| (1) | A holder of any type certificate, supplemental type certificate, production certificate, ZA-PMA authorisation or ZA-TSO authorisation issued in terms of this Part, shall report in writing to the Director any failure, malfunction or defect in any product, part or appliance manufactured by such holder which— |
| (a) | has resulted in any of the occurrences specified in Document SA-CATS 21; or |
| (b) | has passed through such holder's quality assurance system and may result in any of the occurrences specified in Document SA-CATS 21. |
[Regulation 21.01.3(1) substituted by regulation 5(b) of Notice No. R.1503, GG45491, dated 16 November 2021 (Twenty-First Amendment of the Civil Aviation Regulations, 2021)]
| (2) | A report referred to in subregulation (1) shall include— |
| (a) | the aircraft serial number; |
| (b) | if the failure, malfunction or defect is associated with an article approved under ZA-TSO authorisation, the article serial number and model designation; |
| (c) | if the failure, malfunction or defect is associated with an aircraft engine or aircraft propeller, the engine or propeller serial number; |
| (e) | an identification, including the part number, of the part, component or system involved; and |
| (f) | the nature of the failure, malfunction or defect. |
| (3) | A report referred to in subregulation (1) shall be submitted to the Director within 24 hours after the holder has become aware of the failure, malfunction or defect required to be reported: Provided that a report which was due on a Saturday, Sunday or public holiday, may be submitted on the next working day. |
| (4) | In the event of the investigation of an accident or service difficulty report indicating that a product is unsafe because of a manufacturing or design defect, the holder concerned shall, upon the request of the Director, report to the Director the results of its investigation and any action taken or proposed by such holder to correct such defect. |
| (5) | If action is required to correct the defect in existing products, the holder concerned shall submit the data necessary for the issuing of an appropriate airworthiness directive, to the Director. |
