Introducing EASA Part 145 Maintenance Approval

Brief Overview of the fundamentals of an EASA Part 145 approval provided by SofemaOnline (SOL)

Introduction

EASA Part 145 and introduces a uniform set of requirements for organisations providing maintenance services, including both work on aircraft and related to aircraft parts to be released to service.

To perform maintenance and to issue a certificate of release to service on either Complex Motor Powered Aircraft CMPA or Aircraft operated as Commercial Air Transport (CAT) on either an aircraft or aircraft part registered in a country member of the European Union or of EASA, the maintenance organisation must be PART 145 approved.

Having established an EASA Part 145 Organisation approval the organisation is recognised throughout the community and is able to perform maintenance work within a defined approval schedule.

The organisation requires appropriate facilities to satisfy the following criteria:

• Sufficient room for all required activities
• Environmental Considerations rain, frost, snow, wind, dust
• Clean floor (dust, liquids)
• Satisfactory working conditions 
• Acceptable temp adapted moisture minimal dust sufficient lighting noise (no disturbing conditions)
• Established documented and approved procedures – recognize Human Factors

Personnel Requirement should consider the following:

• Management
• Production Planning – managing a workload plan
• Manpower Competence & Control
• Certification
• Managed Production Processes
• Independent Quality System

Aircraft Parts should be controlled to ensure:

- Satisfactory (physical, EASA Form 1), unserviceable (to be repaired), to be scrapped, standard parts, material, and consumables (certificate of conformity)

- Before installation, check of eligibility (after a repair, an aircraft part must have an EASA Form 1)

According to approved procedures (in the frame of base maintenance)  consider the following elements:

• Packaging
• Receipt
• Storage & Shelf Life
• Segregation
• Management of Serviceability & Unserviceability
• Satisfactory (physical, EASA Form 1), unserviceable (to be repaired), to be scrapped, standard parts, material, and consumables (certificate of conformity)
• Before installation, check of eligibility (after a repair, an aircraft part must have an EASA Form 1)
• According to approved procedures (in the frame of base maintenance)

Certification Procedures to include:

• Competent Staff & Qualified regarding experience and training according to PART 66 license
• Authorised to issue CRS (Certificate of Release to Service) for the certifying staff

Management of Maintenance Data

Maintenance data can be modified only according to a procedure of the MOE (except in case of modification or repair).

The maintenance organisation must report to the author of a document any element which could lead to inaccuracy, misunderstanding, or ambiguity in any provided instructions.

Production Planning to ensure:

• Appropriate Manpower
• Tooling
• Equipment
• Material
• Approved Data
• Facilities
• Consider human Factors

Next Steps

Sofema Aviation Services SAS (www.sassofia.com) and SofemaOnline (SOL) (www.sofemaonline.com) provide Classroom, Webinar & Online Training Courses specifically focused on the needs of the Continuing Airworthiness Management Organisation (CAMO) and Aircraft Maintenance Organisation (AMO).

For details please see the websites or email team@sassofia.com