Current projects

CS 08/18 – Amendments to Advisory Circular 21-30 - Type Certificates for Imported Aircraft

CS 08/17 – Amendments to Advisory Circular 21-15 - Supplemental Type Certificates

CS 07/08 – Amendment to AC 21-09 - Special Flight Permits

CS 05/01 – Certification requirements related to the design, manufacturing and airworthiness of UAVs

CS 04/03 – Review/Amend CASR Parts 22-35 Airworthiness Standards

History

17 Sep 2007

Draft AC 21-09(2) – Special flight permits

This Draft AC is now available for public comment. Comments close 1 October 2007.

31 Aug 2007

Project CS 07/08 - Amendment to AC 21-09 - Special Flight Permits

Project CS 07/08 approved by the General Manager, Airworthiness Engineering Branch on 31 August 2007.

14 Mar 2007

Draft AC 21-45(0) - Airworthiness approval of airborne Automatic Dependant Surveillance-Broadcast (ADS-B) equipment

Revised draft Advisory Circular 21-45(0) - Airworthiness approval of airborne Automatic Dependant Surveillance-Broadcast (ADS-B) equipment, incorporating amendments (identified by vertical bars in the margin), published for public review and comment. The public comment period closed on 12 April 2007.

13 Dec 2006

Draft AC 21-45(0) - Airworthiness approval of airborne Automatic Dependant Surveillance-Broadcast (ADS-B) equipment

Revised draft Advisory Circular 21-45(0) - Airworthiness approval of airborne Automatic Dependant Surveillance-Broadcast (ADS-B) equipment, incorporating editorial amendments (identified by vertical bars in the margin), published for public review and comment. The public comment period closed on 12 April 2007.

1 Dec 2006

Draft AC 21-45(0) - Airworthiness approval of airborne Automatic Dependant Surveillance-Broadcast (ADS-B) equipment

Revised draft Advisory Circular 21-45(0) published for public review and comment: Airworthiness approval of airborne Automatic Dependant Surveillance-Broadcast (ADS-B) equipment. The public comment period closed on 12 April 2007.

22 Jun 2006

Approved AC 21-43(0) - Experimental certificate for large unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV).

Advisory Circular AC 21-43(0) approved and now available for use by the aviation community: Experimental certificate for large unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV).

Full history

Current rule
CASR Part 21 – Certification and airworthiness requirements for aircraft and parts

Part 21 of the CASRs was made on 15 July 1998, with certain subparts taking effect on 1 October 1998 and the remainder on 1 December 1998.

Part 21 was developed to deal with the certification and airworthiness requirements for aircraft and aircraft parts. It includes rules relating to Type Certificates, Type Acceptance Certificates, Supplemental Type Certificates, Production Certificates, Certificates of Airworthiness and export airworthiness approvals. It also covers the approval of aircraft engines, propellers, and certain materials and parts. It calls up the airworthiness certification standards mentioned in Parts 22 through 35:

• 22 - Sailplanes
• 23 - Small Aeroplanes
• 25 - Transport Category Aeroplanes
• 26 - Primary/Intermediate category aeroplanes
• 27 - Rotorcraft
• 29 - Rotorcraft (Transport Category)
• 31 - Manned free balloons
• 32 - Engines for Very Light Aeroplanes
• 33 - Aircraft Engines
• 35 - Aircraft propellers.

Who Part 21 affects

Part 21 affects anyone in the Australian aviation community involved in the design, manufacture and airworthiness certification of aircraft, aeronautical products and parts.