MARPA needs your help in developing comments on the FAA’s draft Materials Advisory Circular. This highly complex AC has the potential to broadly affect MARPA members and the PMA industry. Continue reading
Several draft FAA Advisory Circulars are currently open for comment of which MARPA members should take note.
Today the FAA’s Engine and Propeller Directorate released draft AC 33.15-3 Parts Manufacturer Approval (PMA) Metallic Part Material Compliance Using Comparative Test and Analysis Method for Turbine Engines or Auxiliary Power Units. This AC is intended to provide guidance to assist PMA applicants in developing tests to demonstrate the equivalence of materials with that of the type design materials. Continue reading
The FAA has issued a draft policy statement clarifying when PMA is a suitable method to approve a modification article that does not constitute a major change to type design. Continue reading
Part 21 has been amended in some ways that will impact the PMA community. MARPA is publishing compliance guides for members to facilitate compliance. members will receive the compliance guide with the next MARPA Supplement. Continue reading
A new proposed tasking from the FAA’s Aviation Rulemaking Advisory Committee on rotorcraft occupant protection may provide great opportunities for manufacturers of certain rotorcraft parts. The proposed task seeks recommendations on how current occupant protection standards should be made effective for newly manufactured rotorcraft, with a follow-up task asking how to incorporate such protection standards into the existing rotorcraft fleet. Continue reading
The FAA is talking very seriously about a radical new model of certification for the aerospace industry focusing on approval of design processes and risk-based oversight. The FAA would like to introduce this new model at the 2015 MARPA Conference. This could reflect a tremendous opportunity for members to be on the cutting edge of the new compliance paradigm. Continue reading
FAA will conduct a 3-day class addressing PMa and other topics at the Singapore Aviation Academy, September 28-30, 2015 Continue reading
The FAA has released two guidance documents for comment pertaining to the development and distribution of ICA. Continue reading
China accepts FAA-PMA parts. This is stated in a number of documents published by the Civil Aviation Administration of China (CAAC). Continue reading
The MARPA Air Carrier Committee, led by Michael Rennick, Delta Air Lines Component Engineering Manager, is hard at work supporting PMA users and MARPA members. In June the MARPA Air Carrier Committee submitted to the FAA a letter seeking clarification on the issue of PMA parts that are alternates to post modification Airworthiness Directive (AD) related parts. Continue reading
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