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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

segwabes@caa.co.za

Tel: 011 545 1353

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