NEPALESE CIVIL AIRWORTHINESS REQUIREMENTS

SECTION C
MAINTENANCE REQUIREMENTS
CHAPTER C.5 ISSUE 1
SEPTEMBER 1982

AIRWORTHINESS DIRECTIVES, MODIFICATIONS AND REPAIRS

1. GENERAL

1.1 This chapter prescribes the requirements for approval of modifications and repairs
to aircraft, and procedures to be followed in respect of Airworthiness Directives.

1.2 An aircraft type is defined by its Type Certificate plus any relevant Supplemental
Type Certificates. Any alteration of the aircraft as defined in its Type Certificate
data is a modification and no Nepalese aircraft may be modified except with the
approval of the Director General.

1.3 In the interest of safety, the Director General may order that an aircraft or aircraft
component be modified or receive special inspections. Such orders are
Airworthiness Directives and compliance is mandatory. The Director General may
also order that there be compliance with Airworthiness Directives or their
equivalents issued by designated Contracting States.

1.4 An aircraft may also be modified to improve such characteristics as performance

or handling or to suit particular operational needs; such modifications may be
recommended by the manufacturer or be designed by or for a particular operator.
All such modifications must be approved by the Director General before they are
embodied.

1.5 An aircraft which suffers a defect or damage may be altered by repairs necessary
to restore its Airworthiness. An aircraft may be repaired only in accordance with
an approved method as defined in this Chapter.

2. AIRWORTHINESS DIRECTIVES

2.1 Each owner or operator of a Nepalese aircraft shall ensure that he is receiving all
Airworthiness Directives affecting his aircraft which are issued by:
a) the Director General, and
b) the Airworthiness Authority of the State in which the aircraft was
manufactured.

Note: It is also advisable to receive and study Airworthiness Directives relevant to the aircraft
issued by other States in which the aircraft type is operated.
2.2 On receipt of an applicable Airworthiness Directive the following action shall be
taken:

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 a) The identification code and compliance date must be entered in the rear pages
of the logbooks of each affected aircraft, engine or propeller.

Note: If the logbook does not provide special pages for entering a record of Airworthiness
Directives, approximately 20% of the pages at the back of the logbook should be
reserved for this purpose.

b) The operator or owner must establish whether compliance can be completed

by the prescribed date, having regard to delivery times for materials or parts
required for implementation. If compliance cannot be completed by the
prescribed date, an application for a concession should be made to the
Director General. (Attention: Airworthiness Division, Aviation Safety
Directorate, Civil Aviation Authority of Nepal.)
c) After the modification or special inspection prescribed by an Airworthiness
Directive has been completed, the appropriate entry in the logbook must be
certified and dated by an approved organization or a person appropriately
licensed or approved by the Director General to do so. The signature followed
licence/approval number and the date, constitutes the Certificate of
Compliance required by Chapter C.2.
d) If the Airworthiness Directive prescribes a repetitive inspection to be
performed periodically, an amendment to the approved Maintenance Schedule
must be prepared and submitted for approval.

3. APPROVAL OF MODIFICATIONS AND REPAIRS

3.1 An aircraft modification may be mandatory, i.e. prescribed by an Airworthiness

Directive or may be optional. Both mandatory and optional modifications may be
embodied only in accordance with approved data. Data specified in paragraph 3.2
are hereby approved by the Director General; paragraph 3.3 prescribes the
procedure for obtaining approval of other data.

3.2 The following data are approved by the Director General for the modification or
repair of aircraft or aircraft components. Subject to compliance with the
applicability, limitations and conditions prescribed in this data, no further approval
is required when applying it to the modification or repair of aircraft.

a) Instructions given by the manufacturer of the aircraft or aircraft component in

the maintenance, overhaul or repair manual for the aircraft or component type
or in Service Bulletins or equivalent documents.
b) Structural repair methods prescribed in the latest issue of Advisory Circular
No. AC 43-13.1 issued by the Federal Aviation Administration of the United
States of America, subject to observance of any limitations specified by the
manufacturer of the aircraft or aircraft component.
c) Airworthiness Directives (or equivalent mandatory orders) issued by the
Airworthiness Authority of the State of Manufacture of the aircraft or aircraft
component, if these give specific instructions for modification or repair.
3.3 For the approval of modification or repair data other than that given in paragraph
3.2, the following procedure must be followed:

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 a) An application for approval must be made to the Director General (Attention:
Airworthiness Division, Aviation Safety Directorate, Civil Aviation Authority
of Nepal.)
b) The application must be accompanied by detailed drawings and other
technical data adequate to define completely the proposed modification or
repair.
c) Each part of any assembly shall be identified by a part number and be fully
detailed, with all dimensions, fits and tolerances, radii of fillets and undercuts
defined. Materials, standard parts, heat treatment processes, protective
treatments and finishes shall be specified.
d) Materials, standard parts and processes used during the modification or repair
shall conform to the manufacturers' specifications or to specifications
approved by the Airworthiness Authority of the State of Manufacture or by
the Director General.
e) The data for each modification or repair which affects Airworthiness shall be
accompanied by a technical assessment which shows compliance with the
applicable design standards. As applicable, this assessment shall include a
structural stress analysis, electrical load analysis and ground or flight test
reports.

3.4 The Director General will only accept technical assessments, e.g. stress analysis
or performance estimates, from those qualified to render them. For this reason
persons or organizations completing such assessments must hold Certificate of
Approval in compliance with Chapter D.2 of these Requirements.

3.5 If the embodiment of the modification or repair will affect the data in the Flight
Manual or the approved Maintenance Schedule or Operator's Maintenance
Procedure Manual, proposed amendments to these documents shall be submitted
with the application for approval.

3.6 If any tests or inspections, including flight tests, are required to show compliance
with the Airworthiness design standards, the Airworthiness Division shall be
notified in advance with a written request to depute an authorized person and be
provided with the opportunity to witness or participate in the tests as he may
require.

3.7 If approval of a modification necessitates arranging for investigations or tests to

be made either inside or outside of Nepal, the applicant for approval shall be
responsible for any costs involved in performing the investigation or tests and
shall indemnify the Director General and his staff against accident and damage,
including damage to third parties, arising from the tests.

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4. GRANT OF APPROVAL

4.1 The Director General may approve the design of a modification or repair if he is
satisfied that the modified or repaired aircraft or aircraft component will:

a) meet the applicable aircraft design standards,

b) have no feature or characteristic to make it unsafe for its intended use,
c) will remain airworthy if maintained in accordance with the provisions of the
approved Maintenance Schedules and manuals.

4.2 Approval of the design of a modification or repair is signified by:

a) Issue of a letter or Certificate of Approval signed by or on behalf of the

Director General, or
b) Issue of a Supplemental Type Certificate if the modifications are sufficiently
extensive to warrant redesignation of a modified aircraft or component, or
c) Issue of a new Type Certificate in accordance with paragraph 3.4 of Chapter
B.1.

Civil Aviation Authority of Nepal.

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