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Preparing for the future
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The Bell 429 Helicopter.
EA 06. 2009 SANEWS Eur 02 opeaea n Aviation Safety Agency
Opposites attract_ Among the 5,743 approvals
issued in 2008 were also the type-certificates
(TC) of the Tupolev TU 204-120CE and the Eclipse
EA500. The Tupolev is the first transport aircraft
designed by an organisation from the Commonwealth
of Independent States receiving an EASA
TC. At a hand-over ceremony attended by Patrick
Goudou, EASA Executive Director, and Dr. Norbert
Lohl, EASA Certification Director, they praised the
good collaboration between the two certification
authorities, the Aviation Register of the Interstate
Aviation Committee (IAC AR) and EASA. The certification
process for the TU 204-120CE began within
the Joint Aviation Authorities (JAA) and was later
taken over by EASA. A team of 20 certification specialists
scrutinised the aircraft’s design to ensure
that it complies with the Agency’s stringent safety
and environmental standards, including over 100
technical meetings and several test flights by the
Agency’s flight test team.
The validation of the Eclipse EA500 in November 2008
marked the successful end of an exciting certification process. The Eclipse was certified against specifications
valid for General Aviation aircraft (CS-23). As the jet is considered a high performance aircraft, numerous
additional requirements had to be fulfilled. 2008 saw a number of new certification projects
in the areas of General Aviation, Rotorcraft and
Engines (e.g. Diamond DA 50, Viking DHC-6 400
series, Bell 429 Helicopter, Rolls-Royce Trent XWB
Series engines, Helix Propeller H50).
In March 2009, the Agency received its first TC application
from Japan. Mitsubishi Aircraft Corporation
wants its MRJ, the first regional jet to adopt
composite materials for its wings and fins on significant
sale, be certified in Europe. As far as ongoing
projects are concerned, some major applications
include Falcon 2000 LX, Boeing 787, Airbus
A350, Airbus A400M, Learjet LJ-200, Embraer ERJ
190-100ECJ, B777F Freighter, Eurocopter EC 175.
Since the setting-up of the Agency, it has issued more than 37,000 certificates. Among those were 250 type-certificates, 4,000
supplemental type-certificates and 8,500 major changes and repairs. Airworthiness and environmental certification, as well as
continuing airworthiness have always been at the core of the Agency’s Certification Directorate. With the Agency’s extension of
scope, operations related certification tasks such as training of maintenance personnel or the Joint Operational Evaluation Board
(JOEB) activities have been added to the directorate’s tasks. Read below a short overview of the certification highlights in 2008.
No compromise on safety
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Continuing airworthiness_ Performing oversight
of approved products, parts and appliances is essential
for the achievement of the Agency’s safety
objectives. EASA is taking corrective action by
means of airworthiness directives before potential
safety risks develop into serious events. In 2008,
the Agency issued 216 Airworthiness Directives
(ADs) and 45 Emergency ADs. The directorate
also engages in the A380 airworthiness communication
network together with the competent
authorities of the United Arab Emirates, Australia
and Singapore – the countries in which the A380
is already registered. Aim of this network is to exchange
knowledge on in-service experience with
the world’s largest airliner. But continuing airworthiness
also includes analysis of accident investigations
and the implementation of safety recommendations
such as it happened in the cases of
the Boeing 777 accident in London and the Spanair
MD-82 accident in Madrid.
New responsibilities_ EASA’s new basic regulation
(216/2008) includes, among others, rulemaking in
the fields of air operations and flight crew licensing.
Consequently, once the corresponding implementing
rules become effective, the Certification
Directorate will be responsible for operations related
certification tasks, along with continuing the
Maintenance Review Board (MRB) process.
Today, some of the operations related activities
are already carried out, within the framework of
the Joint Operations Evaluation Board (JOEB). Important
elements of the JOEB process, which EASA
carries out with support of the National Aviation
Authorities on behalf of the JAA, are the evaluation
of the Master Minimum Equipment List (MMEL),
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