Transcript FAA BASA Technical Assessment - Civil Aviation Authority

7th September 2007
Novotel Tainui - Hamilton
Geoff Connor
Manager Aircraft Certification
 Staff
 Recent Unit Activities
 International Agreements
 Conferences and Seminars Attended
 Professional Development
 Design Delegation Seminar – Agenda
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 Currently ten full-time staff
 Recent changes:
 Chris Thomson started Feb 06
 Julia Reed started March 07
 Zahid Munawar finished June 07
 Dave Rush finished May 07
 Beth Coughlan started July 07
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 Re-certification and monitoring:
 Part 146 Design Organisation and DDH
 Part 148 Manufacturing Organisation Certificates.
Initial Issue - The Vintage Aviator, Paragon Airspaces Ltd.
 STC/modification review and approvals
 Issue Airworthiness Directives / AMOC approvals
 Technical analysis and support for Safety Investigation Unit
 Agricultural Aircraft Safety Review (General Aviation Group Project)
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 ICAO Audit March 2006
 5 findings relating to ACU areas of
responsibility
 Noise document, operational equipment,
documentation of procedures.
 Time in Service Recorder TSOA.
 Alpha R2000 Series Type Certification
 Alpha models 160A, 160Ai, 120T
 Review of existing and new compliance data
 First-of-type conformity inspections
 Flight test audit
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 EASA certification of the PAC 750XL
 PAC 750XL IFR Certification (CAA and FAA)
 Air NZ 747 Main deck premium economy expansion.
 Type Certification of Micro Aviation B22J Bantam micro-light.
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 Queenstown RNP project
 Wellington Airport runway strip width risk assessment project
 Fletcher 2000 Supplemental Type Certification project
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 Ferry fuel system approvals and authorisations:
 SAAB 340A, Cessna 421C, EC130, AS350, BK117
 Aircraft acceptance inspections:
 B777, DHC-8-300Q, B737-300C
 Export Airworthiness inspections:
 JC B737, Air Nelson SAAB 340, Origin J41
 Type Acceptance:
 Gulfstream 200, Agusta A119/AW139
 Champion 8KCAB
 Pratt & Whitney PW305/PW306
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 Work completed on revised FAA Bilateral IPA:
 Signed at 2006 Annual US/Europe International Aviation Safety Conf.
 Development of EASA Working Arrangement and
Implementation Procedure for Airworthiness.
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 Boeing 787 Certification Conferences
 FAA Small Airplane Directorate Aging General Aviation Public
Meeting, Kansas City
 RTCA Special Committee 212 in Washington DC regarding
Helicopter Terrain Awareness and Warning Systems (TAWS)
 ICAO Regional Workshop on Noise
Certification, Bangkok
 ICAO Conference on RNAV and RNP
Standards, Beijing
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 Royal Aeronautical Society Symposium – Auckland, March 07
 CASA – “Certification and Manufacturing Familiarisation”
workshop – Melbourne, March 07
 FAA/Asia/Pacific Bilateral Meeting - Kuala Lumpur, March 07
 ICAO Colloquium on Aviation Emissions – Montreal, May 07
 US/Europe International Aviation Safety Conference – Prague,
June 07
 Attendance at regular meetings of the New Zealand Transport
Strategy (public health and environmental sustainability)
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 National Test Pilot School, Mojave - Flight Test Engineers Course
 Advanced Technology Training:
 Fundamentals of Damage Tolerance Analysis
 Helicopter Aerodynamics Course
 Rotorcraft Structural Dynamics and Aeroelasticity
 University of Kansas Continuing Education – Aerospace Short Courses:
 FAA Functions and Requirements Leading to Airworthiness Certification
 Aircraft Structural Loads: Analysis, Testing and Certification
 Reliability and 1309 Design Analysis for Aircraft Systems
 Understanding and Controlling Corrosion of Aircraft Structures
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1000
CAR Part 21 changes, ACU Policy
1030
Peter Gill - CAA
Break
1100
“In the Interests of Aviation Safety”
Angela Beazer - CAA Legal
1130
Flight testing mods, FAR Subpart B
Tony Morris – CAA Test Pilot
1200
Flight Test Engineers Course, NTPS
David Gill - CAA
1230
Lunch
1330
Certification - Why do we make it so hard
Gretchen Jahn - CEO Alpha
1400
Foreign design approvals
Richard Leaper - ANZES
1430
General Aviation in New Zealand
Jon Kerr - Flight Structures
1500
Break
1530
Aircraft Certification and Delegation Update
1600
Forum
1700
Close
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Dinh Nguyen - CASA
Tim Allen - GMA
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