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Further update: I did get an even more authoritative answer for this. Thanks to Allan Mahon at MD-RA, who sent me this clarification from Maurice Simoneau at Transport. Note that while the question was being asked specifically in reference to IFR flight, the question was the same... What TSO requirements are there for "certification" of components. I have included Maurice's reply below. The only edits were to clarify which is a quote from the CARs and which are his words, and I also added updated links to the relevant CARs... They were moved recently and his were deprecated.
In short: TSO approvals are not required for systems on amateur-built aircraft (flying VFR *or* IFR), and the Avionics shop's responsibility ends at conducting the tests and telling the owner/builder whether the systems meet the standards. It's up to the owner/builder at that point to document it and sign it off.
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Originally Posted by Maurice Simoneau - Transport Canada
IFR operations by amateur-built aircraft in Canada are subject to the following rules:
1 - the aircraft has to be equipped in accordance with CAR 605.18;
2 - the "operational" equipment has to comply with CAR 602.59(b);
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Originally Posted by CAR 602.59(b)
no person shall operate an aircraft unless the operational ... carried on board the aircraft ... is functional
-- "functional" means that the equipment performs its intended function
3 - the equipment does not need be approved in accordance with TSO standards and requirements;
4 - the equipment does not need to be certified -- no requirement for authorised release documents/certificates/tags, such as TCCA FORM 24-0078/FORM ONE, EASA FORM ONE, FAA 8130-3;
5 - the installation does not need to be approved by Transport Canada;
6 - the owner can do the installation and sign the maintenance release for the maintenance activities performed.
Having stated the above, I would invite your client to consult Airworthiness Notice - B032, Edition 2 - 18 April 1996 - Procedure for the Removal of 'Visual Flight Rules Only' Limitation From the Special Certificate of Airworthiness (Amateur-Built Aircraft).
AN B032 was published at a time when the Air Regulations (Air Regs) and Air Navigation Orders (ANOs) were still in effect; the draft version of the Canadian Aviation Regulations [CARs] was the Canada Gazette Part I [Pre-publication] version that was later amended and published as the "new" CARs in October 1996. I have listed below the new regulatory references:
ANO Series V, No. 5 is now CAR 602.137
ANO Series V, No. 11 is now CAR 602.96 to 602.104, CAR 602.125
ANO Series V, No. 22 is now CAR 605.18
CAR 601.03 is still CAR 601.03
CAR 605.17 is now CAR 605.18
CAR 605.29 is now CAR 605.35
CAR 605.67 is now CAR 605.35
I have quoted below those parts of AN B032 that I consider most relevant to the discussion:
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Originally Posted by AN B032
A statement of compliance signed by the owner shall be attached with the application to remove "VFR ONLY" from the standardized operating conditions. The statement shall indicate that the equipment required for IFR flight as specified in ANO Series V, No. 22 [see CAR 605.18], CAR 601.03, 605.17 [see CAR 605.18], 605.29 [see CAR 605.35] and 605.67 [see CAR 605.35] has been properly installed, tested and calibrated in accordance with Chapters 571 and 575 of the Airworthiness Manual [see Standard 571] or CAR 571, 605 and related standards, and that it functions properly.
The owner must be prepared to demonstrate that the installation, test and calibration of IFR equipment has been appropriately performed". The onus to demonstrate that functionality rests with the amateur-built aircraft owner. The owner has to be able to demonstrate that he/she has the necessary testing equipment to carry out the installation of the IFR equipment, that the testing equipment has been properly tested and calibrated, and that he/she is competent to operate such testing equipment.
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Originally Posted by AN B032
although the installation of IFR equipment may be performed by the owner, due to the complexity and cost of test equipment, it may be more practical for this work to be performed by an appropriately rated aircraft Approved Maintenance Organisation (AMO)
Further to the above, I would also like to direct your client's attention to CAR 551 - Aircraft Equipment and Airworthiness Manual Chapter [STD] 551 - Aircraft Equipment and Installation.
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Originally Posted by CAR 551.01
(1) subject to subsection (2), the standards of airworthiness for the design and installation of aircraft equipment required by Part VI or Part VII are those specified in Chapter 551 of the Airworthiness Manual.
(2) If no standards of airworthiness are specified in Chapter 551 of the Airworthiness Manual for the design and installation of an item of aircraft equipment, the applicable standards of airworthiness are those that form the basis of certification of the aircraft on which the equipment is installed.
STD 551 specifies design and installation standards for the following equipment:
Flight Data Recorders
Cockpit Voice Recorders
Ground Proximity Warning Systems
Transponder and Automatic Pressure Altitude Reporting Equipment
Emergency Locator Transmitter
Altitude Alerting Systems
Radiocommunication Equipment
Radio Navigation Equipment
It is my understanding that those design and installation standards apply to all such aircraft equipment, irrespective of the aircraft where the equipment is installed.
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Originally Posted by STD 551.02(a)
... equipment installed or intended for installation in aircraft shall meet the applicable standards of:
(1) Chapter 537 of the Airworthiness Manual; or
(2) this chapter [STD 551], where the equipment was already approved for use on aircraft.
Information Note:
Where a TSO is referenced as an acceptable design standard, it is intended to mean that the design standards contained with the TSO are an acceptable minimum standard and the equipment does not necessarily need to have a TSO. i.e. an applicant could obtain Transport Canada Civil Aviation approval (Supplemental Type Certificate/Limited Supplemental Type Certificate) for a design if it is demonstrated that it complies with the design standards specified in the applicable TSO.
Please let me know if I have answered your questions fully.
Maurice A. Simoneau
Senior Civil Aviation Safety Inspector / Inspecteur principal de la s?curit? de l'Aviation civile
Recreational Aircraft / A?ronefs de loisir
Maintenance and Manufacturing Standards / Normes de maintenance et de construction
Standards Branch / Direction des normes
telephone/t?l?phone: 613-990-9490
facsimile/t?l?copieur: 613-952-3298
[email protected] <mailto:
[email protected]>.
Transport Canada Civil Aviation, Place de Ville [AARTM], Ottawa Canada, K1A 0N8
Transports Canada Aviation civile, Place de Ville [AARTM] Ottawa Canada, K1A 0N8
<http://www.tc.gc.ca/>
Government of Canada / Gouvernement du Canada
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Rob Prior
1996 RV-6 "Tweety" C-FRBP (formerly N196RV)