GM M.A.710 Airworthiness review
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Decision 2020/002/R
Responsibilities
of airworthiness review staff:
The
following is a summary of the requirements contained in M.A.710 as
well as the associated AMCs and Appendices, in relation to the
responsibilities of the airworthiness review staff:
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Airworthiness
review staff are responsible for performing both the documental and the
physical survey.
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Procedures
must be established by the CAMO in order to perform the airworthiness review,
including the depth of samplings (refer to Appendix V to AMC1 M.A.704, paragraphs 4.2 and 4.3).
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Procedures
must make very clear that the final word about the depth of the inspections
(both documental and physical) belongs to the airworthiness review staff,
who can go beyond the depth contained in the CAME if they find it necessary.
At the end, it is the responsibility of the airworthiness review staff to be
satisfied that the aircraft complies with Part-M or Part-ML, as applicable, and is airworthy, and the organisation
must ensure that no pressure or restrictions are imposed on the
airworthiness review staff when performing their duty.
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A
compliance report must be produced by the airworthiness review staff,
detailing all items checked and the outcome of the review.
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Airworthiness
review staff are responsible for the items checked during the airworthiness
review. However, they do not take over the responsibilities of the CAMO, Part-145,
DOA, POA or any other organisations, not being responsible for problems not
detected during the airworthiness review or for the possibility that the
approved or declared maintenance programme may not include certain
recommendations from the Design Approval Holder. Obviously, if the
airworthiness review staff are not independent of the airworthiness management
process and were nominated on the basis of the option of having overall
authority on such a process, they will be responsible for the full continuing
airworthiness of such aircraft. Nevertheless, this responsibility will be a
consequence of their position related to M.A.706 and
not of their position as airworthiness review staff (M.A.707).
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The
issuance of the airworthiness review certificate (ARC) by the airworthiness
review staff only certifies that the aircraft is considered airworthy in
relation to the scope of the airworthiness review performed and the fact that
the airworthiness review staff are not aware of instances of non-compliance
which endanger flight safety. Furthermore, it only certifies that the aircraft
is considered airworthy at the time of the review.
It is the
responsibility of the owner or contracted CAMO to ensure that the aircraft is
fully airworthy at any time.
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