Civil Aviation Act, 2009 (Act No. 13 of 2009)RegulationsCivil Aviation Regulations, 2011Part 44 : Maintenance Rules - Non-Type Certificated AircraftSubpart 1 : General44.01.6 Annual inspections |
| (1) | A non-type certificated aircraft, specified in regulation 24.01.1(1) and classified in paragraphs (a) to (g) of regulation 24.01.1(2) shall undergo an annual inspection no later than 365 days since the previous annual inspection, or an inspection equivalent to an annual inspection, was carried out. |
| (2) | The items to be inspected as part of an annual inspection are those listed in Document SA-CATS 44 for the particular type of aircraft, and shall be incorporated in the accepted maintenance schedule. |
| (3) | The annual inspection shall be recorded in the aircraft logbook and certified by the organisation or person by whom, or under whose prescribed supervision, the annual inspection was carried out. |
| (4) | Within 30 days from the day that the annual inspection is completed, the annual inspection form, as prescribed in Document SA-CATS 44, shall be completed and forwarded to the Director or the organisation designated for the purpose in terms of Part 149, as the case may be, together with the currency fee prescribed in regulation 24.02.8. |
| (5) | The inspection, prior to the issue of a proving flight authority and the inspection prior to the issue or reissuing of an authority to fly of an amateur-built or production-built aircraft, referred to in regulation 24.02.2(5)(d), shall be carried out by an appropriately rated approved person who may not be the owner of the aircraft, even if the owner is also an appropriately rated approved person. |