Suspected Unapproved Parts
The purpose of this Alert is to advise all owners, operators, maintenance
entities and parts distributors of the possibility of agencies trafficking
in unapproved parts.
Transport Canada has received information from the Italian Civil Aviation Authority,
Ente Nazionale per l’Aviazione (ENAC), that PANAVIATION s.r.l., an
unapproved organization based in Rome, has supplied aeronautical parts
worldwide that may have been altered and/or their history misrepresented.
Furthermore, ENAC has advised Transport Canada that any part originating
with PANAVIATION s.r.l. should be considered unairworthy.
Transport Canada is working with the ENAC to determine the impact on the Canadian
aviation community. In the interim, and as a safety precaution, Transport
Canada is extending this notification to prevent the installation of
suspected unapproved parts on Canadian registered or type certified
aeronautical products. Initial reports of this problem focused on large
transport category aircraft, however pending further information from ENAC,
it cannot be assured that this problem is not more widespread and may
include other aircraft categories.
Canadian Aviation Regulations
(CARs) require that aeronautical products conform to their design
standard, have proper certification and be in a safe condition for use.
Transport Canada strongly recommends that the Canadian aviation community
should inspect their aircraft records, parts receiving records and/or
parts inventories to determine if parts originated from PANAVIATION s.r.l.
have been received or installed. It has been reported that PANAVIATION
s.r.l. is commercially linked with other unapproved organizations
distributing parts from Italy, namely New Tech Italia & New Tech
Aerospace. If any parts linked to the above organizations are found
installed on an aircraft, appropriate action should be taken in relation
to the safety implications associated to their operation. If any of these
parts are found in existing parts inventories, it is recommended that
these parts be quarantined until a determination can be made regarding
their eligibility for installation. It has also been brought to our
attention that these parts have been sold by PANAVIATION s.r.l. to various
entities in the United States and Europe.
Any suspected unapproved aeronautical parts should be reported to Transport
Canada through the Service Difficulty Reporting system referenced in CAR
Standard 591, Appendix D, titled “Guidelines for Reporting Suspected
Unapproved Parts.”
For further information contact a Transport Canada Centre, or call Mr. Ganesh
Pandey at Maintenance & Manufacturing Branch, Ottawa, telephone (613) 952-4424
or facsimile (613) 952-3298 or by e-mail pandeg@tc.gc.ca.
For Director, Aircraft Certification
B. Goyaniuk
Chief, Continuing Airworthiness
Chef, Maintien de la navigabilité aérienne
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