DEPARTMENT OF CIVIL AVIATION
Airworthiness Notices
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PURCHASE OF AIRCRAFT STORES
1. Applicability
This Notice applies to components or parts intended to be installed on Civil Aircraft
registered in Myanmar.
2. Definition
For the purpose of this Notice the following definitions apply_
a) Aircraft Stores means aircraft, aircraft engines, propellers, instruments, electrical &
electronic components, safety or emergency equipments and accessories.
b) Standard Parts are currently defined as those parts identified as such by the Type
Certificate (TC) holder or parts made to a national or international specification, unless
the part / parts are the subject of specific product Approvals.
3. Authorized Release Document
3.1 This document is required for any aircraft component, which is to be installed on an
aircraft, except that it is not required for standard parts.
3.2 Where the equipment being purchased was not manufactured in the country from
which the purchase is made, then the DCA must be satisfied that the equipment was
certified by the Inspection Authority of the country of origin and that it has been
adequately maintained in a serviceable condition during transit through the country
from which it is purchased.
3.3 DCA recognizes the Authorized Release Document when received from a company
approved by National Airworthiness Authority of one of the following countries _
a) the Federal Aviation Administration of the USA;
b) the Civil Aviation Authority of the United Kingdom;
c) the Direction Generale de l’Aviation Civile of France;
d) the Civil Aviation Authority of the Kingdom of Netherlands;
e) the state of Original Equipment Manufacturer (OEM);
3.4 When received from a company Approved by the CAA (UK) or other National
Aviation Authority (NAA) listed in the EASA Administrative and Guidance material,
EASA Part-21, the Authorized Release Document will be EASA Form-1, regarding
Material Manufacturer, Process Company, Test house, Material Distributor or
Fastener Distributor, the Authorized Release Document will be an Approved
Certificate issued under the terms of that Approval.
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3.5 National Aviation Authority (NAA) Form-1 can only be issued by certificated
manufacturing organizations, in the case of newly manufactured parts, and by a part
145 certificated maintenance organization, in the case of used parts. If the export of
used aircraft components was contemplated then the advice of a part 145 certificated
maintenance organization should be sought. The conformity of the component to the
approved type design and the fitness for return to service must be able to be determined.
If the component is not newly overhauled full details of the aircraft it was last installed
on, and the reason for removal, will be required. If the component has a finite fatigue
life specified then the complete service history of the component will be required
including the original delivery certification documentation.
4. Stores Purchased from Elsewhere
Where stores are purchase from the countries other than those mentioned above, the
certification of the Airworthiness Standard of the item issued by the firm or organization
approved by the National Airworthiness Authority and approved or recognized by the
Original Equipment Manufacturer for manufacture, overhaul or stocking and distribution.
5. Problem of Unapproved Parts
5.1 For the purpose of this notice an unapproved part is a part or material intended for
installation on a type certified product aircraft, which has been neither manufactured
according to approved procedures, nor conforms to an approved type design or it fails
to conform to declared specification or accepted standard parts.
5.2. Unapproved parts include, but are not limited_
a) Parts specified in the illustrated parts catalogues (IPC) of a type certificated aircraft,
but which have been manufactured, reclaimed or reworked by an unauthorized
source and provided with documents which indicate falsely that the part(s) are
genuine and conform to the approved type design or meet a particular industry
standard and are offered for use as conforming with an aircraft manufactures
authorized IPC.
b) Parts shipped directly to users by manufactures, supplier, or distributors who do not
themselves hold appropriate production approvals for the parts, and have not been
authorized to make direct shipments to users or stockiest, by the type certificate
holder, who alone has production approval.
c) Parts which have not been maintained, overhauled or repaired in accordance with
requirement of approved airworthiness data and/or statutory requirement or that
have been maintained overhauled or repaired by persons not authorized to perform
and certify these functions.
6. Certifying Person and User Responsibility
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6.1 The certifying person can be either a person authorized in accordance with the
organization’s Exposition Manual of the Approved Organization, or an appropriately
licensed Engineer, who issues the Certificate of Release to Service for the installation
of an aircraft part onto an aircraft, its engine(s), propeller(s) or equipments.
6.2 The user of an aircraft part is responsible for ensuring that the part is serviceable and
conforms to the standard determined by the appropriate type certificate holder as being
suitable for the intended application. In order to discharge this responsibility to the
satisfaction of the DCA, the user must, when obtaining an aeronautical part from a
supplier_
a) Ensure that the purchase order contains accurate definition of the aircraft parts and
full details of the quality control and certification requirements to be met by the
supplier in satisfying the order.
b) Take all necessary steps to verify that the supplier is meeting the requirements of
the purchase order.
7. Non-Compliance
Aircraft store or Equipment which does not comply with any of the above procedure shall
not be installed on the Civil Aircraft registered in Myanmar. Should any such stores or
equipment be installed on an aircraft, then the Certificate of Airworthiness of that aircraft
will considered to be invalidated.
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