AIRWORTHINESS ADVIS

ORY CIRCULARS
(updated on 10.
9.2015)
1995
AAC 1 of 1995 - Violation of Civil Aviation Requirements Deleted in vie
w of Rule 133A and Schedule VI of Aircraft Rules, 1937
AAC 2 of 1995 - Extension to the approved lives of Components and Inspection sch
edules. Deleted
AAC 6 of 1995 - Operation of Private aircraft Deleted
AAC 7 of 1995 - De-activation of dual controls in aircraft Deleted
1996
AAC 1 of 1996 - Intimation of aircraft modification to the manufacturer
Deleted
AAC 2 of 1996 - Routine readout and maintenance of CVR Units installed on aircra
ft (Superseded by AAC 3 of 2003) Deleted
AAC 3 of 1996 - Routine Readout and maintenance of FDR/DFDR units installed on A
ircraft (Superseded by AAC 2 of 2003) Deleted
1997
AAC 1 of 1997 -Mandatory Modifications/Inspections Deleted
1998
AAC 2 of 1998 - Procedure for obtaining Basic Aircraft Maintenance Engin
eer's Certificate and Aircraft Maintenance Engineer's Licence Deleted
AAC 4 of 1998 - Approval of foreign Repair Organisations Deleted due requirement
s contained in CAR M and CAR 145 Deleted
AAC 5 of 1998 - Grant of approval to Foreign Aircraft Maintenance Engineers De
leted
AAC 6 of 1998 - Grant of approval to Foreign Flight Engineer's Licence
AAC 7 of 1998 - Guidelines for procuring parts manufactured by parts manufacturi
ng approval holders (PMA)
AAC 8 of 1998 - Banner Towing Operations Deleted
1999
AAC 1 of 1999 - Airworthiness and maintenance requirements for CAT II &
CAT IIIA operations. Deleted (See CAR Section 2 Series 'O' Part XIV)
2000
AAC 2 of 2000 - Airworthiness Surveillance Deleted
AAC 3 of 2000 - Good Maintenance Practice
AAC 4 of 2000 - Maintenance of Ageing aircraft Deleted
AAC 5 of 2000 - Facilities to be set up by Private Operators on Induction of Air
craft for Air Transport Services.
Deleted
AAC 6 of 2000 - Handling of Electrostatic devices.
AAC 7 of 2000 - Issue of Certificate of Competency - Deleted (Refer to CAR Sec
tion 2 Series 'L' Part XIV)
AAC 8 of 2000 - Refresher training for AME licence/ Approval & Certificate of Co
mpetency holders.
2001
AAC 2 of 2001 - Accountable Manager Deleted
AAC 3 of 2001 - Banner Towing Operations
AAC 4 of 2001 - Reserved
AAC 5 of 2001 - Engineering Statistics Report
2003
AAC 2 of 2003 - Routine Readout and maintenance of FDR/DFDR units insta
lled on Aircraft (superseded by AAC 2 of 2004) Deleted
AAC 3 of 2003 - Routine readout and maintenance of CVR Units installed on aircra
ft (superseded by AAC 3 of 2004) Deleted
AAC 4 of 2003 - Return to Service of Aircraft Items - Recovered from aircraft in
volved in Accidents/ Incidents.
2004---AAC 2 of 2004 - Routine Readout and maintenance of FDR/DFDR units installed on
Aircraft
AAC 3 of 2004 - Routine readout and maintenance of CVR Units installed on aircra
ft
2006--2006
AAC 2 of 2006 - Procedures for approval of RVSM operations and Minimum H
eight Monitoring requirements.

AAC 3 of 2006 - Authenticity and Serviceability of Aircraft Part

AAC 4 of 2006 - Airworthiness Approvals for Exports
2007--2007
AAC 2 of 2007 - Certification of transit inspection of an aircraft by ot
her organisations.
2011

AAC 2 of 2011 - Categorization of Surveillance/ Audit findings.

2012

AAC 1 of 2012- Duty Time Limitation

Aircraft Maintenance Personnel (AMP)

This CAR 21 is revised and re-issued on the 1st June 2008 and becomes effective
forthwith. This record of revision is intended to be a summarized record of the
major
changes introduced when this CAR 21 was earlier amended.
Issue I : (Revision 0) 1
st July 2004
This CAR 21 has been issued containing regulations for certification of aircraft
and
related products and parts based on the regulations of JAR 21 Amendment 4.
Issue I : (Revision 1) 22nd February 2006
Subpart I (Noise Certificates) containing requirements on issue of Noise Certifi
cates
based on JAR 21 regulations has been included
Issue I : (Revision 2) 9
th June 2006
The acceptable type certification basis and environmental protection requirement
s have
been included and airworthiness codes were established.
Issue II : (Revision 0) 1
st June 2008
To harmonize the national requirements with the international requirements, the
existing
regulations wherever appropriate, have been revised based on regulations of EASA
Part
21 of EU Regulations.
Issue II : (Revision 1) 25th February 2010
The name of R&D Directorate has been changed to Aircraft Engineering Directorate
.
Consequent to this effect, necessary changes have been made in the regulation, A
MC &
GM and forms.
Issue II : (Revision 2) 28th September 2011
Consequent to changes/amendments that have taken place in EASA s Part 21 after
enforcement of CAR 21, Issue II, Rev 0, revision on CAR 21 is carried out taking
into
account of those amendments, where considered necessary. In addition, changes br
ought
about in ICAO, Annex-8, Amendment 102 (excluding technical procedures) and
requirements for SMS (for Design Organizations) are consolidated into this revis
ion.

Issue II : (Revision 3) 24th April 2015.

CAR
21
CERTIFICATION PROCEDURES FOR AIRCRAFT AND RELATED PRODUCTS AND PARTS
REQUIREMENTS FOR APPLICANTS AND ACQUIRED RIGHTS AND OBLIGATIONS.
SUBPART A - GENERAL PROVISIONS
SUBPART B - TYPE CERTIFICATES AND RESTRICTED TYPE CERTIFICATES
SUBPART C - NOT APPLICABLE
SUBPART D - CHANGES TO TYPE CERTIFICATES AND RESTRICTED TYPE CERTIFICATES
SUBPART E - SUPPLEMENTAL TYPE CERTIFICATES
SUBPART F - PRODUCTION WITHOUT PRODUCTION ORGANISATION APPROVAL
SUBPART G - PRODUCTION ORGANISATION APPROVAL FOR PRODUCTS, PARTS AND APPLIANCES
SUBPART H - CERTIFICATES OF AIRWORTHINESS, RESTRICTED CERTIFICATES OF AIRWORTHIN
ESS AND EXPORT,CERTIFICATES OF AIRWORTHINESS
SUBPART I - NOISE CERTIFICATES
SUBPART JA- DESIGN ORGANIZATION APPROVAL
PRODUCTS OR CHANGES TO PRODUCTS
SUBPART JB- DESIGN ORGANIZATION APPROVAL PARTS AND APPLIANCES
SUBPART K - PARTS AND APPLIANCES
SUBPART L NOT APPLICABLE
SUBPART M - REPAIRS
SUBPART N - NOT APPLICABLE
SUBPART O - INDIAN TECHNICAL STANDARD ORDER
AUTHORIZATIONS
Consequent to changes/amendments that have taken place in EASA s Part 21 after
28.09.2011, the date of issue of CAR 21, Issue II, Rev 2, revision on CAR 21 is
carried
out taking into account of those amendments, where considered necessary.
AAC 2 of 2012 - Maintenance of aircraft under CAR 145 approval and availability
of certifying staff
2013

AAC 2 of 2013 Revision 1 - Modifications and Repairs

AAC 3 of 2013- EDTO Airworthiness Approval

SUBPART P - PERMIT TO FLY
SUBPART Q - IDENTIFICATION OF PRODUCTS PARTS AND APPLIANCES
AMC AND GM-ACCEPTABLE MEANS OF COMPLIANCE AND GUIDANCE MATERIAL FOR THE AIRWORTHINESS AND E
NVIRONMENTAL CERTIFICATION OF AIRCRAFT AND
RELATED PRODUCTS, PARTS AND APPLIANCES, AS WELL AS FOR THE CERTIFICATION OF DESI
GN AND PRODUCTIONS APPENDICES- DGCA FORMS.
AAC 4 of 2013 - Engine oil loss due to damage of 'O' ring of oil cap.
AAC 5 of 2013 - Validity of Certification Authorisation and AME license
2015

AAC 1 of 2015 - Coding and Registration of ELTs.

APPENDICES - DGCA FORMS

1. CA-1 Authorized Release Certificate
2. CA-15A Airworthiness Review Certificate
3. CA-20 Permit to Fly
4. CA-23 Certificate of Airworthiness
5. CA-24 Restricted Certificate of Airworthiness
6. CA-25 Application for Certificate of Airworthiness
7. CA-30 Application for Type Certificate (TC)/ Restricted Type Certificate (RTC
)
8. CA-31 Application for Approval of Major Change / Major Repair Design
9. CA-32 Application for Approval of Minor Change / Minor Repair Design

10. CA-33 Application for Approval of Supplemental Type Certificate (STC)

11. CA-34 Application for Indian Technical Standard Order Authorisation (ITSOA)
12. CA-35 Statement of Compliance for Indian Technical Standard Order
Authorisation (ITSOA)
13. CA 2006-1A Application for Issue of Noise Certificate
14. CA-45A Noise Certificate
15. CA 2006-1 Application for Issue of Noise Certificate
16. CA-45 Noise Certificate
17. CA-50 Application for production organisation approval under CAR 21, Subpart
G
18. CA 51 Application for significant changes or variation of scope and terms of
Production Organization Approval under CAR 21, Subpart G
19. CA-52 Aircraft Statement of Conformity
20. CA-53 Certificate of Release to Service
21. CA-55 Production Organisation Approval Certificate
22. CA-60 Application for agreement of production under CAR 21 Subpart F
23. CA-65 Production without POA, Letter of Agreement
24. CA-80A Application for Design Organisation Approval (DOA) / renewal of DOA
under CAR 21, Subpart JA
25. CA-80B Application for Design Organisation Approval (DOA) / renewal of DOA
under CAR 21, Subpart JB
26. CA- 81 Application for Alternative Procedures to Design Organisation Approva
l
(ADOA)
27. CA-82A Application for Significant Changes to Design Organisation Approval
(DOA) under CAR 21, Subpart JA
28. CA-82B Application for Significant Changes to Design Organisation Approval
(DOA) under CAR 21, Subpart JB
29. CA-22 Application for Permit to Fly
Approval Form
30. CA-21 Flight conditions for a Permit to Fly
31. Export Certificate of Airworthiness
32. Type Certificate Data Sheet (TCDS) format for airplane
33. Type Certificate Data Sheet (TCDS) format for rotorcraft
34. Type Certificate Data Sheet (TCDS) format for piston engine
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35. Type Certificate Data Sheet (TCDS) format for turbo-propeller
propulsion engine
36. Type Certificate Data Sheet (TCDS) format for turbo-fan propulsion engine
37. Type Certificate Data Sheet (TCDS) format for propeller
AAC 2 of 2015 - Import/Export of Aircraft Spares, Items of Equipment etc. for us
e on aircraft.