Projects

CS 08/21 – Amendment of restricted category airworthiness requirements and operating limitations to enhance the flexibility of the restricted category

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 08/11 – Proposed amendments to Advisory Circular 21-45 - Airworthiness approval of airborne automatic dependent surveillance broadcast equipment

CS 08/06 – CAO 20.16.3 Amendment - No longer permit the carriage of two children in one seat and one harness in aircraft

CS 08/04 – Administrative update to Manual of Standards (MOS) Part 60

SS 08/03 – Operational and technical amendments for emergency locator transmitters (ELTs)

CS 08/02 – Consequential amendments relating to airworthiness requirements for RPT aircraft with MTOW not above 5700kg

CS 07/15 – Proposed Airworthiness Directive - Microair T2000SFL Air Traffic Control Transponder

CS 07/11 – New CAAP 30-6 - Certificates of Approval - Design Organisations

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 04/08 – Review of Equipment and Process Control Standards

CS 04/05 – Mandatory compliance with country-of-origin ADs

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

OS 02/06 – Development of guidelines for the Certification, airworthiness and operational electronic flight bag (EFB) computing devices

CASR parts

Part 21 – Certification and airworthiness requirements for aircraft and parts

Part 21 Subpart H – Airworthiness requirements for Light Sport Aircraft

Part 22 – Airworthiness standards for sailplanes and powered sailplanes

Part 23 – Airworthiness standards for aeroplanes in the normal, utility, acrobatic or commuter category

Part 25 – Airworthiness standards for aeroplanes in the transport category

Part 26 – Airworthiness standards for aircraft in the primary or intermediate category

Part 27 – Airworthiness standards for rotorcraft in the normal category

Part 29 – Airworthiness standards for rotorcraft in the transport category

Part 31 – Airworthiness standards for manned free balloons

Part 32 – Airworthiness standards for engines for very light aeroplanes

Part 33 – Airworthiness standards for aircraft engines

Part 35 – Airworthiness standards for aircraft propellers

Part 39 – Airworthiness directives

Part 60 – Synthetic training devices

Part 90 – Additional airworthiness requirements

Part 146 – Engineering representatives

Certification Standards
Sub-committee

The Certification Standards sub-committee is a joint CASA/aviation community forum for the development of regulations and standards pertaining to aircraft certification, including the design, production and airworthiness certification of aircraft and aeronautical products.

Co-Chairs

• Dinh Nguyen - CASA
• Keith Jobson - Industry

Meetings

• Sub-committee last met: 9 July 2008 – Canberra
• Next meeting: TBA
• All meeting details

Current activity

This sub-committee's more recent tasks have consisted of a Directive 16 reviews of Part 146 and pre-issue clearance of Draft NPRM for CASR Part 39 Mandatory compliance with country-of-origin ADs.

Terms of reference

The Certification Standards sub-committee is responsible for:

• Reviewing and analysing all information relating to tasks involving the development of regulations and standards pertaining to aircraft certification;
• Evaluating and developing options on the proposals;
• Identifying, documenting and raising issues that need attention / resolution and report to the SCC as required;
• Reviewing the impact of proposals using the Legislative Change Proposals procedure;
• Discussing and clarifying the role and expectations of the sub-committee members early in the process to avoid misunderstandings;
• Fostering balanced and complete discussion on proposals;
• Working through all technical, legal and policy issues dealing with the development of regulations and standards related to aircraft certification;
• Reviewing and analysing information relating to Regulatory Development implementation.