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1、AirworthinessProcedureAircraftAirworthinessCertificationDepartmentofCivilAviationAdministrationofChina(CAAC-AAD)No.:AP-21-AA-2014-36Date:1/26/2014HowtoEstablishtheCertificationBasisforChangedAeronauticalProductsHowtoEstablishtheCertificationBasisforChangedAeronauticalProducts1. PurposeThisairworthin
2、essprocedure(AP)providetheproceduresfordeterminingthecertificationbasisforchangestotypecertificatedproducts,implementingChineseCivilAviationRegulationsPart21(CCAR-21)21.19and21.101.TheseproceduresapplytodesignchangesmadethroughanamendedTypeCertificate(TC),aSupplementalTypeCertificate(STC),anamendedS
3、TC,aModificationDesignApproval(MDA)oranamendedMDA.Theseproceduresalsoapplytotypevalidationprogramsofforeignauthority.UnderthisAP,AircraftCertificationServicemustapplytheseprocedurestodeterminethecertificationbasisforchangedproducts.2. AuthorityThisACisformulatedonthebasisofCivilAviationProductsandPa
4、rts(CCAR-21).3. ReferencesAP-21-AA-201l-03-R4,TypeCertificationProceduresAP-21-14,SupplementalTypeCertificationProceduresAP-21-15,CertificationProceduresforModificationDesignofImportCivilAircraftAP-21-01R2,ValidationProceduresforImportCivilAviationProductsandPartsAP-21-AA-2009-19,ValidationProcedure
5、sforUSAAviationProductsandTSOArticlesAC-21-AA-2014-36,EstablishingtheCertificationBasisofChangedAeronauticalProducts4. BackgroundThegeneralcertificationproceduresforproducts(aircraft,aircraftengines,andpropellers)andpartsareinCCAR-21.21.16through21.29,and21.101specifycertainregulationsandtheapplicab
6、leairworthinessstandardsfortypecertificationofnewandchangedproducts.Thetermchangedproducf,-usedthroughoutCCAR-21andthisAP一includeschangesthataremadethroughanamendedTC,anSTC,anamendedSTC,aMDAoranamendedMDAPreviousCCAR-21section33requiredthatanapplicantforachangetoaTCcomplywitheithertheregulationscite
7、dintheTCorapplicableregulationsineffectonthedateofapplication,plusanyotheramendmentstheAdministratorfoundtobedirectlyrelated.CurrentCCAR-2121.101,Designationofapplicableregulations,9appliestochangesinthetypedesignofaircraft,aircraftengines,andpropellers,whichdonotrequireanewTCunder14CFR21.19.Thispro
8、cedureenhancessafetybyapplyingthelatestairworthinessstandards,tothegreatestextentpractical,forcertifyingsignificantdesignchanges.Forvalidationprograms,thevalidatingauthority,sdateofapplicationisthedatetheapplicantappliedtothecertificatingauthorityforthedesignchange.ApplicantsshouldconsultindividualB
9、ilateralAviationSafetyAgreementImplementationProceduresforAirworthiness(BASAIPA)whendevelopingthevalidationbasisforanamendedTC,STC,oramendedSTCprogram.Under21.101(a),achangetoatypecertificatedproductmustcomplywiththelatestrequirements,unlessitcomplieswiththeexceptionsin21.101(b).Thecertificationbasi
10、sdoesnotdependonwhethertheTCholderoranapplicantforaSTCisoriginatingthechange. 1.101 (b)describescriteriaforwhenanapplicantcanuseearlierrequirements.Applicantsmayuseearlierrequirementswhenthechangeisnotsignificant.Incaseswheredesignchangesinvolvefeaturesthathavenoadequateregulatorystandardintheexisti
11、ngcertificationbasis-butlaterappropriateregulationsexist-theAdministratorrequiresthatapplicantsuseappropriatelaterregulationsfortheproposeddesignchange.Fornotsignificantdesignchanges,theruleallowscontinuedcompliancewiththeexistingcertificationbasis,unlessthereisnoadequateregulatorystandardintheexist
12、ingcertificationbasis,withoutfurtherapprovalbytheAdministrator.21.101(b)1.(1)and(2)describestheautomaticcriteriafordeterminingifthechangeissignificant.Under21.101(b)2and3,applicantsmayuseearlierrequirementsforsignificantchangestoareasnotaffectedbythechange,orforcaseswherecompliancetothelatestrequire
13、mentswouldnotcontributemateriallytothelevelofsafetyorwouldbeimpractical.Earlieramendmentsmaynotprecedethecorrespondingregulationlistedintheexistingcertificationbasis.Under21.101(c),specialconditionsapplywhentheregulationsdonotprovideadequatestandardsfortheproposedchangebecauseofanovelorunusualdesign
14、feature.21.101(c)appliestosignificantandnotsignificantdesignchanges. 1.102 (d)explainshowlonganapplicationremainsvalidforachangetoaTC,includingSTCs.AnapplicationforachangetoaTCforatransportcategoryaircraftiseffectiveforfiveyears,andanapplicationforachangetoanyothercategoryaircraftiseffectiveforthree
15、years.5. RolesandResponsibilitiesThefollowinginformationidentifiestherolesandresponsibilitiesforboththeapplicantandAircraftCertificationServiceduringcertificationprojects:a. Applicants:(1) Identifyandevaluatetheproposedchange.Inassessingthechange,definetheaffectedareasandincludepreviousrelevantdesig
16、nchangesalongwiththerelated,appropriateregulations.Theevaluationshouldbecomprehensiveenoughtofullyunderstandthescopeofthechange.(2) IdentifyifthechangeissignificantornotsignificantattheproductlevelusingtheinformationinAC-2l-AA-2014-36.Thedeterminationofsignificancemustincludeareviewofanypreviousrelevantdesignchanges.(3) Applythelatestregulationsforsignificantchanges,unlessaproposalispresentedtoapply