Training on

“Civil Aviation Requirements”

CAR 21
CIVIL AVIATION IN INDIA

Monitored & Regulated by

DIRECTORATE GENERAL OF CIVIL AVIATION
Website: http://dgca.gov.in
http://dgca.nic.in/

DGCA is an attached office of the Ministry of Civil Aviation.

Regulatory primarily responsible for :

(I) Regulation of air transport services to/from/within India and
(II) Enforcement of civil air regulations, air safety and airworthiness standards.

The regulations are in the forms of the Aircraft Act, 1934, the Aircraft Rules 1937, the Civil
Aviation Requirements, the Aeronautical Information Circulars. The Advisory and guidance
material is in the form of circulars.
The headquarters are located at New Delhi with regional offices in the
various parts of India.

There are:

14 (fourteen) Regional Airworthiness Offices located at

Delhi, Mumbai, Chennai, Kolkata, Bangalore, Hyderabad, Trivandrum,
Bhopal, Lucknow, Patna, Bhubaneswar, Kanpur, Guwahati and Patiala.
Apart from the Regional Airworthiness Offices,

5 (five) Regional Air Safety offices located at Delhi, Mumbai, Chennai,

Kolkata and Hyderabad.

And a Regional Research and Development Office located at Bangalore

and the Gliding Centre at Pune.

India is participated in ICAO by the Representative of India.

 CIVIL AVIATION IN INDIA
GOVERNING DOCUMENTS
AIRCRAFT ACT, 1934
AIRCRAFT RULES
1937
1954 (PUBLIC HEALTH)
1994 (DEMOLITION OF OBSTRUCTIONS CAUSED BY BUILDINGS AND TREES ETC.)
2003 (CARRIAGE OF DANGEROUS GOODS)
STATUTORY NOTIFICATIONS
NATIONAL LEGISLATION
INTERNATIONAL CONVENTIONS
CIVIL AVIATION REQUIREMENTS (CAR)
AERONAUTICAL INFORMATION CIRCULARS (AIC)
AERONAUTICAL INFORMATION PUBLICATIONS (AIP)
AME NOTICES
NOTAMS (NOTICES TO AIRMEN)
CIRCULARS
 Civil Aviation Requirements

Section 1 – General
Section 2 – Airworthiness
Section 3 – Air Transport
Section 4 – Aerodrome Standards and Air Traffic Services
Section 5 – Air Safety
Section 6 – Design Standards and Type Certification
Section 7 – Flight Crew Standards, Training and Licensing
Section 8 – Aircraft Operations
CAR 21 – Certification Procedures for Aircraft and Related
Products and Parts
CAR145 – Approved Maintenance Organisations
CAR M – Continuing Airworthiness Requirements
 DGCA Circulars
 Airworthiness Advisory Circulars

 Air Transport Circulars

 Aerodrome Advisory Circulars

 Air Safety Circulars

 Flight Crew Licensing Circulars

 Flight Crew Training Circular

 Cabin Safety Circular

 Operations Circulars

 Enforcement Circular
 Certification Aspects of Civil Aircraft

 To fly an aircraft, in the interest of safety,

1. Aircraft must be designed, constructed and operated in

compliance with the appropriate airworthiness
requirements of the State of Registry (Civil Aviation
Authority of a country)

2. Aircraft shall have Certificate of Registration issued by the

State of Registry

3. Aircraft shall have Standard Certificate of Airworthiness

declaring that the aircraft is fit to fly

in compliance with the minimum standards stipulated by

International Civil Aviation Organisation (ICAO), contained
in Annex 8 (adopted on 1 March 1949), for application by
the National Airworthiness Authorities
 Certification Aspects of Civil Aircraft

 Responsibility of States of Registry:

The essential elements to be covered by the Civil Aviation

Authority (CAA) are:

(a) Aircraft type certification,

(b) Registration of aircraft,

(c) Issuance of Certificates of Airworthiness,

(d) Continuing airworthiness,

(e) Approval of aircraft maintenance organizations,

(f) Certification of operators and

(g) Licensing of personnel (CAR 66).

 Certification Aspects of Civil Aircraft

 Responsibility of States of Registry (Contd.):

– To establish and carry out procedures for the type
certification/ approval of aircraft, engine, propellers,
equipment, instruments, etc., designed or produced in the
State (Country)
– To establish and carry out procedures for the validation of
Type Certificates/ Approvals issued by another State
(Country)
– Type Certificates are generally issued to cover aircraft and
engines as whole entities and Type Approvals are issued
to cover components
 Certification Aspects of Civil Aircraft
Comprehensive Airworthiness Regulations

Country Civil Aviation Authority Airworthiness Requirements

United States Federal Aviation Administration Federal Aviation Regulations

(FAA) (FAR)

Europe Joint Aviation Authorities Joint Aviation Regulations

(Pre-28.09.03) (JAA) (JAR)

European Union European Aviation Safety Agency Certification Specifications

(Post 28.09.03) (EASA) (CS)

Canada Transport Canada Civil Aviation Canadian Aviation Regulations

(TCCA) (CARs)

India Director General of Civil Aviation Civil Aviation Requirements

(DGCA) (CAR)
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