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Aircraft Certification and Airworthiness: A Comprehensive Overview, Summaries of Engineering

A comprehensive overview of aircraft certification and airworthiness regulations in canada, focusing on the role of transport canada and the faa. It delves into the legal framework governing aeronautics, including the aeronautics act, canadian aviation regulations (cars), and airworthiness manual (awm) chapter 525. The document also explores the process of aircraft certification, highlighting the standards and procedures involved in reviewing and verifying design and performance data, supervising and performing ground and flight tests, and awarding transport canada type certificates. It further emphasizes the importance of continuing airworthiness and the role of national aviation authorities in ensuring the safety of aircraft.

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2023/2024

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LECTURE # 3 – BASICS

• HOW AIRPLANES FLY. TERMINOLOGY
• CASE STUDY
• NATIONAL AVIATION AUTHORITIES (TRANSPORT CANADA/FAA/EASA)
• AIRCRAFT CERTIFICATION R & R
• LEGISLATION AND STANDARDS
• CANADIAN AVIATION REGULATIONS (CAR)
• AWM CHAPTER 525 AND FAR PART 25

CONTENT

BOEING 737 CUTAWAY

CASE STUDY

• SOUTHWEST AIRLINES FLIGHT 1380 WAS A BOEING 737- 700 FLIGHT THAT, ABOUT TWENTY MINUTES
AFTER TAKEOFF FROM NEW YORK-LAGUARDIA AIRPORT ON APRIL 17, 2018, SUFFERED
AN UNCONTAINED FAILURE OF ITS LEFT ENGINE. DEBRIS FROM THE ENGINE STRUCK THE
AIRCRAFT'S FUSELAGE AND A SIDE WINDOW. THE WINDOW FAILED, CAUSING A RAPID
DEPRESSURIZATION OF THE AIRCRAFT, WHICH MADE AN EMERGENCY DESCENT AND LANDED
AT PHILADELPHIA INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT. ONE PASSENGER DIED AFTER BEING PARTIALLY
EJECTED FROM THE FAILED WINDOW. SEVEN OTHERS WERE INJURED.

So what happens next?

NATIONAL AVIATION AUTHORITIES (NAA’S)

(TRANSPORT CANADA / FAA / EASA)

www.tc.gc.ca

www.faa.gov

www.easa.Europa.eu

LEGISLATION AND STANDARDS

THE LEGISLATION AND STANDARDS THAT GOVERN AERONAUTICS IN CANADA HAVE A FLOW OF AUTHORITY
FROM THE PARLIAMENT OF CANADA THROUGH THE MINISTER OF TRANSPORT TO LOWER LEVELS OF
HIERARCHY. THIS LEGISLATION FOR REGULATIONS, STANDARDS AND ADVISORIES (RSA) INCLUDES:
• THE AERONAUTICS ACT
• CANADIAN AVIATION REGULATIONS (CAR)
• STANDARDS (CANADIAN AIRWORTHINESS MANUAL OR AWM)
• ADVISORY MATERIAL
• POLICY AND PROCEDURAL MATERIALS
• ACCEPTED OR ADOPTED MATERIALS

CAR + AWM CHAPTER 525 + FAR PART 25

  • REVIEW CANADIAN AVIATION REGULATIONS (CAR’S) KEY DEFINITIONS
  • OVERVIEW OF AIRWORTHINESS MANUAL (AWM) CHAPTER 525 AND FAR PART 25
  • HTTPS://WWW.TC.GC.CA/ENG/CIVILAVIATION/REGSERV/CARS/PART5-STANDARDS- 525 - MENU-1738.HTM
  • HTTPS://WWW.ECFR.GOV/CGI-BIN/TEXT-
IDX?C=ECFR&SID=AAA4AA7E27C8B76FA50F443780E96D77&TPL=/ECFRBROWSE/TITLE14/14CFR25_MAIN_
2.TPL