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Series A-1Subject:- Responsibility of operators/owners of aircraft and supervision of their Airworthiness Standards by Airworthiness Directorate. 2.1 It is the responsibility of the owner/operator of an aircraft to ensure that hisaircraft has a current C of A and the same is kept valid by maintaining and operating itas stipulated by DGCA and the manufacturer of the aircraft.2.2In case the owner and the operator of an aircraft are not the same party and theowner has leased his aircraft to an operator, then it shall be the responsibilityof the operator to ensure that the aircraft possesses a current and valid C of Abefore it is flown, unless a general/specific permission to the contrary has beenobtained from DGCA.2.3 For maintaining the aircraft in airworthy condition, it shall be necessary to subjectthe aircraft and its components to :(i) periodical inspections as approved by DGCA(ii) replace lifed components at intervals approved by the DGCA(iii)carry out repair/modifications as required by DGCA.The frequency, scope and content of periodical inspections shall not be altered,except in the manner as approved by DGCA.2.4 It shall be the responsibility of owner/operator to(i) require his pilots (flight crew) to operate the aircraft as per operating limitationsspecified by the manufacturer of the aircraft and /or DGCA.(ii) report all defects encountered in flight or during routine maintenance toAirworthiness Directorate and record such defects, as per the procedure specifiedin CAR Series 'C'.(iii)Extend co-operation to authorized officers of Airworthiness Directorate insupervising the engineering activities and other activities associated with the safeoperation of the aircraft.SeriesA-2Subject : Procedure For Issue of Civil Aviation Requirements (CAR Section 2 -Airworthiness) , its Revisions etc.1.2. This Series describes the procedure of issue of Civil Aviation Requirements(Section 2- Airworthiness), its revisions and its circulation to the various operators.1.3. This CAR is issued under the provision of Rule 133 A of the Aircraft Rules, 1937.4. PROCEDURE FOR ISSUE AND SUBSEQUENT REVISIONS:4.1. When a CAR is issued, the first page indicates the date of issue along with the date of its affectivity. Subsequent pages indicate the date of issue.4.2. Whenever a change is effected to the relevant CAR, it will be termed as revision. Therevision number along with date of revision and effective date of revised CAR will beindicated on the first page of the CAR and on such pages, which are affected by therevision. Pages which are not affected by the revision will contain initial date of issue only.All revisions to the CAR will be indicated by a sideline on the left side of the affectedpages indicating the change/ revision to the CAR.Note: The earlier issues of the CAR, which include amendment, shall be read asRevision.

4.4. Whenever a new CAR or significant revision to the existing CAR is proposed to beissued, the draft CAR/proposed revision may be circulated to the concernedoperators/regional offices for their comments. Upon receipt of comments, these will beanalyzed and if found suitable will be incorporated in the proposed CAR beforepromulgation. If required, DGCA may arrange meetings with the operators for discussions on the draft CAR before finalization4.5. Every revision will be accompanied by a Revision Notice which would indicate thepages affected, and the reason for the revision. This Revision Notice should be filed alongwith the affected CAR in the folder.Series A-3Subject:- Objectives and Targets of Airworthiness Directorate of Civil Aviation Department.3.3 On-Condition maintenance :"On-condition" maintenance is the accomplishment of repetitive (1) visual inspections, or (2) physicalmeasurement, or (3) Insitu/Bench test, etc. to determine thecontinued serviceability of aircraft and aircraft componentswithout having to dismantle them completely and before suchcomponents reach a critical stage in their operation.3.5 Preventive Maintenance :It constitutes work performed at pre-determined intervalsto maintain an aircraft, aircraft components or aircraftsystems in an airworthy condition.4.3 Keeping the target "achieving maximum measure of safetythrough observance of highest possible maintenancestandards" in view, all operators (including privateoperators) are required to submit the following informationperiodically to the concerned Regional or Sub-regionalAirworthiness Office:-(a) Number of emergency landings effected during the periodunder review.(b) Total number of hours flown on each type of aircraft inthe fleet during the period.Note:-(a) and (b) would provide a parameter called"emergency landings per 1000 hrs." for comparison.(c) Number of notifiable accidents (vide Aircraft Rule 68)encountered during the period.Note:-(b) and (c) would provide a parameter called"accidents per 1000 hrs.".(d) Total number of engine hours flown for each type of engine in the fleet (number of engine hours = No. of airframe hours x number of engines installed on that

type of aircraft) during the period.(e) Total number of "In flight shut down" (IFSD) of enginesexperienced in respect of each type of engine in thefleet.Note:-(d) and (e) would provide a parameter called IFSD rate(IFSD/1000 hrs.)(f) Number of services scheduled during the period; and(g) Number of services which were delayed for more than 15minutes on account of engineering defects (includingcancelled flights) during the period.Note:-(f) and (g) when worked out on percentage basis wouldprovide a parameter called "Dispatch Reliability".4.4 All operators are required to report all major defects asand when encountered, vide CAR Series 'C' Part I. Theparameter "Number of major defects/1000 hrs." for the periodcan be worked out from this information and that availablefrom 4.3(b).4.5 The above information in a consolidated manner (informationconcerning individual major defect/incident/accident shallcontinue to be furnished to DGCA as required elsewhere)shall be furnished by the under mentioned type of operatorsat the frequency shown against each type of operator:-(a) Private operators would only furnish information calledat 4.3 (a) to (e) every 6 months.(b) Non-Scheduled operators, aerial work operators,training aircraft operators would furnish informationonly called at 4.3 (a) to (e) every 3 months.(c) Scheduled operators would furnish information called at4.3(a) to (g) every month.Note:- Even if the information is 'NIL' the sameshall be intimated.5. The concerned Regional and Sub-regional AirworthinessOffices will record the parameters (obtained vide paras 4.3and 4.4 above) in a graphical form and compare the dataperiod-wise , either with the previous period's data of thesame operator or with the similar data of other operatorsand would investigate all significant variations and furnishpromptly a report to Headquarters periodically (commensuratewith periods mentioned in para 4.5 above) along with therecommendations to check adverse "trends" if observed. TheAirworthiness Offices would also similarly investigate thedata/statistics prepared by scheduled operators in pursuanceof the requirements contained in CAR Series 'C' Part V(maintenance control by reliability methods). The