26 March 2009 Budapest Bernard Bourdon &Zsófia Oláh
Safety Recommendations Addressed to EASA
BERNARD BOURDONAccident Investigation Manager
ZSÓFIA OLÁHSafety Recommendations Officer
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European Aviation Safety Agency
EASA
Establishment in 2002
Operating since 2003
LocationSince 3rd November 2004 Cologne
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European Aviation Safety Agency
FIN
IS
EE
MD
CY
FR
LV
LT
BE
NL
DE
UK
IR
RO
ALMK
BG
EL
CH
IT
AHU
SB
EP
DK
NO SE
PL
CZ
MT
BA
LSK
SI CR
MC
RU
EASA Member States EU 27 + 4
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European Aviation Safety Agency
EASA Remit
Based on the Basic Regulation (EC) No 216/2008
Safety regulator, certification authority & advisory body
Mission: to set & maintain the highest common safety & environmental
standards
Method: part of the EU system with the EC and in partnership with the NAAs
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European Aviation Safety Agency
Guidance Material
Part 21
Regulation (EC) 2042/2003on Continuing Airworthiness
Annex I (Part-M):Continuing Airworthiness Requirements
Annex II (Part-145): Maintenance Organisation Approvals
Annex III (Part-66):Certifying Staff
Annex IV (Part-147):Training Organisation Requirements
Annex (Part 21)
Section A: Technical Requirements
Section B: administrative Procedures
CertificationSpecifications
AMC 20AMC 21CS 25CS 34CS 36CS ECS PCS APU
CS 22CS 23CS 27CS 29CS VLACS VLR
CS AWOCS ETSOCS Definitions
Section A: Application Requirements
Section B: Administrative Procedures
Appendices: EASA forms Appendices: EASA forms
Basic RegulationRegulation (EC) No 216/2008 of 20 February 2008
EASA
European Commission
Parliament and Council
AgencyOpinion
AgencyOpinion
Regulation (EC) 1702/2003 on Airworthiness and Environmental Certification
AgencyCS ,
AMC & GM
Annex I : Essential Requirements for Airworthiness
Annex II : Excluded Aircraft
AMC & Guidance Material
Part M, 145,66,147
Rulemaking in EASA context
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European Aviation Safety Agency
EASA competency
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European Aviation Safety Agency
EASA Structure
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European Aviation Safety Agency
Certification
Type-certification of parts, products and appliancesInitial airworthinessContinuing airworthinessTasks contracted out to NAAs
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Rulemaking
Assistance to the European Commission in drafting new legislationElaboration and adoption of Agency soft lawsCo-operation in the setting of international standards
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Quality and standardisation
Assistance to the European Commission in overseeing harmonized application of European legislation in Member States (inspections)Approval of Design OrganisationsFor non-EU countries: Approval of Production and Maintenance Organisations Internal quality controlTraining
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Safety Analysis
Safety Analysis: Conducts studies and provides reports concerning the safety of European and world-wide aviationAnnual Safety ReviewSupporting safety policyBuilding dependable repositoriesSupporting an ECCAIRS repository @ JRC
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European Aviation Safety Agency
ESSIEuropean Strategic Safety Initiative
COORDINATION GROUP
ECASTCOMMERCIAL AVIATION
SAFETY TEAM
EHESTHELICOPTER SAFETY
TEAM
EGASTGENERAL AVIATION
SAFETY TEAM
EASA Rulemaking Activities
Coordination with
IHST
ESSI Update August 08
CAST FAA’sGASC
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Research
Based on the BRDevelop and finance researchCoordinate research activitiesPublish results
Two fieldsShort term
Defined and financed by the Agency primarily for rulemaking support
Long term Financed by EU framework or national research programs
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European Aviation Safety Agency
Accident Investigation Unit
Two SectionsAccident Investigation
Coordination between the Agency and the AIBs Collecting facts from ongoing investigations Follow up of ongoing accident investigations
Safety Recommendations Administration of SRs addressed to the Agency Coordination of replies within the Agency Provide statistics on progress on SRs
Participation in safety studies and research projects
Follow up and coordinationProviding input
Idendify safety deficiences & disseminate related information
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European Aviation Safety Agency
The owner of boats for hire shouts at the waterfront:
Boat number nine, your time is up, row back!
His assistant warns him:But we only have eight boats.Oh, my God! Do you have any problems, boat number six?
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European Aviation Safety Agency
ECCAIRSDatabase
(JRC central repository)
SafetyRecommendations
Database
Two separate systems linked by a n:n relation
Safety analysis
Thematic search by• Descriptive factor
• Explanatory factor
• Text search / field
Notification
Updates
Reports
Process & reply to
Safety Recommendations
Accident investigation:The European database
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Final SRs per year
19
43 44
54 57
0
10
20
30
40
50
60
2004 2005 2006 2007 2008
Year
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Final SRs addressed to EASA
Safety recommendations Received - Replied - Closed v. Time
0
50
100
150
200
250
300
15/09/01
17/03/02
16/09/02
18/03/03
17/09/03
18/03/04
17/09/04
19/03/05
18/09/05
20/03/06
19/09/06
21/03/07
20/09/07
21/03/08
20/09/08
22/03/09
received replied closed
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Process of SRs
Allocation to a unitE2 – Safety Analysis & Research
for safety studies and research projects related to Safety Recommendations follow-up
R – Product Safety rules and specifications for the initial and continuing
airworthiness
R – Flight Standard rules for the flight crew licensing and air operations
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European Aviation Safety Agency
Process of SRs (2)
Certification Directorate (C) concentrates all certification tasks, consisting of type
certification and continued airworthiness of products, parts and appliances; as well as the environmental approval of products
C – Large Aeroplanes C – General Aviation C – Rotorcraft, balloons, airships C – Propulsion C – Flight Standards C – Experts section
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European Aviation Safety Agency
Process of SRs (3)
Approvals and Standardisation Directorate (S)
performs inspections, training and standardisation programmes to ensure uniform implementation of European aviation safety legislation in all Member States. It also deals with design organisations and, as appropriate, production organisations approval; foreign organisations approval; and coordinates the European Community programme SAFA (Safety Assessment of Foreign Aircraft) regarding the safety of foreign aircraft using Community airports
S – Organizations S – SAFA coordination S - Standardisation
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Thematic distribution of final SRs in 2008
C - Experts Section 2%
S - Standardisation 2%
C - Flight Standards 4%
C - General Aviation 12%
C - Large Aeroplanes 27%
C - Propulsion 4%
C - Rotorcraft, Balloons, Airships
12%
E - Safety Analysis & Research Department
4%
R - Flight Standards 16%
R - Product Safety 17%
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Process of SRs (4)
Providing repliesDuring the review of the Final Safety Recommendations, EASA classifies them in a systematic way, using the definitions of classification categories Agreement: Safety recommendation for which the safety concern is agreed
by the addressee and subsequent action is planned or implemented Partial agreement: Safety recommendation considered relevant by the
addressee but not applicable and for which a safety issue has been recognized and new orientation has been given to the recommended action.
Disagreement: Safety recommendation considered not relevant or not applicable by the addressee
No longer applicable: Safety recommendation has been superseded or has become no longer applicable.
Not Responsible Safety recommendation wrongly allocated or not in the scope of responsibility of the addressee. SR has been issued to an erroneous addressee.
More information required: Safety recommendation for which more information is required by the addressee before any action initiated. Additional information should be sent by the originator.
Unknown: Safety recommendation which was issued before any tracking implementation status and for which insufficient information to assign any other status has been received.
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Categories of replies
Chart 4: Categories of replies to Final safety recommendations in 2008
Agreement; 26; 50%
Disagreement; 13; 25%
Not Responsible; 2; 4%
Partial Agreement; 11;
21%
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Process of SRs (5)
ConclusionsTo be determined/UnknownAirworthiness Directive/Add-Modify Rule-DirectiveRule Change/Add-Modify Rule-DirectiveTraining Issue/TrainingStandardisation Issue/Compliance with procedure-ruleNoneSafety Information Notice/InformationStudyInspectionAdd-Modify ProcedureNot Responsible
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Concluding actions
Rule Change/Add-Modify Rule
30%
Not Responsible2%
None27%
Inspection12%
Airworthiness Directive/Add- Modify Directive
15%Study2%
Standardisation Issue/Compliance withprocedure-rule
2%
Safety Information Notice/Information
10%
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Contact details
Executive DirectorateSafety Analysis & Research Department:
InvestigationsCommunications related to ongoing [email protected]
Safety RecommendationsCommunications related to safety [email protected]
EASAOttoplatz 1D-50679 Köln PO Box 101253D-50452 Köln, GermanyTel: 49-221-89990000