term national aviation authority is defined in CASR by reference to a foreign country.