AVH SPECIAL OPERATIONS

POLICIES COURSE
CAT II/III POLICIES COURSE
SEPTEMBER 2020

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 Table of contents

I. CAT II/III Regulatory Requirements and Company

policies

II. Documents.
III. ECONOMIC ASPECTS
Content: 1. Objective and definitions.
2. Low Weather Minima Approaches.
3. Equipment required for CAT II/III operations.
4. Continuos Airworthiness.
5. Category Downgrade.

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6. Category Upgrade.

7. Category Maintenance.

8. TAGS and Indicators.

9 MEL Use.
Content:

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 I. CAT II/III Regulatory Requirements and Company
policies

CAT II/III
Regulatory
Requirements
and Company
policies

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I. CAT II/III Regulatory Requirements and Company policies

CAT II/III APPROACH

Watch the video about the normal Watch the video about the CATII
approach on CAT III Dual at the end approach with go around at the end
of the presentation of the presentation

NORMAL APPROACH CAT II APPROACH

ON CAT III DUAL WITH GO AROUND
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I. CAT II /III Regulatory Requirements and Company
policies

You can consult these regulations in the Web Page

The FAA: www.faa.gov.

Colombian civil aviation authority http://www.aerocivil.gov.co/.
Costa Rica civil aviation authority https://www.dgac.go.cr/.
Ecuador civil aviation authority https://www.aviacioncivil.gob.ec/
El Salvador civil aviation authority http://www.aac.gob.sv/

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I. CAT II/III Regulatory Requirements and Company policies

Web-side to
Regular documentation
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II. Documents

The requirements to perform CAT II/III operations; these specifications are given in the following
documents:

•FAA- AC 120-29A – Criteria for Approval of Category I and Category II Weather Minima for
Approach
•FAA- AC 120-28D, Criteria for Approval of Category III Weather Minima for Takeoff, Landing
and Rollout.
•SRVSOP - AC 91-020 Rev. 1. – LAR OPERATORS– Operator and Aircraft approval for Category
II and Category III operations.
•BT UAEAC 5100-069-003 VER 01
•CS-AWO – EASA certification Specification for All Weather Operations
•RDAC Regulación de Aviación Civil Ecuador: 91.655, 121.1115(a) (7), 121.1130 (b)(14)
•Reglamentos Aeronáuticos Costarricenses: MRAC-OPS-1

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 ECONOMIC ASPECTS
ECONOMIC ASPECTS
III. ECONOMIC ASPECTS

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 1. Objectives and Definitions

Objectives
and
Definitions

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CAT II/III Objectives

The Main Objective of CAT II / CAT III operations is to provide a level of safety
equivalent to other operations but in the most adverse weather conditions and
associated visibility.

Avianca will issue a one-time-accomplishment Engineering Order in order to verify the

installed components as well as to check the correct operation of all the systems
involved in this type of operation, using one of the following documents as applicable

B787 fleet: EOD-B78-22-0001

A330-243 fleet: EO-A33-22-001
A330-343 fleet: EO-333-22-0002
A318/A319/A320/A321 fleet: EOD-32S-22-0009
ATR72 fleet: EO-AT7-22-001

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CAT II/III Definitions

A comprehensive set of definitions pertinent to CAT II/ III approach and landing and
low visibility takeoff is included as follows:

DECISION HEIGHT (DH)

A specified height in the precision approach at which a missed approach must be initiated if the
required visual reference to continue the approach has not been established.

DECISIÓN ALTITUDE (DA)

For CAT II the Decision Height is the controlling minima, and the altitude value specified is
advisory. The altitude value is available for cross-reference. Use of a barometrically referenced
DA for CAT II is not currently authorized.

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CAT II/III Definitions

ALERT HEIGHT (AH)

A height above the runway based on the characteristics of the aircraft and its fail-operational
landing system, above which a CAT II approach would be discontinued and a missed approach
initiated if a failure occurred in one of the redundant parts of the fail operational landing system,
or in the relevant ground equipment.

RUNWAY VISUAL RANGE (RVR)

That section of the visual aids or of the approach area which should have been in view for
sufficient time for the pilots to have made an assessment of the aircraft’s position and rate of
change of position, in relation to the desired flight path.

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CAT II/III Definitions

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CAT II/III Definitions

CAT II/II APPROACH (A330 CAT IIIB)

Watch the video about the approach of an Airbus A330 CAT IIIB at the end of the presentation

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 2. Low Weather Minima Approaches.

In order to keep CAT II or CAT II/III Operations in a safe condition,

and avoid any possible problem with the component related to this
operation, and as a preventive action, the Automatic Landing
Systems shall be operated frequently without to have
Approximations Meteorological Minimums at the moment.
under mínimum
The required components (systems) for Cat II or Cat II / III
meteorological. operations are included in the applicable Avianca’s approved
Minimum Equipment List (MEL).

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2. Low Weather Minima Approaches.

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2. Low Weather Minima Approaches.

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2. Low Weather Minima Approaches.

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2. Low Weather Minima Approaches.

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2. Low Weather Minima Approaches.

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2. Low Weather Minima Approaches.

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 3. Equipment required for CAT II/III operations

The components related CAT II/III operations is based on the SRVSOP

AC 91-020 (CAT II/III aircraft requirements) and IPD or IPC applicable
to each one of the fletes

• BOEING MODEL B787-8 CRITICAL COMPONENTS

Equipment • AIRBUS MODEL A330-243/A330-343 CRITICAL COMPONENTS
required
for CAT • AIRBUS MODELS A318-111/-112 / A319-115/-132, A320-214/-233,
A321-211/-231/- 253N CRITICAL COMPONENTS.
operations
• ATR MODEL ATR 72-212A ‘600 VERSION CRITICAL COMPONENTS

To Maintain the Aircraft Certification and the capability of the

Aircraft a periodic verification of CAT II / III is performed by
means of engineering documents for each one of the fleets, at two year
Interval.

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 3. Equipment required for CAT II/III operations

• BOEING MODEL B787-8 CRITICAL COMPONENTS

• AIRBUS MODEL A330-243/A330-343 CRITICAL COMPONENTS

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3. Equipment required for CAT II/III operations

• AIRBUS MODELS A318-111/-112 / A319-115/-132, A320-214/-233,

A321-211/-231/- 253N CRITICAL COMPONENTS.

• ATR MODEL ATR 72-212A ‘600 VERSION CRITICAL COMPONENTS

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 4. Continuos Airworthiness

The approved Avianca’s Maintenance Programs are strictly based on the

recommendations included in the MPD issued by the Manufacturer and are also
based in the MRB, an include necessary tasks to ensure continued airworthiness
relative to low visibility operations.

The different Avianca’s aircraft fleets have been Type certified by the Manufacturer
Continued to perform Meteorological Minimums Approaches.

Airworthiness
/ Maintenance

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 4. Continuos Airworthiness
To Maintain the Aircraft Certification and the capability of the Aircraft to perform CAT II / III approaches and landings,
an annual verification of CAT II / III is performed by means of the current revision of the following Engineering
Orders called “Autopilot-CAT II/ III Aircraft Verification”.
B787 fleet: EOD-B78-22-0002
A330-243 fleet: EOD-332-22-0007
A330-343 fleet: EOD-333-22-0002
A318/A319/A320/A321 fleet: EOD-32S-22-0008
ATR72 fleet: EOD-AT7-22-0002

The CAT II / III Aircraft verification is established in order to check and to demonstrate the full capacity of the
aircraft to perform precision approaches. This verification mainly concerns the systems and equipment, which are
required to be operational for precision approaches.
Any unscheduled maintenance task required to be operational for, maintenance and/ or being called up by the
authorities should follow the procedure and test laid down in the relevant chapter of the AMM (or as specified to
maintain system integrity).

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 5. Category Downgrade

CAT II / III DEGRADATION:

This procedure limits the operation under meteorological Category II / III of an

Aircraft due to failure of a critical CAT II / CAT III system or component, which
cannot be corrected before next flight. The degradation must be performed in
accordance with the Minimum Equipment List (MEL) that must provide the
Downgrade required information to define the Aircraft Category II / III operational restrictions,
and Upgrade depending upon the availability of aircraft systems and functions

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5. Category Downgrade

CAT II / III DEGRADATION:

If the maintenance personnel for some reason cannot provide a terminate action for
some Flight Crew or maintenance report generated in the Maintenance LOG Book of a
specifics system related to a critical system or component involved in CAT II / III
operations and it is permitted by the Minimum Equipment List (MEL), then this report
must be deferred as Deferred Maintenance Item (DMI)

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5. Category Downgrade

Additionally, the Maintenance Personnel must perform a downgrade procedure of the

maximum permitted landing category as established by the Category II / III appendix of
applicable MEL. This is made by means of installing Restriction placard in the
Maintenance LOG Book and in the Captains Instrument Panel

Maintenance personnel must inform to Maintenance Control Center (MCC) by a written mean
(AMOS or Outlook, or letter/Memo) that Category degradation were performed. Then,
category upgrade procedure must be followed in accordance with the maintenance policies
given in the CAT II /III Manual.

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5. Category Downgrade
Control of aircraft CAT II / CAT III operation restrictions will be performed through the
company control system as indicated in the flow chart included in the appendix 1 of
the CAT II / III Manual.

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 6. Category Upgrade

CAT II / III TECHNICAL UPGRADE:

The following procedure applies to return to service an aircraft after performing
maintenance activities on a CAT II / III system or component or after corrective
actions to comply with CAT II / III requirements due to deferred items.

Downgrade The technician responsible for issuing the aircraft release to service, has to
and Upgrade record in the aircraft log book the corrective action taken to solve the pilots
/maintenance report, or the differed maintenance item DMI (if any) that
generated the CAT II / III Autoland operation restriction.

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6. Category Upgrade

CATEGORY UPGRADE:

Control of downgrades and upgrades of CAT II / CAT III operation for each aircraft will be
performed through the company control system as indicated in the flow charts included
at the appendix 2 of the CAT II / III Manual.

Only authorized personnel must perform the

upgrade of Autoland Category. It is
responsibility of the Inspection and Line
Maintenance personnel that all the applicable
procedures required for upgrade of the
category are accomplished as applicable. This
procedure is only required if a critical CAT II
/ III system or component is affected as
indicated by the minimum equipment
requirements included in the in CAT II / III
appendix of applcable the MEL.

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6. Category Upgrade

REVIEW TO CONFIRM THE ACTUAL CAT II/III CAPACITY OF THE AIRCRAFT:

The authorized maintenance personnel must verify the category of the Aircraft in accordance with the
following:

The authorized maintenance personnel must verify the installed Restriction placard of Autoland
Category that the Airplane had installed at the moment of landing and must compare this placard with
the information included in the Maintenance LOG Book.

If there is a Maintenance Report related to a CAT II / III (SINGLE or DUAL) operation, and there is no
corrective action, then the procedure for category degradation will be followed.

Verify that no category downgrading is observed on the EICAS or SD ECAM MESSAGE, as

applicable.

If there is no maintenance reports, then the Authorized maintenance personnel must verify that the
Category of the Airplane at the moment of dispatch is the same Category than the one in the moment
of the previous landing. This procedure includes verification of the DMI related to the Automatic
Landing System if there is no corrective action to fix them
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 7. Category Maintenance.
AIRCRAFT RELEASE TO SERVICE BEFORE A CAT II/III FLIGHT

This procedure limits the operation under meteorological

Category II / III of an Aircraft due to failure of a critical CAT II /
CAT III system or component, which cannot be corrected before
next flight. The degradation must be performed in accordance
with the Minimum Equipment List (MEL) that must provide the
Category required information to define the Aircraft Category II / III
operational restrictions, depending upon the availability of aircraft
Maintenance systems and functions.

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7. Category Maintenance.

For the B787 fleet, The Autopilot Flight Director System (AFDS) autoland status
annunciation must have LAND 2 or LAND 3 displayed. When the landing category is
downgraded, aircraft will show the category which can fly (NO LAND 3, LAND 2 or NO
AUTOLAND). If this condition is reported by the Flight Crew and/or this category
downgrading is observed on the EICAS, the maintenance personnel will downgrade the
Boeing 787 aircraft in accordance with the new landing capability stablished by respective
MEL manual.

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7. Category Maintenance.

For Airbus fleet, each FMGC computes its own landing category: CAT I, CAT II, CAT III
SINGLE, and CAT III DUAL and display the corresponding landing category on the FMA’s.
When the landing category is downgraded, a triple click aural warning is activated. If this
condition is reported by the Flight Crew and/or this category downgrading is observed on
the Status Page on System Display (SD) ECAM, the maintenance personnel will downgrade
the aircraft in accordance with the new landing capability stablished by respective MEL
manual.

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7. Category Maintenance.

To verify the operational summary of the aircraft after the System Display (SD) has
displayed a failure, the maintenance personnel may manually call up the status page by
pressing the STS Key on the ECAM control panel. The relation between the landing capability
and the SD ECAM message is shown as follows

For ATR-72 fleet, the approach capability level is indicated on the 3rd line of the FMA by
CAT I or CAT II. Loss of CAT II capability is indicated by the flashing CAT II INVALID
warning message. The MFC is then informed and generates a triple click aural warning. If
this condition is reported by the Flight Crew and/or this category downgrading is observed
on the Status Page On the 3rd line.

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 8. TAGS and Indicators

No restriction Placard: No placard is installed when the aircraft does not

have restrictions that affect the operation in CAT II / III. The aircraft is
enabled to operate in the maximum rating that they have been
approved in the operating specifications.

Tags and
Indicators

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8. TAGS and Indicators

CAT II INOP” – RESTRICTION PLACARD (TAG 1):

This tag will be stuck on the most visible part in the Maintenance LOG Book and in the
Captains Instrument Panel when the aircraft has been downgraded and it is not authorized to
perform for CAT II / III operations.

Part Number: CAT-II-INOP

“CAT II INOP” Restriction Placard: This tag will be installed by authorized maintenance
personnel that downgrade the aircraft and it condition will be remain until maintenance
authorized personnel can change the limited condition and upgrade to CAT II or CAT III or
CAT III (SINGLE or DUAL).

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8. TAGS and Indicators
“CAT III INOP” RESTRICTION PLACARD (TAG 2):

This tag will be placed on the most visible part in the Maintenance LOG Book and in the
Captains Instrument Panel when the aircraft is only authorized to perform CAT II operations.

Part Number: CAT-III-INOP

“CAT III INOP” Restriction Placard: This tag will be installed by authorized maintenance
personnel any time when downgrade to CAT II, and in accordance with limitations of category
appendix of applicable MEL.

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8. TAGS and Indicators

CAT III DUAL INOP” RESTRICTION PLACARD (TAG 3)

This tag will be placed on the most visible part in the Maintenance LOG Book and in the
Captains Instrument Panel when the aircraft has been downgraded to CAT III SINGLE
operations.

Part Number: CAT-IIID-INOP

“CAT III DUAL INOP” Restriction Placard: This tag will be installed by authorized maintenance
personnel when downgrade to CAT III single, and in accordance with limitations of category
appendix of applicable MEL. Applicable to Airbus fleet

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 9. MEL Use.

For dispatch purpose, as established in Avianca’s s MPMs, Maintenance

Personnel of the contracted maintenance organization must consult the
applicable current MEL manual to determine if the defect is deferrable.

Additionally, to determine the CAT II/II operational restriction of affected

aircraft, must consult the respective APPENDIX CAT II / III of the applicable
Use of MEL MEL manual, and install the respective degradation placard as indicated in
the CAT II/III manual “TAGS and Indicator”.

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9. MEL Use.

Maintenance Personnel of the contracted maintenance organization must consult the applicable
current MEL manual to determine if the defect is deferrable. Additionally, to determine the CAT II/II
operational restriction of affected aircraft, must consult the respective APPENDIX CAT II / III of the
applicable MEL manual, and install the respective degradation placard.

For dispatch purpose, refer to the current MEL of manual affected aircraft at APPENDIX
CAT II / III.

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