NEPALESE CIVIL AIRWORTHINESS REQUIREMENTS

SECTION C
MAINTENANCE REQUIREMENTS
CHAPTER C.3 ISSUE 1
SEPTEMBER 1982

MAINTENANCE RELEASE AND CERTIFICATE OF

FITNESS FOR FLIGHT
1. GENERAL

1.1 This chapter prescribes the form of the Maintenance Release and the Certificate
of Fitness for Flight and the manner in which they shall be issued.

1.2 A Maintenance Release is a certificate that all required maintenance has been
completed. If an aircraft is fit to fly, subject to given limitations, but all required
maintenance or flight testing has not been completed it may be eligible for a
Certificate of Fitness for Flight as prescribed in paragraph 4.

1.3 No Nepalese aircraft may fly unless a valid Maintenance Release or Certificate of
Fitness for Flight is in force in respect of it.

2. MAINTENANCE RELEASE CERTIFICATE

2.1 A Maintenance Release shall be issued at the times approved in the Maintenance
Schedule and the form of the Maintenance Release Certificate shall be as given in
Appendix-1 of this Chapter. This Certificate may be printed on a Technical
(Flight) Log from or other form used by the operator but any such form must be
approved by the Director General.

2.2 A Maintenance Release shall not be issued until the person issuing the certificate
has ensured that the aircraft has been properly inspected and its documents show
that:

a) All inspections due in accordance with the approved Maintenance Schedule

have been completed,
b) All installed components are within the approved life limitations for overhaul
or replacement,
c) All Airworthiness Directives due for implementation have been completed and
certified.
d) All safety equipment and other fixed equipment required for intended
operations is installed and serviceable,
e) All known defects affecting the Airworthiness of the aircraft have been
rectified, or deferred in accordance with an approved procedure, and
f) All necessary Certificate of Compliance have been issued.

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 2.3 The Maintenance Release Certificate shall be issued in the Form C.3.1 as shown in
Appendix-1 of this Chapter.

3. VALIDITY PERIOD AND INVALIDATION OF MAINTENANCE RELEASE

3.1 The time in service and calendar period for which a Maintenance Release may be
issued shall not exceed the periods specified in the approved Maintenance Schedule.

Note: Normally this will be 50 hours time in service or 1 month, whichever is the sooner, but
the Director General may approve other times if he is satisfied that they will ensure an
equivalent standard of safety.

3.2 A Maintenance Release is automatically invalidated if:

a) A defect or damage occurs which renders the aircraft unfit for flight and cannot
be rectified by the flight crew,
b) Scheduled maintenance or implementation of an Airworthiness Directive is
overdue, or
c) The Certificate of Airworthiness becomes invalid.

3.3 An invalid Maintenance Release shall be removed from the aircraft and be held by
the supervising person until it is reinstated or cancelled.

3.4 A Maintenance Release which has been invalidated because of a damage, defect
or overdue maintenance but has an unexpired period of validity, is reinstated when
all necessary repairs and other required maintenance have been completed and the
relevant Certificates of Compliance have been issued.

4. CERTIFICATE OF FITNESS FOR FLIGHT

4.1 An aircraft which is granted a temporary Certificate of Airworthiness in the

Special Category or a Permit To Fly for the purpose of flight test or ferry flight,
but which is not released for other operations, may fly if a Certificate of Fitness
for Flight is in force.

4.2 A Certificate of Fitness for Flight may only be issued in respect of an aircraft for
which a temporary Certificate of Airworthiness or a Permit To Fly is in force. The
temporary Certificate of Airworthiness may be of short duration, possibly valid
for only one flight. The period of validity of the Certificate of Fitness for Flight
shall not extend beyond the period of validity of the temporary Certificate of
Airworthiness or Permit to Fly.

4.3 A Certificate of Fitness for Flight shall not be issued until the person issuing the
certificate has ensured by inspection of the aircraft and its documents that:

a) There are no known defects or limitations which would render the proposed
flight hazardous.
b) All safety equipment and other fixed equipment required for the proposed
flight is installed and serviceable, and
c) All necessary Certificates of Compliance have been issued.

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 4.4 The Certificate of Fitness for Flight shall be issued in the Form C.3.2 as shown in
Appendix-2 of this Chapter.

4.5 The following limitations on the flight of an aircraft issued with a Certificate of
Fitness for Flight apply at all times:

a) The aircraft shall be flown with not less than the minimum flight crew
specified in the Flight Manual.
b) If the aircraft is to be flight tested, the Pilot-in-command shall be a pilot
authorised by the Director General to conduct flight tests.
c) No passengers or cargo, except passengers performing duties in connection
with the flight, shall be carried.
d) The aircraft shall be properly loaded.
4.6 The issuing person shall ensure that any limitations additional to those in
paragraph 4.5 necessary in the interests of safety are entered on the certificate.
Such limitations shall have regard to the condition of the aircraft, and may impose
limits of weight, speed or manoeuvre.

5. CERTIFICATION

5.1 All entries on a Maintenance Release or Certificate of Fitness for Flight shall be in
permanent ink and must be legible.

5.2 A Maintenance Release or Certificate of Fitness for Flight shall be prepared in

duplicate. The original copy shall be carried in the aircraft to which it relates for
the period of its validity, and the duplicate copy shall be retained by the operator
for a period of not less than three months after the date of expiry. The duplicate
copy shall not be carried in the aircraft.

5.3 A Maintenance Release or Certificate of Fitness for Flight may be certified only
by:
a) The person appropriately licensed by the Director General and valid in
categories 'A' and 'C' or in two avionic categories and which is rated for type
concerned and who was the designated Maintenance Co-ordinator during the
proceeding inspection of the aircraft, or
b) A person or organization approved by the Director General to issue the
Maintenance Release or Certificate of Fitness for Flight, or
c) The holder of an appropriately rated licence issued by a Contracting State if
the aircraft is outside Nepal when a new certification must be issued.

Civil Aviation Authority of Nepal.

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 Form C.3.1 Appendix-1

CIVIL AVIATION AUTHORITY OF NEPAL

MAINTENANCE RELEASE NO.

Aircraft type Reg. .

Certificate : I hereby certify that the above aircraft has been maintained in accordance
with approved Maintenance Schedule No.
Total time in service at time Valid for time in service . hours or
of issue .. hours until / / 200 whichever is the sooner.
Eligible for I.F.R. flight at time of issue Yes No
Signature . Licence or Approval No.
Time Date ./../ 200 Place of issue

Form C.3.2 Appendix-2

CIVIL AVIATION AUTHORITY OF NEPAL

CERTIFICATE OF FITNESS FOR FLIGHT NO.
..

Aircraft type . Reg. .

Certificate : I hereby certify that the above aircraft has been inspected and is fit for
flight provided it is flown in accordance with the following limitations:

.

.

Total time in service at time of issue ..... hrs. Valid until /.../200

Signature .. Licence orApproval No.

Time Date ...//200 Place of issue ..

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