Mr Simon Segwabe
Executive: Aviation Safety Operations
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
• Definitions
• Aviation Evolution
• It All Started Here
• Aircraft Life Span
• ICAO Annex 8
• Purpose of the SARPS
• Comparison Table
• Placarding
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DEFINITIONS
Type Certificate
– A document issued by a Contracting State to define the design of an aircraft type and to certify that this design meets the appropriate airworthiness requirements of that State.
NON TYPE CERTIFIED?
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HAS AVIATION EVOLVED?
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It All Started Here
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Aircraft Life Span
• Concept
• Design
• Manufacture
• Operations
• Maintenance
• Retirement
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ICAO Annex 8
Standard And Recommended Practices for
– Design,
– Manufacturing and
– Maintenance (Instructions for continued Airworthiness)
• Why are these important?
• Does all aircraft meet these?
• What happens when they don’t?
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PURPOSE OF THE SARPS
To achieve the highest practicable degree of uniformity
– in regulations,
– Standards,
– Procedures and
– organisation in relation to aircraft,
– personnel
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COMPARISON TABLE
TYPE CERTIFIED
Capabilities for intended use are know,
– Tested
– Evaluated
– Results Analyzed
– Certified for intended purposes
NON TYPE CERTIFIED
Capabilities?
– Tests and Evaluations Process: Are very limited or unknown
– In most cases these are meant for recreational and private use
– Operational Restriction
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MANDATORY PLACARD
WARNING
• This aircraft is not required to comply with all the regulations for type certificate
• Aircraft to be operated for sport or recreational purposes only
• You fly in this aircraft at your own risk
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CONCLUSION
• Civil Aviation has been swept up in a wave of
– Commercialization and
– globalization
• These have a direct impact on safety and security
• Hence CAA’s have to step up and ensure that the operations aspect of aviation remain safe.
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THANK YOU &
LET US KEEP OUR SKIES SAFER
Simon Segwabe
South African Civil Aviation Authority
Executive: Aviation Safety Operations
Tel: 011 545 1353
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