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This document provides an evaluation of the maintenance program of Twin Rotor Aviation. Through
thorough research and auditing of the organisation it was found that company has complied with
regulatory authorities and has shown that they conduct their practices under their approved
exposition and MOS, therefore the organisation is an approved AMO. The organisation management
structure consists of an accountable manager, three responsible managers, quality manager and a
safety manager who are deemed competent in their position through experiences and their
qualifications. They have ensured that staff members follow the standards that are stated in their
exposition, and MOS to conduct their services in a safe and efficient manner. The maintenance
maintenance and material. In the technical services, the engineering is outsourced to an approved
Part 21 organisation, which provides approvals for modifications and repairs. In regards to training,
their exposition outlines specific permitted training requirements for their specific aircraft and
handling of tools. The aircraft maintenance consists of approved CASA part 66 engineers who are
divided into base and line maintenance ensuring the aircrafts are airworthy. The workshop
maintenance allows repairs to be on specific components which include avionics, structures, engine
and mechanical. In regards to the compliance of regulatory authorities, refer to section 3 which
outlines how the organisation complies with the regulatory authorities. Finally, Twin Rotor Aviation
has provided certain documents, such as their exposition, certificate of release and a reliability
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Contents
1. Introduction .................................................................................................................................... 3
2. Organisation Structure .................................................................................................................... 3
2.1. AMO Management Structure ................................................................................................. 3
2.1.1. Accountable Manager ..................................................................................................... 3
2.1.2. Responsible Managers .................................................................................................... 4
2.1.3. Quality Manager ............................................................................................................. 4
2.1.4. Safety Manager ............................................................................................................... 5
2.2. AMO Maintenance Structure .................................................................................................. 5
2.2.1. Technical Service ............................................................................................................. 5
2.2.2. Aircraft Maintenance & Workshop Maintenance........................................................... 6
3. Compliance with regulatory authorities ......................................................................................... 6
4. Documentation ............................................................................................................................... 9
4.1. Manufacturers Documentation .............................................................................................. 9
4.2. Twin Rotor Documentation .................................................................................................... 9
4.2.1. Exposition ........................................................................................................................ 9
4.2.2. Reliability Program Manual........................................................................................... 10
4.2.3. Certificates of Release to Service .................................................................................. 10
5. Conclusion ..................................................................................................................................... 10
6. References .................................................................................................................................... 11
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1. Introduction
Twin Rotor Aviation is an approved airline which consists of 15 management and support staff, 16
pilots and ten maintenance engineers and is located in Northern Victoria, Australia. The company
owns four Fairchild metro 23 turboprop aircrafts in which are approved to transport passengers and
cargo around Australia. It is also an approved maintenance facility for maintaining their four
aircrafts.
As the airline is under financed from a large institution, this document explores the organisation
2. Organisation Structure
2.1. AMO Management Structure
The AMO management structure of Twin Rotor Aviation is in figure 1. The importance of the AMO
management team is to ensure safety in the organisation and to ensure that the staff of the
organisation, providing resources that allows maintenance services, and ensures that the company
conducts their services in a safe matter and under their approved exposition. The accountable
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manager is deemed competent for the position as he has the requirements that are stated in the
Appropriate knowledge and understanding of their MOS and the AMO’s exposition
accountable manager and are responsible for each of the areas they are in (base maintenance, line
maintenance, workshop maintenance). The responsible managers ensure that the workers under
their responsibility complies with the AMO's MOS and its exposition. All three responsible managers
have submitted appropriate forms to CASA before appointed to the position and have the relevant
A maintenance engineer qualification, with at least five years of experience in their field
to quality and compliance matters (MOS) by auditing the organisation. The quality manager of the
company was found to be competent as he has the following knowledge and experience (CASA,
2014b):
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safety and health activities of the organisation. The safety manager was deemed competent for the
2.2.1.1. Engineering
The engineering is outsourced by a consultancy company ‘Aero-Engineering r Us’ as Twin Rotor
Aviation is a relatively small company and does not have the resources to provide its engineering.
Aero-Engineering r Us are an approved part 21 organisation which provides the following services to
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EO
2.2.1.2. Training
The facility of Twin Rotor Aviation is not an approved CASA certified 147 accredited maintenance
training facility, however, the AMO is allowed to provide training to the Aircraft Maintenance
Engineers that are specific to the configuration and operation of their aircraft which is in their
exposition.
Category A (aircraft), Category B (engines) and Category C (components) maintenance. However, the
company is not certified to perform non-destructive testing and welding (category D), thus
outsourcing to other approved facilities. All maintenance engineers in the company are all certified
CASA part 66 persons with the following licence categories (CASA, 2014a):
The organisation has complied with this regulation since it is an approved CASA 145 facility and has
approved CASA 66 persons to conduct maintenance of the aircraft and aeronautical products.
3.2. 42.310 General Requirements for carrying out maintenance (CASR, 1998)
This regulation specifies the general requirements for a certified person and the equipment required
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Twin Rotor Aviation has complied with this regulation as they are an approved CASA 145 facility and
have the right certified (Part 66) persons to perform their maintenance in accordance with their
approved licence category. The company has the acquired maintenance data, such as manuals and
EO which are documents from the aircraft manufacturer (section 4) and engineers.
Twin Rotor Aviation complies with this regulation as they have an outsourced approved part 21
organisation. The approved part 21 organisation can approve modification and repairs through EO’s;
has been completed must be recorded in the aircraft's log book. The log contains the registration of
the aircraft and the date of the maintenance. It also contains the description of the maintenance
Twin Rotor Aviation complies with the regulation that is stated in 42.H as they are an approved
maintenance organisation and has CASA authorised persons to approve the certificate of release.
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This regulations states that CASA may issue a MOS to the organisation in order to be an approved
part 145 organisation. In the MOS it contains all the requirements such as facilities, personnel,
Twin Rotor Aviation have complied with this regulation as they have an exposition which states all
the requirements that is stated in CASA’s MOS. For further detail of the exposition refer to section
This part of the regulation contains the requirements in order for CASA to approve Twin Rotor
Aviation as a maintenance organisation and providing an approval certificate. It also states that the
organisation must comply with their exposition, approval rating and part 42 regulations.
Twin Rotor Aviation has an approval certificate from CASA stating that they are an approved part
145 organisation and are only allowed to conduct maintenance under their approved rating (see
section 2.2.2).
This section of the regulation states that organisation must provide maintenance in accordance with
their exposition and approval rating. If they do not conduct their services under the conditions, it is a
breach of regulations.
Through thorough auditing, the organisation has complied with the regulation as they have shown
competence in conducting their services in accordance to their exposition and has also fulfilled the
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This section states that the organisation must provide training that is approved and is conducted in
As stated in section 2.2.1.2 Twin Rotor Aviation is not an approved 147 continuing airworthiness
training facility, however, they are able to conduct permitted training for their services in
4. Documentation
4.1. Manufacturers Documentation
Twin Rotor Aviation has four Fairchild Metro 23 aircrafts, the manufacturer of these aircrafts have
provided the following important documents listed below to allow Twin Rotor Aviation to perform
maintenance on their aircraft, note that these are some of the manuals:
Table 1: Maintenance manuals provided by aircraft manufacturers (Kinnison and Siddiqui, 2012)
Title Abbreviation
Airplane maintenance manual AMM
Component location manual CLM
Component maintenance manual CMM
Fault isolation manual FIM
Illustrated parts catalogue IPC
Structural repair manual SRM
Wiring diagram manual SDM
Task cards TC
4.2.1. Exposition
The exposition is the primary document for Twin Rotor Aviation. The exposition is a document that
contains a comprehensive description and explanation of the operation of Twin Rotor Aviation
maintenance program. The document defines exactly how Twin Rotor Aviation functions and the
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activities that will be carried out. Within this manual it contains the following requirements (CASA,
2014b):
Organisation Structure
Management Requirements
Facilities
Production planning
achieve better operational performance and is design to decrease maintenance related issues and
increase flight safety (Kinnison and Siddiqui, 2012). The purpose of the document is to provide
information in regards to different elements of reliability, which include data collection, problem
detection, data analysis, corrective action, follow-up analysis and data reporting of their aircrafts
aircraft has been conducted in accordance to standards such as maintenance data and engineering
orders. The certificate of release is issued to and signed by an approved person within the company.
5. Conclusion
Through thorough auditing and research of Twin Rotor Aviation, it is found that the organisation
shows professionalism in their services and have complied with regulatory authorities. From the
management reporting structure, it was found that all the management team members have all the
correct qualifications and experience that allow them to be in their respective positions. They have
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ensured that staff members comply with the organisation exposition in order to conduct a safe and
efficient service. For the maintenance structure, it was found that the engineering is outsourced to
an approved part 21 organisation and that training is conducted under their exposition. The
maintenance engineers are all deemed competent in their licence category, and have shown
compliance to regulations when conducting maintenance (section 3). In order to comply with the
regulatory authorities, the AMO has created documents such as their exposition, reliability program
manual and certificate of release to services. In conclusion, Twin Rotor Aviation is an approved
maintenance facility and requires no further investigation in regards to complying with regulatory
authorities.
6. References
CASA. 2012. Reliability Programs [Online]. Advisory Circular. Available:
<http://www.casa.gov.au/wcmswr/_assets/main/lib100048/042c03.pdf> [Accessed 3 April
3].
CASA. 2014a. Accepptable Means of Compliance (AMC) and Guidance Material (GM) CASR part 66
Continuing Airworthiness- Aircraft Engineer Licences and Ratings [Online]. Available:
<http://www.casa.gov.au/wcmswr/_assets/main/lib100056/amcgmp66.pdf> [Accessed 3
April 2015].
CASA. 2014b. Acceptable Means of Compliance (AMC) and Guidance Material (GM) [Online].
Available: <http://www.casa.gov.au/wcmswr/_assets/main/lib100056/amcgmp145.pdf>
[Accessed 2 April 2015].
CASR. 1998. Civil Aviation Safety Regulations 1998 [Online]. ComLaw Home. Available:
<http://www.comlaw.gov.au/Details/F2014C00612> [Accessed 1 April 2015].
KINNISON, H. A. & SIDDIQUI, T. 2012. Aviation maintenance management.
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