ED Decision 2023/013/R
INSPECTIONS AND TESTS PERFORMED BY THE AGENCY
The declarant should inform EASA sufficiently in advance about the execution of significant inspections and tests that are used for compliance-demonstration purposes in order to permit EASA the opportunity to perform or witness these inspections or tests in advance of the first-article inspection required by point 21L.A.47(a).
This would be advantageous for the declarant to avoid any issues or delays during the physical inspection (safety review) for the flight-conditions approval and during the first-article inspection.
Additionally, the declarant may propose to EASA to perform or witness flight or other tests of particular aspects of the product during its development and before the type design is fully defined. However, before EASA performs or witnesses any flight test, the declarant should first perform these tests and should ensure that no features of the product preclude the safe conduct of the evaluation requested.
A recorded justification of the conformity of the test articles and equipment as per point 21L.A.43(c)(5) is required for the above tests.
The declarant should inform EASA of its intent to conduct demonstration-of-compliance testing for the environmental protection requirements for noise in order to provide EASA with the opportunity to witness and participate to the testing. This will ensure that there are no unforeseen issues with the registration of the declaration of design compliance after the first-article inspection.
Guidance on coordinating with EASA for compliance inspections and tests, including advance notice, witnessing, flight test safety, conformity records, and noise testing to avoid delays in declaration registration.
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