ML.A.504
Control of unserviceable components
Regulation
(EU) 2019/1383
(a) A component shall be considered
unserviceable in any of the following circumstances:
(1) expiry of the component’s service life
limit as defined in the AMP;
(2) non-compliance with the applicable ADs and
other continued-airworthiness requirement mandated by the Agency;
(3) absence of the necessary information to
determine the airworthiness status of the component or its eligibility for
installation;
(4) evidence of component defects or
malfunctions;
(5) component involvement in an incident or
accident likely to affect its serviceability.
(b) Unserviceable components shall be identified
as one of the following:
(1) unserviceable and stored in a secure
location under the control of an approved maintenance organisation or
independent certifying staff until a decision is made on the future status of
such components;
(2) unserviceable by the person or
organisation that declared the component unserviceable, and its custody shall
be transferred to the aircraft owner after documenting such transfer in
aircraft maintenance record system referred to in point ML.A.305.
(c) Components which have reached their
certified life limit or contain a non-repairable defect or malfunction shall
be classified as unsalvageable and shall not be permitted to re-enter the
component supply system unless certified life limits have been extended or a
repair solution has been approved in accordance with point ML.A.304.
(d) Any person or organisation responsible
pursuant to point ML.A.201 shall in the case of an unsalvageable
component, as provided for in point (c), take one of the following actions:
(1) retain such component in a location
referred to in point (b)(1);
(2) arrange for the component to be mutilated
in a manner that ensures that it is beyond economic salvage or repair before
relinquishing responsibility for such a component.
(e) Notwithstanding point (d), a person or
organisation responsible pursuant to point ML.A.201
may transfer responsibility of components classified as unsalvageable without
mutilation to an organisation for training or research.
EASA Balloon Maintenance: Unserviceable Components Components are unserviceable if they exceed life limits, lack airworthiness data, are defective, or involved in incidents. Unserviceable parts must be secured or transferred to the owner. Beyond-repair components are unsalvageable and must be retained or mutilated, unless used for training/research purposes.
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