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Safety Recommendations Addressed to EASA

Safety Recommendations Addressed to EASA. BERNARD BOURDON Accident Investigation Manager ZSÓFIA OLÁH Safety Recommendations Officer. EASA. Establishment in 2002 Operating since 2003 Location Since 3 rd November 2004 Cologne. IS. FIN. EASA Member States EU 27 + 4. SE. NO. EE.

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Safety Recommendations Addressed to EASA

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  1. Safety Recommendations Addressed to EASA BERNARD BOURDON Accident Investigation Manager ZSÓFIA OLÁH Safety Recommendations Officer Budapest

  2. EASA • Establishment in 2002 • Operating since 2003 • Location • Since 3rd November 2004 Cologne Safety Recommendations Addressed to EASA

  3. IS FIN EASA Member States EU 27 + 4 SE NO EE LV DK LT RU IR UK PL NL BE DE CZ L SK MD A HU FR CH RO SI CR BA SB BG MC IT E P MK AL EL MT CY Safety Recommendations Addressed to EASA

  4. EASA Remit • Based on the Basic Regulation (EC) No 216/2008 • Safety regulator, certification authority & advisory body • Mission: to set & maintain the highest common safety & environmental standards • Method: part of the EU system with the EC and in partnership with the NAAs Safety Recommendations Addressed to EASA

  5. Rulemaking in EASA context Annex I : Essential Requirements for Airworthiness Annex II : Excluded Aircraft Agency Opinion Basic Regulation Regulation (EC) No 216/2008 of 20 February 2008 Regulation (EC) 1702/2003 on Airworthiness and Environmental Certification Regulation (EC) 2042/2003 on Continuing Airworthiness Agency Opinion Section A: Application Requirements Annex I (Part-M): Continuing Airworthiness Requirements Section A: Technical Requirements Annex (Part 21) Section B: administrative Procedures Section B: Administrative Procedures Appendices: EASA forms Annex II (Part-145): Maintenance Organisation Approvals Appendices: EASA forms Annex III (Part-66): Certifying Staff Annex IV (Part-147): Training Organisation Requirements Certification Specifications AMC & Guidance Material Part M, 145,66,147 Agency CS , AMC & GM Guidance Material Part 21 AMC 20 AMC 21 CS 25 CS 34 CS 36 CS E CS P CS APU CS AWO CS ETSO CS Definitions CS 22 CS 23 CS 27 CS 29 CS VLA CS VLR Parliament and Council European Commission EASA Safety Recommendations Addressed to EASA

  6. EASA competency Safety Recommendations Addressed to EASA

  7. EASA Structure Safety Recommendations Addressed to EASA

  8. Certification • Type-certification of parts, products and appliances • Initial airworthiness • Continuing airworthiness • Tasks contracted out to NAAs Safety Recommendations Addressed to EASA

  9. Rulemaking • Assistance to the European Commission in drafting new legislation • Elaboration and adoption of Agency soft laws • Co-operation in the setting of international standards Safety Recommendations Addressed to EASA

  10. Quality and standardisation • Assistance to the European Commission in overseeing harmonized application of European legislation in Member States (inspections) • Approval of Design Organisations • For non-EU countries: Approval of Production and Maintenance Organisations • Internal quality control • Training Safety Recommendations Addressed to EASA

  11. Safety Analysis • Safety Analysis: Conducts studies and provides reports concerning the safety of European and world-wide aviation • Annual Safety Review • Supporting safety policy • Building dependable repositories • Supporting an ECCAIRS repository @ JRC Safety Recommendations Addressed to EASA

  12. ESSI Update August 08 ESSI European Strategic Safety Initiative COORDINATION GROUP EASA Rulemaking Activities Coordination with ECAST COMMERCIAL AVIATION SAFETY TEAM CAST EHEST HELICOPTER SAFETY TEAM IHST EGAST GENERAL AVIATIONSAFETY TEAM FAA’s GASC Safety Recommendations Addressed to EASA

  13. Research • Based on the BR • Develop and finance research • Coordinate research activities • Publish results • Two fields • Short term • Defined and financed by the Agency primarily for rulemaking support • Long term • Financed by EU framework or national research programs Safety Recommendations Addressed to EASA

  14. Accident Investigation Unit • Two Sections • Accident Investigation • Coordination between the Agency and the AIBs • Collecting facts from ongoing investigations • Follow up of ongoing accident investigations • Safety Recommendations • Administration of SRs addressed to the Agency • Coordination of replies within the Agency • Provide statistics on progress on SRs • Participation in safety studies and research projects • Follow up and coordination • Providing input • Idendify safety deficiences & disseminate related information Safety Recommendations Addressed to EASA

  15. The owner of boats for hire shouts at the waterfront: • Boat number nine, your time is up, row back! • His assistant warns him: • But we only have eight boats. • Oh, my God! Do you have any problems, boat number six? Safety Recommendations Addressed to EASA

  16. Accident investigation:The European database Two separate systems linked by a n:n relation SafetyRecommendations Database ECCAIRS Database (JRC central repository) Process & reply to Safety Recommendations Notification Updates Reports • Safety analysis • Thematic search by • Descriptive factor • Explanatory factor • Text search / field Safety Recommendations Addressed to EASA

  17. Final SRs per year Safety Recommendations Addressed to EASA

  18. Safety recommendations Received - Replied - Closed v. Time 300 250 200 150 100 50 0 15/09/01 17/03/02 16/09/02 18/03/03 17/09/03 18/03/04 17/09/04 19/03/05 18/09/05 20/03/06 19/09/06 21/03/07 20/09/07 21/03/08 20/09/08 22/03/09 received replied closed Final SRs addressed to EASA Safety Recommendations Addressed to EASA

  19. Process of SRs • Allocation to a unit • E2 – Safety Analysis & Research • for safety studies and research projects related to Safety Recommendations follow-up • R – Product Safety • rules and specifications for the initial and continuing airworthiness • R – Flight Standard • rules for the flight crew licensing and air operations Safety Recommendations Addressed to EASA

  20. Process of SRs (2) • Certification Directorate (C) • concentrates all certification tasks, consisting of type certification and continued airworthiness of products, parts and appliances; as well as the environmental approval of products • C – Large Aeroplanes • C – General Aviation • C – Rotorcraft, balloons, airships • C – Propulsion • C – Flight Standards • C – Experts section Safety Recommendations Addressed to EASA

  21. Process of SRs (3) • Approvals and Standardisation Directorate (S) • performs inspections, training and standardisation programmes to ensure uniform implementation of European aviation safety legislation in all Member States. It also deals with design organisations and, as appropriate, production organisations approval; foreign organisations approval; and coordinates the European Community programme SAFA (Safety Assessment of Foreign Aircraft) regarding the safety of foreign aircraft using Community airports • S – Organizations • S – SAFA coordination • S - Standardisation Safety Recommendations Addressed to EASA

  22. Thematic distribution of final SRs in 2008 Safety Recommendations Addressed to EASA

  23. Process of SRs (4) • Providing replies • During the review of the Final Safety Recommendations, EASA classifies them in a systematic way, using the definitions of classification categories • Agreement: Safety recommendation for which the safety concern is agreed by the addressee and subsequent action is planned or implemented • Partial agreement: Safety recommendation considered relevant by the addressee but not applicable and for which a safety issue has been recognized and new orientation has been given to the recommended action. • Disagreement: Safety recommendation considered not relevant or not applicable by the addressee • No longer applicable: Safety recommendation has been superseded or has become no longer applicable. • Not Responsible Safety recommendation wrongly allocated or not in the scope of responsibility of the addressee. SR has been issued to an erroneous addressee. • More information required: Safety recommendation for which more information is required by the addressee before any action initiated. Additional information should be sent by the originator. • Unknown: Safety recommendation which was issued before any tracking implementation status and for which insufficient information to assign any other status has been received. Safety Recommendations Addressed to EASA

  24. Categories of replies Safety Recommendations Addressed to EASA

  25. Process of SRs (5) • Conclusions • To be determined/Unknown • Airworthiness Directive/Add-Modify Rule-Directive • Rule Change/Add-Modify Rule-Directive • Training Issue/Training • Standardisation Issue/Compliance with procedure-rule • None • Safety Information Notice/Information • Study • Inspection • Add-Modify Procedure • Not Responsible Safety Recommendations Addressed to EASA

  26. Standardisation Issue/ Compliance with procedure-rule 2% Airworthiness Directive/Add- Modify Directive 15% Study 2% Safety Information Notice/ Information 10% Rule Change/ Add-Modify Rule 30% Inspection 12% None 27% Not Responsible 2% Concluding actions Safety Recommendations Addressed to EASA

  27. Contact details Executive Directorate Safety Analysis & Research Department: Investigations Communications related to ongoing investigations investigation@easa.europa.eu Safety Recommendations Communications related to safety recommendations recommendations@easa.europa.eu EASA Ottoplatz 1D-50679 Köln PO Box 101253D-50452 Köln, Germany Tel: 49-221-89990000 Safety Recommendations Addressed to EASA

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