CAR –21 NOTES

CERTIFICATION PROCEDURES FOR AIRCRAFT AND RELATED

PRODUCTS AND PARTS

SUBPART A — GENERAL PROVISIONS

SUBPART B - TYPE-CERTIFICATES AND RESTRICTED TYPE- CERTIFICATES
VALIDTY -Unlimited
TRANFERABLE -yes

SUBPART D -- CHANGES TO TYPE-CERTIFICATES AND RESTRICTED TYPE CERTIFICATES

VALIDTY - N/A
TRANFERABLE -N/A

SUBPART E — SUPPLEMENTAL TYPE-CERTIFICATES

VALIDTY - Unlimited
TRANFERABLE - yes

SUBPART F — PRODUCTION WITHOUT PRODUCTION ORGANISATION APPROVAL

VALIDTY - not exceeding one year
TRANFERABLE - N/A

SUBPART G -PRODUCTION ORGANISATION APPROVAL FOR PRODUCTS, PARTS AND APPLIANCES

VALIDTY - limited duration not exceeding one year
TRANFERABLE -NO (except change in ownership)

SUBPART H - AIRWORTHINESS CERTIFICATES, RESTRICTED CERTIFICATES OF AIRWORTHINESS AND EXPORT CERTIFICATES

OF AIRWORTHINESS
VALIDTY -as per F-III section-2(means validity of CofA is mentioned in CofA itself)
TRANFERABLE -Yes

SUBPART I - NOISE CERTIFICATES

VALIDTY -Unlimited
TRANFERABLE -yes

SUBPART JA- DESIGN ORGANISATION APPROVAL- PRODUCTS OR CHANGES TO PRODUCTS

VALIDTY - limited period of not exceeding 12 months
TRANFERABLE -NO(except change in ownership)

SUBPART JB - DESIGN ORGANISATION APPROVAL- PARTS & APPLIANCES

VALIDTY - Maximum period of not exceeding 12 months
TRANFERABLE -NO(except change in ownership)
SUBPART K — PARTS AND APPLIANCES
VALIDTY -N/A
TRANFERABLE -N/A

SUBPART M — REPAIRS
VALIDTY -N/A
TRANFERABLE -N/A

SUBPART O — INDIAN TECHNICAL STANDARD ORDER AUTHORISATIONS

VALIDTY - Unlimited
TRANFERABLE - NO(except change in ownership)

SUBPART P — PERMIT TO FLY

VALIDTY -maximum of 12 months -
TRANFERABLE -NO

 CA FORMS

 CA-1 -Authorized Release Certificate

 CA-15A - Airworthiness Review Certificate

 CA-20 -Permit to Fly

 CA-23 - Certificate of Airworthiness

 CA-24 - Restricted Certificate of Airworthiness

 CA-25 - Application for Certificate of Airworthiness

 CA-30 - Application for Type Certificate (TC)/ Restricted Type Certificate (RTC)

 CA-31 - Application for Approval of Major Change / Major Repair Design

 CA-32 -Application for Approval of Minor Change / Minor Repair Design

 CA-33 - Application for Approval of Supplemental Type Certificate (STC)

 CA-34 -Application for Indian Technical Standard Order Authorisation (ITSOA)

 CA-35 -Statement of Compliance for Indian Technical Standard Order Authorisation

 CA 2006-1A - Application for Issue of Noise Certificate

 CA-45A -Noise Certificate

 CA 2006-1 - Application for Issue of Noise Certificate

 CA-45 -Noise Certificate

 CA-50 -Application for production organisation approval under CAR 21, Subpart G

 CA 51 -Application for significant changes or variation of scope and terms of Production

Organization Approval under CAR 21, Subpart G

 CA-52 - Aircraft Statement of Conformity

 CA-53 - Certificate of Release to Service

 CA-55 -Production Organisation Approval Certificate

 CA-60 -Application for agreement of production under CAR 21 Subpart F

 CA-65 -Production without POA, Letter of Agreement

 CA-80A - Application for Design Organisation Approval (DOA) / renewal of DOA under CAR
21, Subpart JA

 CA-80B - Application for Design Organisation Approval (DOA) / renewal of DOA under CAR
21, Subpart JB

 CA- 81 - Application for Alternative Procedures to Design Organisation Approval

 CA-82A - Application for Significant Changes to Design Organisation Approval (DOA) under
CAR 21, Subpart JA

 CA-82B -Application for Significant Changes to Design Organisation Approval (DOA) under
CAR 21, Subpart JB

 CA-22 - Application for Permit to Fly

 CA-21 - Flight conditions for a Permit to Fly – Approval Form

Figure 1 presents a simplified scheme of all reporting lines

 FEES

FEES FOR ISSUE, RENEWAL OR VALIDATION OF CERTIFICATE OF AIRWORTHINESS

(in accordance with para C of Rule 62)
“(C) Issue, renewal or validation of Certificate of Airworthiness under rule 50:
 issue of Certificate of Airworthiness for an aircraft having maximum permissible take off weightof 1,000 kilograms
or less : Rs.20,000/-
 exceeding 1,000 kilograms, for every 1,000 kilograms or part thereof:
Rs.1,000/-
 validation or renewal of Certificate of Airworthiness :
50% same as for application
 issue of duplicate Certificate of Airworthiness:
10% of the fees payable same as for application

Applicants for Production Organisation Approval (POA) under CAR 21, Subpart G, will be charged as follows
for issue of POA:
 fifty employees :
Rs.25,000/-
 more than fifty and upto two hundred employees:
Rs.50,000/-
 more than 200 employees :
Rs.1,00,000/-
NOTE- The fees for renewal of POA shall be fifty percent of that of the new POA as above.
Applicants for agreement of production under CAR 21 Subpart F, will be charged as
follows:
 fifty employees :
Rs.25,000/-
 more than fifty and upto two hundred employees:
Rs.50,000/-
 more than 200 employees :
Rs.1,00,000/-
Note- The fees for renewal of agreement shall be fifty percent of that of the new agreement as above.

 FINDINGS

SUBPART-F

A level one finding is

-any non-compliance with this Part which could lead to uncontrolled non-compliances with applicable design
data and which could affect the safety of the aircraft.
-the holder of the letter of agreement shall demonstrate corrective action to the satisfaction of DGCA within a
period of 7 working days, extendable up to maximum 21 working days,
A level two finding is
- any non-compliance with this Part which is not classified as level one.
-the corrective action period granted by DGCA shall be within one month
-In certain circumstances and subject to the nature of the finding, DGCA may extend the period from one
months to 45 days subject to a satisfactory corrective action plan agreed by the DGCA.

A level three finding is

-any item where it has been identified, by objective evidence, to contain potential problems that could lead to
non-compliance
-shall not require immediate action by the holder of the production organization approval
.
NOTE : In case of level one or level two findings, the letter of agreement may be subject to a partial or full limitation,
suspension and revocation. The holder of the letter of agreement shall provide confirmation of receipt of the notice of
limitation, suspension or revocation of the letter of agreement in a timely manner.

SUBPART-G

A level one finding is

-any non-compliance with this Part which could lead to uncontrolled non-compliances with applicable design
data and which could affect the safety of the aircraft.
-shall demonstrate corrective action to the satisfaction of DGCA within a period of 7 working days, extendable
up to maximum 21 working days
A level two finding is
-any non-compliance with this Part which is not classified as level one.
-the corrective action period granted by DGCA shall be within three months
-In certain circumstances and subject to the nature of the finding, DGCA may extend the period from three
months to six months
A level three finding is
-any item where it has been identified, by objective evidence, to contain potential problems that could lead to
non-compliance
-shall not require immediate action by the holder of the production organization approval

NOTE- In case of level one or level two findings, the production organization approval may be subject to a partial or
full limitation, suspension or revocation. The holder of the production organization approval shall provide
confirmation of receipt of the notice of limitation, suspension or revocation of the production organization approval in
a timely manner.

SUBPART -JA

A level one finding is

-any non-compliance with this Part which could lead to uncontrolled non-compliances with applicable
requirements and which could lower the safety standard and hazards seriously the safety of the aircraft.
-the holder of the design organization approval shall demonstrate/address the corrective action immediately
A level two finding is
-any non-compliance with this Part which is not classified as level one and which could lower the safety
standard and possibly hazard the safety of the aircraft.
-the corrective action period granted by DGCA shall be within a time not exceeding 30 days
-In certain circumstances and subject to the nature of the finding, where the organization has not implemented
the necessary corrective action within a period of 30 days, it may be granted a further period of 15 days by the
Regional head of office subject to notifying the Head of Design Organization (HODO).

NOTE- Where no reasonable and justified reasons are assigned for non-implementation of the corrective action plan
within the time frame agreed upon with DGCA office, necessary enforcement action will be initiated against the
organization or the person responsible for non-compliance as the case may be

SUBPART-JB

A level one finding is

-any non-compliance with this Part which could lead to uncontrolled non-compliances with applicable
requirements and which could lowers the safety standard and hazards seriously the safety of the aircraft.
-the holder of the design organization approval shall demonstrate/address the corrective action immediately to
the satisfaction of DGCA
A level two finding is
-any non-compliance with this Part which is not classified as level one and which could lower the safety
standard and possibly hazard the safety of the aircraft.
-the corrective action period granted by DGCA shall be within a time not exceeding 30 days
-In certain circumstances and subject to the nature of the finding, where the organization has not implemented
the necessary corrective action within a period of 30 days, it may be granted a further period of 15 days by the
Regional head of office subject to notifying the Head of Design Organization (HODO)
Note-Where no reasonable and justified reasons are assigned for non-implementation of the corrective action plan
within the time frame agreed upon with DGCA office, necessary enforcement action will be initiated against the
organization or the person responsible for non-compliance as the case may be.