Flight control system: additional requirements
42G Flight control system: additional requirements
This regulation sets out the additional requirements to be complied with if any part of the flight control system of an Australian aircraft is assembled, adjusted, repaired, modified or replaced in the course of carrying out maintenance on the aircraft.
Subject to subregulation (4), the system must:
be inspected by the person who carried out the assembly, adjustment, repair, modification or replacement; and
be independently inspected by another person who is an appropriate person within the meaning of subregulation (5).
A person carrying out an inspection must:
check that the assembly, adjustment, repair, modification or replacement was carried out in accordance with the aircraft’s approved maintenance data; and
check that the system functions correctly.
In spite of subregulation (2), if:
optional dual controls were connected or disconnected without using tools; and
no other part of the flight control system was assembled, adjusted, repaired, modified or replaced;
the system does not have to be independently inspected.
For the purposes of this regulation, a person is an appropriate person if:
the person holds an aircraft maintenance engineer licence or an airworthiness authority covering maintenance of a type that includes the inspection; or
the person is the holder of a pilot licence that is valid for the aircraft; or
the person is the holder of a flight engineer licence that is valid for the aircraft; or
the person is authorised by CASA or an authorised person under subregulation (6) to carry out the inspection and the inspection is carried out in accordance with any conditions subject to which the authorisation was given; or
in relation to an independent inspection performed overseas—the person is a person referred to in paragraph 42ZN(a).
CASA or an authorised person may, in writing, authorise a person for the purposes of paragraph (5)(d).
An authorisation is subject to any conditions that:
CASA or the authorised person, as the case may be, considers are necessary in the interests of the safety of air navigation; and
are included in the authorisation.
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