The FAA has issued a draft revision to the instructions for completing the FAA Form 8130-3. This draft revision is open for public comment through April 21, 2025. The form is known in the industry as an “Authorized Release Certificate,” or an “Airworthiness Approval Tag.” It has become common for PMA manufacturers to issue the 8130-3 tags with new parts that are released from the PMA holder’s quality assurance system.
This is a major overhaul of the guidance, and the draft guidance 8130.21J has been reduced to only 18 pages (including appendices). The existing guidance 8130.21H (change one) is 74 pages.
This is an opportunity to predict hazards and correct them before they adversely affect the industry. Your experience with the 8130-3 tag could be invaluable in helping to guide the FAA.
There is an obvious fear that some of the language that was added to correct past problems, may have been removed from this draft. With this in mind, we are especially interested in your comments about hazards and risks associated with the 8130-3 tag, and instruction language that mitigates those risks.
MARPA plans to develop comments in response to the draft. We request that MARPA members who have comments submit a copy of those comments to MARPA by April 14, 2025 so that MARPA can incorporate your comments into the final industry comments.
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