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2007 DESIGN DELEGATION HOLDER’s SEMINAR

2007 DESIGN DELEGATION HOLDER’s SEMINAR. 7 th September 2007 Novotel Tainui - Hamilton. AIRCRAFT CERTIFICATION UNIT - Update. Geoff Connor Manager Aircraft Certification . Aircraft Certification Unit Update - Contents . Staff Recent Unit Activities International Agreements

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2007 DESIGN DELEGATION HOLDER’s SEMINAR

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  1. 2007 DESIGN DELEGATION HOLDER’s SEMINAR 7th September 2007 Novotel Tainui - Hamilton

  2. AIRCRAFT CERTIFICATION UNIT - Update Geoff Connor Manager Aircraft Certification

  3. Aircraft Certification Unit Update - Contents • Staff • Recent Unit Activities • International Agreements • Conferences and Seminars Attended • Professional Development • Design Delegation Seminar – Agenda 2007 DDH Seminar – ACU Update 7th Sept 2007

  4. Staff • 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 2007 DDH Seminar – ACU Update 7th Sept 2007

  5. Recent Unit Activities • 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) 2007 DDH Seminar – ACU Update 7th Sept 2007

  6. Recent Unit Activities • 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 2007 DDH Seminar – ACU Update 7th Sept 2007

  7. Recent Unit Activities • 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. 2007 DDH Seminar – ACU Update 7th Sept 2007

  8. Recent Unit Activities • Queenstown RNP project • Wellington Airport runway strip width risk assessment project • Fletcher 2000 Supplemental Type Certification project 2007 DDH Seminar – ACU Update 7th Sept 2007

  9. Recent Unit Activities • 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 2007 DDH Seminar – ACU Update 7th Sept 2007

  10. International Agreements • 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. Aircraft Certification Unit - Update 7th Sept 2007

  11. Conferences and Seminars • 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 2007 DDH Seminar – ACU Update 7th Sept 2007

  12. Conferences and Seminars • 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) 2007 DDH Seminar – ACU Update 7th Sept 2007

  13. Professional Development • 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 2007 DDH Seminar – ACU Update 7th Sept 2007

  14. Seminar Agenda 1000 CAR Part 21 changes, ACU Policy Peter Gill - CAA 1030 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 Dinh Nguyen - CASA 1600 Forum 1700 Close Tim Allen - GMA 2007 DDH Seminar – ACU Update 7th Sept 2007

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