NEPALESE CIVIL AIRWORTHINESS REQUIREMENTS

SECTION B
AIRWORTHINESS CERTIFICATION
CHAPTER B.5

ISSUE 4
JANUARY 2009

REGISTRATION OF AIRCRAFT
1.

INTRODUCTION
1.1

The Rules require that no person shall fly or assist in flying any aircraft in Nepalese
airspace unless the aircraft:
a) has been registered and the Certificate of Registration is carried on board the
aircraft, and
b) bears the nationality and registration marks, affixed in accordance with the rules
of the State of Registry of the aircraft.

1.2

This chapter prescribes the requirements for the registration of aircraft in Nepal.

1.3

Registration of an aircraft does not permit it to fly without a valid Certificate of

Airworthiness kept in force.

1.5

A Certificate of Registration is not subject to renewal and shall remain in effect

untill such time as there is request for transfer of ownership of the aircraft. The
Certificate of Registration is cancelled if the aircraft is removed from the Nepalese
Civil Aircraft Register.

1.6

Where an aircraft is registered in accordance with this chapter, the owner or

operator of the aircraft shall manufacture an identification plate for the aircraft
which is made of a fireproof metal or other fireproof material of suitable physical
properties and shall secure it to the airframe of the aircraft in a prominent position
near the main entrance door or, in the case of manned free balloon, affixed
conspicuously to the exterior of the payload. The owner shall have inscribed the
following on the identification plate:
a) The nationality and registration marks of the aircraft,
b) The manufacturer of the aircraft,
c) The type, model and serial number of the aircraft,
d) The date of aircraft manufacture.

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1.7 The provisions of this Chapter shall not apply to meteorological pilot balloons used
exclusively for meteorological purposes or to unmanned free balloons without a payload.
1.8
While an aircraft first of its type is entrerd in the Nepalese civil aircraft register,
CAA Nepal shall advise the State of Design that it has entered such an aircraft on its
egister..
2.

REGISTRATION OF AIRCRAFT
2.1

Subject to paragraph 2.2 an aircraft may be registered:

a) by the Nepalese Air Operator, or
b) by any Company, on behalf of Nepalese Air Operator.
Note : The Director General does not issue any Certificate of Ownership or endorse any
information with respect to the ownership on a Certificate of Registration. The Director
General issues a Certificate of Registration to a person, organization or enterprise who
has provided evidence of ownership pursuant to paragraph 2.2 (b) Note-2 "Evidence of
the Ownership" as recorded at the Nepalese Civil Aircraft Register of Civil Aviation
Authority of Nepal. In this paragraph the Owner shall include a buyer in possession, a
bailee or a lessee of an aircraft under a contract of conditional aircraft sale and the
assignee of that person.

2.2

The owner of an aircraft which is to be registered in Nepal must apply in writing to

the Director General. The application which should be made in Form B.5.1 as
shown in Appendix-1 of this Chapter B.5 must be accompanied by the following
necessary documents:
a) A copy of Nepalese Type Certificate for the type concerned.
b) A copy of the Bill of Sale or Conditional Sales Contract.
Note 1. : Where an aircraft to be registered is subject to a lease or lease purchase
agreement, a copy of the lease or lease purchase agreement shall be provided
will this application.
Note 2. : "Evidence of Ownership"; The buyer in possessing or the bailee or the lessee of
an aircraft under a contract of conditional sale must submit a copy of the
contract. The assignee under a contract of conditional sale must submit both
the contract and his assignment from the original buyer, bailee, lessee or prior
assignee that bears the written assent of the seller, bailer, lessor or assignee
thereof, under the original contract

c)

Proof of cancellation of previous registration

Note

The satisfactory evidence of cancellation of previous registration may be a

statement by the Airworthiness Authority of the previous State of Registry that
the aircraft has been deregistered.

d)

Copy of the aircraft insurance policy acceptable to the Director General.

e)

Proof of Nepalese custom clearance.

f)

A copy of voucher against the payment of aircraft registration fee.

g)

A statement that it meets the requirement of paragraph 10 of Chapter B.2.

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h)

A statement that all placards, instructions and documents related to the aircraft
are in English.

i)

Any other necessary documentation as requested by the Director General.

NEPALESE CIVIL AIRCRAFT REGISTER

3.1

3.2

4.

The Airworthiness Inspection Division shall maintain a current civil aircraft register
showing each aircraft registerd by the Authority, the information recorded in the
Certificate of Registration. The register of unmanned free balloons shall contain
the date, time and location of release, the type of balloon and the name of the
operator.
Where a Certificate of Registration is issued, it shall be in English language and in a
Form B.5.3 as shown in Appendix - 3 to this Chapter B.5.

3.3

Upon transfer of ownership full detail of the new owner and operator will be
entered in to the Nepalese Civil Aircraft Register.

3.4

Where the Certificate of Registration of an aircraft is cancelled the aircraft will be

removed from the Nepalese Civil Aircraft Register.

NATIONALITY AND REGISTRATION MARKS

4.1 The nationality and registration mark shall consist of a group of characters.
4.2 The registration mark shall consist of a set of letters. The registration mark shall be
preceded by a hyphen
4.3 The nationality mark for Nepal shall be '9N'
4.4 The registration mark shall be combination of letter as assigned by CAA Nepal.
4.5 While alloting registration mark , letter combinations shall not be used which might be
confused with the five-letter combinations used in the International Code of Signals, Part
II, the three-letter combinations beginning with Q used in the Q Code, and with the
distress signal SOS, or other similar urgent signals, for example XXX, PAN and TTT.
4.6 The Nationality and Registration Marks shall be painted on the aircraft or shall be
affixed by any other means ensuring a similar degree of permanance. The marks shall be
kept clean and visible at all times.
4.7 The provisions of Nationality and Registration Marks shall not apply to
meteorological pilot balloons used exclusively for meteorological purposes or to
unmanned free balloons without a payload.

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4.8 Location of Nationality and Registration Marks :

4.8.1 Lighter-than air aircraft :
4.8.1.1 Airships : The marks on an airship shall appear either on the hull or on the stabilizer
surfaces. Where the marks appear on the hull, they shall be located lengthwise on each side of the
hull and also on its upper surface on the line of symmetry. Where the marks appear on the
stabilizer surfaces, they shall appear on the horizontal and on the vertical stabilizers; the marks on
the horizontal stabilizer shall be located on the right half of the upper surface and on the left half
of the lower surface, with the tops of the letters and numbers toward the leading edge; the marks
on the vertical stabilizer shall be located on each side of the bottom half stabilizer, with the letters
and numbers placed horizontally.
4.8.1.2 Spherical balloons ( other than unmanned free balloons ) : The marks shall appear in two
places diametrically opposite. They shall be located near the maximum horizontal circumference of
the balloon.
4.8.1.3 Non-spherical balloons (other than unmanned free balloons) : The marks shall appear on
each side. They shall be located near the maximum cross-section of the balloon immediately
above either the rigging band or the points of attachment of the basket suspension cables.
4.8.1.4 Lighter-than-air aircraft(other than unmanned free balloons) : The side marks shall be
visible both from the sides and from the ground.
4.8.1.5 Unmanned free balloons : The marks shall appear on the identification plate
4.8.2 Heavier-than-air aircraft
4.8.2.1 Wings : The marks shall appear once on the lower surface of the wing structure. They
shall be located on the left half of the lower surface of the wing structure unless they extend across
the whole of the lower surface of the wing structure. So far as is possible, the marks shall be
located equidistant from the leading and trailing edges of the wings. The tops of the letters and
numbers shall be toward the leading edge of the wing.
4.8.2.2 Fuselage (or equivalent structure) and vertical tail surfaces : The marks shall appear
either on each side of the fuselage (or equivalent structure) between the wings and the tail surface
or on the upper halves of the vertical tail surfaces. When located on a single vertical tail surface,
they shall appear on both sides. When located on multivertical tail surfaces, they shall appear on
the outboard sides of the outer surfaces.
4.8.2.3 Special cases : If a heavier-than-air aircraft does not posses parts corresponding to those
mentioned in a) and b) , the marks shall appear in a manner such that the aircraft can be identified
readily.
4.9 Measurement of Nationality and Registration Marks :
4.9.1 The letters and numbers in each separate group of marks shall be of equal height.
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4.9.2Lighter-than-air aircraft :
4.9.2.1 The height of the marks on lighter-than air aircraft other than unmanned free balloons
shall be at least 50 centimetres.
4.9.2.2 The measurements of the marks related to unmanned free balloons shall be determined by
CAAN, taking into account the size of the payload to which the identification plate is
affixed.
4.9.3 Heavier-than-air aircraft :
4.9.3.1 Wings : the height of the marks on the wings shall be at least 50 centimetres
4.9.3.2 Fuselage (or equivalent structure) and vertical tail surfaces : the height of the marks on
fuselage (or equivalent structure) and on the vertical tail surfaces shall be at least 30 centimetres.
4.9.3.3 Special cases : If a heavier-than-air aircraft does not posses parts corresponding to those
mentioned in a) and b) above, the measurements of the marks shall be such that the
aircraft can be identified readily.
4.10 Type of characters for Nationality and Registration Marks :
4.10.1The letters shall be capital letters in Roman characters without ornamentation .Numbers
shall be Arabic numbers without ornamentation.
4.10.2 The width of each character (except the letter I and the number 1) and the length of
hyphens shall be two-thirds of the height of a character.
4.10.3 The characters and hyphens shall be formed by solid lines and shall be of a colour
contrasting clearly with the background. The thickness of the lines shall be one-sixth of the
height of a character.
4.10.4 Each character shall be seperated from that which it immediately precedes or follows, by a
space of not less than one-quarter of a character width. A hyphen shall be regarded as a
character for this purpose.
4.11 Identification Plate
4.11.1 An aircraft shall carry an identification plate inscribed with at least its nationality or
common mark and registration mark. The plate shall be made of fireproof metal or other fireproof
material of suitable physical properties and shall be secured to the aircraft in a prominent position
near the main entrance or, in the case of an unmanned free balloon, affixed conspicuously to the
exterior of the payload.

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6.

ISSUE OF DUPLICATE CERTIFICATE OF REGISTRATION

5.1

Subject to paragraph 5.2, where a Certificate of Registration has been lost the
owner or operator may apply to Airworthiness Division, Aviation Safety
Directorate, Civil Aviation Authority of Nepal for the issue of a duplicate
certificate,

5.2

Where application is made in accordance with para.5.1, an affidavit attesting that

the Certificate of Registration has been lost shall be presented with the application
for issuance of duplicate certificate.

5.3

Where the Certificate of Registration has been mutilated, the owner or operator
may apply for issue of a duplicate certificate.

5.4

The owner or operator shall be required to pay the prescribed fee for the issuance
of a duplicate Certificate of Registration subject to paragraph 5.1 and 5.3 above.

APPLICATION FOR CANCELLATION OF CERTIFICATE OF REGISTRATION

Where an aircraft is damaged beyond repair or is sent abroad by the owner of the aircraft
and is to be registered in a foreign country an application for the removal of an aircraft
from Nepalese Civil Aircraft Register shall be made in writing to the Director General by
the owner of the aircraft and the original Certificate of Registration must be returned to
the Director General for cancellation and retaintion.
Note :- Notification of cancellation of an aircraft registration i.e.removeal of an aircraft from
Nepalese Civil Aircraft Register to a foreign State of Registry will be made if requested by the
owner or the foreign State of Registry.

7.

TRANSFER OF OWNERSHIP
The Certificate of Registration becomes ineffective when an application is made in writing
to the Director General for the transfer of ownership of a Nepalese registered aircraft. In
such a case the previous owner of the aircraft must return the original Certificate of
Registration to the Director General. The aircraft may not be flown untill such time as the
transfer of ownership is decided and entered in to the Certificate of Registration and issued
to the new owner. In such a case the Nationality and Registration Marks normally will
remain the same unless otherwise requested by the new owner.
The transfer of operatorship may also be carried out by Civil Aviation Authority of Nepal
upon receiving request by both current and proposed operator. The change of operatorship
shall be recorded in the Certificate of Registration.

8.

SIGNATURE AND INSTRUMENTS MADE BY REPRESENTATION

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Each signature on an application for aircraft registration or for transfer of ownership or a

request for cancellation of a Certificate of Registration or on a document submitted as
supporting evidence under this paragraph must be in ink. When one or more persons doing
business under a trade name submits an application for aircraft registration or for transfer
of ownership or a request for cancellation of a Certificate of Registration, the application
on request must be signed by or on behalf of each person who shares title to the aircraft.
8.1

9.

When an organization or enterprise submits an application for an aircraft

registration or for transfer of ownership or a request for the cancellation of
Certificate of Registration, it must
i)

have an authorized person sign the application or request,

ii)

show the title of the signer's office on the application or request,

iii)

submit a copy of authorization from the Board of Directors to sign for an

organization or enterprise,

iv)

provide evidence that the signer of the application or request is a corporate

officer or other person in a managerial position in the organization or
enterprise and the title of his office is as stated.

MAXIMUM PERSMISSIBLE AGE OF AIRCRAFT

The maximum permissible age of an aircraft, in terms of aircraft flight hours, cycles or
calender life, that a Nepalese operator may register shall be in accordance with National
Civil Aviation Policy 2063 Article 3.3 and any amendments made thereto.

Civil Aviation Authority of Nepal.

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Form B.5.1

Appendix - 1

CIVIL AVIATION AUTHORITY OF NEPAL

APPLICATION FOR REGISTRATION OF AIRCRAFT
1.

Type of Aircraft :Manufacture of Aircraft :Date of Manufacture :S/N of Aircraft :-

2.

Engine Type :Engine Make :No. of Engines :Power Rating :-

3.

Max. Take-off Weight :Max. No. of Crew :Max. Passenger Seats :-

4.

Propeller/Rotor Make :Model :-

5.

Aircraft Manufacturer's :Address :Tel/Fax :-

6.

Number of hours flown and landings since new :-

7.

History of accidents (if any). Indicate incidents/accidents met by the aircraft, the nature and
extent of damage sustained by the aircraft, details of any major repairs carried out details.
If required a separate page may be used for providing the above.

8.

Has the aircraft been previously registered in Nepal ? Yes

If yes, state Registration Mark :-

9.

Is the aircraft already registered in any country outside Nepal ? Yes

If yes, give full particulars.

10.

Name of Owner :Address :Nationality :-

No

No

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Is the aircraft wholly owned:

(a)
(b)

(c)

(d)

by the citizens of Nepal

by an organization or enterprise registered and having its principle place
of business in Nepal. The Chairman and at least 2/3rd of the Board
of Directors are citizens of Nepal
by the person resident of Nepal or is carrying business in Nepal who
is not the citizen of Nepal
by an organization or enterprise registered elsewhere than in Nepal but
carrying business in Nepal

For applicants who come under (c) and (d) state how long the applicants have been
resident of Nepal have been in business in Nepal ?
Nature of business :12.

Name of Operator :Nationality :Address :-

13.

Base Station of Aircraft :-

14.

Category of Aircraft :Transport Category (Passenger)

Transport Category (Cargo)
Private Category
Aerial Work Category
Special Category

15.

A copy of voucher against the payment of aircraft registration fee.

I hereby declare that the above particulars are true in every respect and that nothing has
been cancelled or withheld by me. I have studied the relevant Rules and Nepal Civil
Airworthiness Requirements currently in force and shall abide by them.
Name of Applicant :Address :Tel/Fax :.................................
Signature of Applicant

Date :-

Note : In case the applicant is not the owner, he/she should provide evidence in writing that they have been
duly authorized by the owner to furnish the foregoing information and to sign this document on his
behalf.

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Form B.5.2

CIVIL AVIATION AUTHORITY OF NEPAL

Appendix - 2

NEPALESE CIVIL AIRCRAFT REGISTER

1. Registration Mark :- 9N - . . . . . . .

Date of Registry :- 19

2. Aircraft Make :- . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Model :- . . . . . . . . . . . .
Year of A/C Manufacture :- 19
/
/

Serial No. :- . . . . . . .

3. Engine Make :- . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Model :- . . . . . . . . .

No. of Engine :- . .

4. Propeller/Rotor Make :- . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Model :- . . . . . . . . .
5. Previous Registration :- . . . . .
Owner :- . . . . . . . . .
Operator :- . . . . . . . .
Date of Previous De-Registration :- 19

Country :- . . . .

Place :- . . . . . . .

6. Category of Aircraft :- . . . . . . . . .
7. Lease/Purchase :- . . . . . . . . . . . .
8. Max. Take-off Weight :- . . .
Max. Passenger Seats :- . . .

Min. No. of Crew :- . . .

Empty Weight :- . . . .

9. Owner's Name :- . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Address :- . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Tel./Fax :- . . . . . . . . . / . . . . . . . . ..
10. Operator's Name :- . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Address :- . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Tel./Fax :- . . . . . . . . . / . . . . . . . . ..
11. Place of Registry :- . . . . . . . . . . .
Registred By :- . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

. . . . . . .. . . . . .

Country :- . . . . . . .

. . . . . . .. . . . . . .

(Name and Signature)

Remarks :.......................................................................................................................................
Transfer of Ownership or of De-Registration from Nepalese Civi Aircraft Register (if applicable):Cause :..

Place

..

Signature

Date

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Form B.5.3

Appendix-3

File No.

Serial No.

CIVIL AVIATION AUTHORITY OF NEPAL

CERTIFICATE OF REGISTRATION
1. Nationality and Registration
Marks

2. Manufacture and Manufacturer's

Designation of Aircraft

3. Aircraft Serial Number

4. Name of owner :
5. Address of owner :
6. Name of operator :
7. Address of operator :
8. It is hereby certified that the above described aircraft has been duly entered on the Civil Aircraft Register of Nepal in
accordance with the Convention on International Civil Aviation dated 7 December 1944 and with the Civil Aviation Act
1996 and the Rules made thereunder.

Date of issue

For Director General

Note: This certificate is issued for registration purpose only and is not a certificate of title. The Civil Aviation Authority of
Nepal does not determine the right of ownership as between private persons, organizations or enterprises.

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