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Certificate of Airworthiness

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Certificate of Airworthiness (CofA) and Operating Limits

General (ICAO)

ICAO Annex 8 Airworthiness of Aircraft sets the standards for certification and continuing airworthiness of aircraft.

Certificate of Airworthiness (CofA)

Proof of airworthiness of an aircraft is, among other, given by the certificate of airworthiness:

  • Confirms: the aircraft complied at issue with the design specification (e.g. CS-23).
  • Issued by the state of registration.
  • Required on board (see "Aircraft Documents" lesson).

Continuing airworthiness

A CofA is maintained through a periodic airworthiness review:

  • Documented by an Airworthiness Review Certificate (ARC).
  • ARC validity usually 1 year (renewable).
  • The aircraft may not be operated with the validity of continued airworthiness (Airworthiness Review Certificate) expired; the certificate is issued by the state in which the aircraft is registered.

CofA on board

The certificate of airworthiness has to be carried during aircraft operation at all times.

Operating limits — in the flight manual

Aircraft may only be operated within certain operating limits, the pilot can derive information about these from the flight manual:

  • AFM (Aircraft Flight Manual) / POH (Pilot's Operating Handbook) is the master document.
  • Contains V-speeds, MTOM, CG limits, flap limits, etc.
  • Pilot may not exceed the limits (see Subject 020 "Operating Limits").

Inoperative instrument prevents flight

With faulty minimum instruments, flight is not permitted: It is not legal to conduct a flight when before departure, the pilot notices that the RPM indication of the aircraft is inoperative:

  • RPM gauge is minimum equipment per CS-23 / NCO.IDE.A.120.
  • Without it, flight is not permitted.

Liability insurance

The aircraft holder has to take care that an aircraft has liability insurance according to regulations:

  • EU Regulation (EC) 785/2004 Insurance Requirements for Air Carriers and Aircraft Operators.
  • Minimum insurance sums staggered by MTOM.
  • Insurance certificate to be carried on board (see aircraft documents).

Europe (EASA / EU)

In the EU, Reg (EU) 748/2012 (Part-21) covers initial airworthiness; Reg (EU) 1321/2014 (Part-M, Part-ML, Part-145, Part-147, Part-66) covers continuing airworthiness:

  • Part-21: type certification, Production Organisation Approval (POA), CofA issue.
  • Part-M / Part-ML: Continuing Airworthiness Management Organisation (CAMO/CAO) for aircraft.
  • Part-145: approved maintenance organisations.
  • Part-66: maintenance staff licences (B1, B2, etc.).
  • Part-147: maintenance training organisations.

ARC issue is performed by:

  • CAMO/CAO (for complex aircraft).
  • Pilot-owner maintenance (for simple aircraft under Part-ML).
  • EASA (centrally for some classes).

Germany (national)

In Germany the national authority for airworthiness is:

  • Luftfahrt-Bundesamt (LBA) — see "National Law — Germany" lesson.
  • LBA issues type certificates and CofAs in Germany.
  • Publishes LTA (Airworthiness Directives) — see next lesson "Maintenance".

Airworthiness of Aircraft* (12th ed., 2018); EU Reg 748/2012 (Part-21); EU Reg 1321/2014 (Part-M/ML/145/66/147); EU Reg 785/2004 Insurance Requirements; LuftVZO; CS-23.*

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