Catalogue description Air Registration Board, and Civil Aviation Authority, Survey Department: Reports and Papers

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Reference: DR 8
Title: Air Registration Board, and Civil Aviation Authority, Survey Department: Reports and Papers
Description:

This series contains papers concerned with all aspects of the Civil Aviation Authority's Survey Department's responsibility to ensure that the standards of airworthiness established by the Airworthiness Division were maintained.

Reports were received from surveyors in area offices in the United Kingdom and also from surveyors working abroad as advisers to overseas governments.

Subjects covered include the inspection of aircraft under construction, the issue and renewal of certificates of airworthiness for British and foreign built aircraft, the inspection of the maintenance facilities provided by operators, the examination of all categories of maintenance engineer and of flight crew on technical subjects, and the approval of firms involved in the manufacture of aircraft, parts and components.
Date: 1943-1991
Held by: The National Archives, Kew
Legal status: Public Record(s)
Language: English
Creator:

Air Registration Board, 1937-1973

Civil Aviation Authority, Directorate of Safety (Airworthiness), Survey Department, 1972-1976

Civil Aviation Authority, Safety Regulatory Group, 1985-

Civil Aviation Authority, Safety Services Group, Survey Department, 1977-1987
Physical description: 264 file(s)
Access conditions: Subject to 30 year closure unless otherwise stated
Immediate source of acquisition:

Civil Aviation Authority
Accruals: Following the development of OSP 26: The regulation of civil aviation 1972-2002, it has been decided that no further accessions into this series will be made.
Administrative / biographical background:

The basic task of the Airworthiness Division's Survey Department is to confirm that airworthiness is being achieved. This embraces the physical state of the in-service aircraft, the effectiveness of maintenance and its management and the adequacy of aviation support in the broadest sense.

The department does this by monitoring aircraft manufacturers' activities during all phases of construction to ensure compliance with the approved design. It also surveys imported aircraft, both old and new, for compliance with Type Certificate, UK Special Conditions and other Certification Requirements prior to the issue of a certificate of airworthiness, and monitors aircraft in service through periodic renewals of the certificate of airworthiness and pre-planned surveillance visits.

The department also provides an airworthiness advisory service for foreign governments throughout the world, using surveyors based in overseas offices.

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