Regulatory Functions & Responsibilities

The Airworthiness Division has three (3) main Sections namely; i) Policy, Safety & Development (PSD), ii) Airworthiness Certification & Engineering (ACE) and iii) Aircraft Continuing Airworthiness (ACA). Under these Sections, there are eleven (11) technical Units having specific functions as follows:

Regulation, Policy & Guidance Unit (RPG)

Plan, manage and coordinate the following airworthiness activities:

• Regulations, policies and guidance.
• Ensure airworthiness requirements in compliance with ICAO standards and recommended practices (SARPs).
• Close cooperation with other national aviation authorities with the aim to harmonize certification standards and adoption of best practices.

Personnel Development & Compliance Unit (PDC)

Plan, manage and coordinate matters pertaining to:

• Airworthiness personnel training and competency.
• Conduct of training needs analysis (TNA) to determine the appropriate type and level of training.
• In-house training for both initial/basic training including recurrent training.

Registration & Safety Unit (RAS)

Manage and coordinate matters on:

• Maintaining and updating Aircraft Register.
• Issue aircraft registration and de-registration certificate.
• Aircraft mortgages including IDERA.
• Investigation of occurrence and aviation safety data.
• Safety management system (SMS).
• Technical inputs to the State Safety Program (SSP) from airworthiness aspect.

Aircraft Design & Certification Unit (ADC)

Plan, manage and coordinate activities on type certification of aeronautical products:

• Conduct technical validation on foreign design approvals.
• Approve modifications and repairs to aeronautical products.
• Manage and coordinate approval related to mandatory continuing airworthiness instructions (MCAI).

Airworthiness Engineering Services Unit (AES)

Plan, manage and coordinate engineering activities and provide technical support on matters related to:

• Airworthiness evaluation of used aircraft
• Conformity inspection on production aircraft
• Approval related to flight testing and design related permit to fly

Design & Production Organizations Unit (DPO)

Plan, manage and coordinate activities related to design and production organizations that include:

• Approval of design (DOA) and production organizations (POA)
• Approval for DOA authorized signatories
• Surveillance on DOA and POA

Commercial Air Transport Unit (CAT)

Plan, manage and coordinate continuing airworthiness activities on aircraft used for commercial air transport (CAT) operations that include:

• Issue/renew certificate of airworthiness (CofA)
• Approval of non-design related permit to fly (PtF)
• Issue CofA for Export
• Approval of aircraft maintenance program (AMP), minimum equipment list (MEL), mass and balance, specific operational approvals and noise certificate.
• Aircraft Continuing Airworthiness Monitoring (ACAM) program

General Aviation Unit (GAV)

Plan, manage and coordinate continuing airworthiness activities on aircraft used for general aviation operations that include:

• Issue/renew certificate of airworthiness (CofA)
• Approval of non-design related permit to fly (PtF)
• Issue CofA for Export
• Approval of aircraft maintenance program (AMP), minimum equipment list (MEL), mass and balance, specific operational approvals and noise certificate.
• Aircraft Continuing Airworthiness Monitoring (ACAM) program

Recreational Aircraft/UAS/AAM Unit (RUA)

Plan, manage and coordinate activities on:

• Issue/renew of certificate of airworthiness (CofA) and permit to fly (PtF)
• Issue CofA for Export
• Approval of aircraft maintenance program (AMP), mass and balance etc.

Organization Approvals Unit (ORA)

• Manage and coordinate approval of continuing airworthiness management organization (CAMO), approved maintenance organization (AMO), combined airworthiness organization (CAO) and maintenance training organization (MTO).
• Approval of authorized signatories for CAMO
• Plan, manage and coordinate surveillance on CAMO, AMO, MTO, CAO and authorized signatories.

Maintenance Personnel Licencing (MPL)

• Manage examination for aircraft maintenance licence (AML)
• Issue/renew of the AML
• Conduct verification of foreign AML
• Approval of maintenance training organization (MTO), including approval of maintenance training program and training course.
• Plan, manage and coordinate surveillance on MTO