1. Inspector Handbook Chapter Table of Content
Inspector Handbook Chapter Table of Content
Effective Date: Saturday, September 30, 2023
2. Procedures for issuance of Aircraft certificate of Registration ,Reservation of Registration marks and De-Registration of Aircraft
This chapter provides guidance for registration, reservation of registration marks and
deregistration of aircraft.
Effective Date: Friday, September 1, 2023
3. Issue of a Certificate of Airworthiness
This Chapter is issued to provide information and guidance to the Airworthiness inspectors when assessing an aircraft for issue of a Certificate of Airworthiness in accordance with the requirements of…
Effective Date: Friday, September 1, 2023
4. Evaluating a continous maintenance programme
A continuous maintenance programme combines the maintenance and inspection functions used to fulfil an air operator/applicant‘s total maintenance needs. The Nig.CARs Part 9 specifies that each operato…
Effective Date: Monday, April 10, 2023
5. Special Flight Permit
This section provides guidance for evaluating an application for a special flight permit in accordance with Nig. CARs Part 5.4.1.6.
Effective Date: Monday, April 10, 2023
6. AIRWORTHINESS APPROVALS FOR EXPORTS
This chapter is to provide guidance and information on the issuance of export C of A.Reference: Regulation 5.4.1.15, CHECKLIST: CL: O-AWS002A / CL: O-AWS002B FORM: AC-AWS005, AC-AWS005A
Effective Date: Monday, April 10, 2023
7. Evaluation and Approval of a Maintenance Procedures Manual
This Chapter is issued to guide Authority Airworthiness Inspectors when evaluating and approving Approved
Maintenance Organization’s (AMO) Maintenance Procedures Manual (MPM).
Effective Date: Monday, April 10, 2023
8. Certification and Approval of Maintenance Organizations
This Chapter is issued to provide guidance to airworthiness inspectors in the process of evaluating Maintenance Organizations for purposes of certification and approval in accordance with the Civil Av…
Effective Date: Monday, April 10, 2023
9. Inspection and Evaluation of AMO Facilities and Equipment
This Chapter is issued to provide guidance and information for the airworthiness inspectors to use when inspecting and evaluating facilities and equipment of Approved Maintenance Organization (AMO) or…
Effective Date: Monday, April 10, 2023
10. CERTIFICATION OF FOREIGN APPROVED MAINTENANCE ORGANIZATION.
This chapter is issued to provide guidance to the Authority Inspectors when certifying Foreign Maintenance Organizations.
Effective Date: Monday, April 10, 2023
11. Evaluation and Approval of Maintenance Control Manual
This Chapter is issued to provide guidance and information to be used by Airworthiness Inspectors when evaluating an operator’s Maintenance Control Manual (MCM) for approval.
Effective Date: Monday, April 10, 2023
12. Evaluation and Approval of a Maintenance Quality Assurance System
This Chapter is issued to provide guidance and information to the Authority Airworthiness Inspectors to evaluate and verify whether the Maintenance Organization (AMO) or Air Operators Maintenance Supp…
Effective Date: Monday, April 10, 2023
13. INTERNAL QUALITY ASSURANCE PROGRAMME.
This chapter is issued to provide guidance and information on how the Directorate of Airworthiness Standards will ensure quality of and carry out internal audits of itsAirworthiness safety oversight a…
Effective Date: Monday, April 10, 2023
14. Evaluating a Short-Term Maintenance Escalation For Approval
This Chapter is issued to provide guidance for approving short-term maintenance escalation based on operations specifications and evaluation of short-term evaluation request.
Effective Date: Monday, April 10, 2023
15. Evaluation of Maintenance Contract Between Air Operators and Approved Maintenance Organisations
This Chapter is issued to provide information and guidance to Authority inspectors in the process of evaluating maintenance contractual arrangements between air operators and approved maintenance orga…
Effective Date: Monday, April 10, 2023
16. Approval of the Embodiment of Modifications and Repairs
This Chapteris issued to provide guidance to inspectors when assessing an application of a modification or repair for approval.
Effective Date: Monday, April 10, 2023
17. Reliability Programme Approval
This Chapter is issued to provide guidance and information to airworthiness inspectors for evaluating and approving reliability programmes.
Effective Date: Monday, April 10, 2023
18. CONDUCT OF AN ACCIDENT INVESTIGATION
1.1 AIRCRAFTACCIDENT:
An occurrence associated with the operation of an aircraft that...
Effective Date: Monday, April 10, 2023
19. CONDUCT OF AN INCIDENT INVESTIGATION
Aircraft incident:
An occurrence, other than an accident, associated with the operation of an aircraft that affects or could affect the safety of operations. See Section 1 of this Chapter for the def…
Effective Date: Monday, April 10, 2023
20. PROCESSING OCCURRENCE REPORTS
This chapter describes the steps necessary to process the Mandatory Occurrence Report (MOR.), Service Difficulty Report (SDR), Bird Strike Report, Dangerous Goods Occurrence Report and other Occurrenc…
Effective Date: Monday, April 10, 2023
21. Civil Aviation Safety Inspector Qualifications Training and Duties - Airworthiness Inspectors
This Chapter is issued to provide information and guidance to the Authority on qualifications and training requirements for Airworthiness Inspectors in order to enable them carry out their duties effe…
Effective Date: Monday, April 10, 2023
22. INSPECTION OF AVIATION FUEL SUPPLIERS FACILITIES AND EQUIPMENT
This chapter provides guidance for inspection of an aviation fuel suppliers equipment and facilities. Reference: ICAO Document 9977. ASTM D2276/IP 216 Standard
Effective Date: Monday, April 10, 2023
23. PROCEDURES FOR MAINTENANCE SPOT (WORK IN PROGRESS) INSPECTIONS
This chapter provides guidance for observing and analyzing in-progress maintenance operations for compliance with specific methods, techniques, and practices in the operator's inspection and maintenan…
Effective Date: Monday, April 10, 2023
24. ACCEPTANCE OF AIRCRAFT TYPE CERTIFICATES ISSUED BY OTHER STATES
This chapter provides guidance for acceptance of an Aircraft Type Certificate or equivalent document issued by a state of design in respect of an aircraft or aircraft component.
Effective Date: Monday, April 10, 2023
25. CONTINUING SURVEILLANCE
This chapter is issued to provide guidance and procedures for continuing surveillance of certificated Air Operator Certificate (AOC), Approved Maintenance Organization (AMO) or AOC holder with equival…
Effective Date: Monday, April 10, 2023
26. REVIEWING, ACCEPTING AND APPROVING MANUALS
This guidance material contains direction and guidance to be used by NCAA Inspectors or the Certification Project manager (CPM) for processing, reviewing, and accepting or approving manuals.
Effective Date: Monday, April 10, 2023
27. PROCEDURES FOR THE ACCEPTANCE AND ISSUANCE OF AIRCRAFT NOISE CERTIFICATES.
The Nigeria Civil Aviation Authority has developed regulations requiring airplanes to comply with noise certification
standards as set out in Nig. CARs Part 16.
Effective Date: Monday, April 10, 2023
28. EVALUATE FOREIGN-REGISTERED AIRCRAFT OPERATED BY NIGERIAN OPERATORS.
This section provides guidance for ensuring that foreign-registered aircraft, intended for use by Nigerian operators meet all Nig. CARs requirements Reference: ICAO Document 9642 - AN/941 Chapter 1, I…
Effective Date: Monday, April 10, 2023
29. AIR OPERATOR CERTIFICATION/VARIATION AND RENEWAL-AIRWORTHINESS ASPECTS
This chapter is intended to address and provides guidance on the airworthiness aspects of the application, inspection and certification of an air operator. It also delineates specific requirements for…
Effective Date: Monday, April 10, 2023
30. Evaluation and Approval of an Aviation Training Organization
This Chapter is issued to provide basic information and guidance to Authority inspectors when evaluating Aviation Training Organization (ATO) for certification and approval under the Nigeria Civil Avi…
Effective Date: Monday, April 10, 2023
31. TRAINING PROGRAMME APPROVAL PROCESS
A. A maintenance organisation must establish an initial and recurrent training for maintenance personnel and certifying staff. Maintenance personnel and certifying staff shall meet the qualification r…
Effective Date: Monday, April 10, 2023
32. CERTIFICATION AND APPROVAL OF CONTINUING AIRWORTHINESS MANAGEMENT ORGANISATION
This chapter is issued to provide guidance to airworthiness inspectors in the process of evaluating Continuing Airworthiness Management Organisations (CAMO) for purposes of certification and approval…
Effective Date: Monday, April 10, 2023
33. CONTINUING AIRWORTHINESS MANAGEMENT EXPOSITION (CAME)
This chapter provides guidance and information on evaluation and approval of Continuing Airworthiness Management Exposition (CAME).
Effective Date: Monday, April 10, 2023
34. PROCEDURES FOR REPORTING SUSPECTED UNAPPROVED PARTS (SUP)
This chapter provides guidance for evaluating reported Suspected Unapproved Parts (SUP)
Effective Date: Monday, April 10, 2023
35. REDUCED VERTICAL SEPARATION MINIMA (RVSM) AIRSPACE APPROVAL (TECHNICAL REQUIREMENTS)
This chapter contains criteria to be used by airworthiness inspectors when asked to approve an operator’s request for North Atlantic (NAT) RVSM airspace approval. The criteria used to obtain approval…
Effective Date: Monday, April 10, 2023
36. EVALUATE EXTENDED DIVERSION TIME OPERATIONS (EDTO)
This section describes the process of evaluating an operator for a deviation under the Nig. CARs for extended diversion time operations.
Effective Date: Monday, April 10, 2023
37. EVALUATION OF AOC HOLDERS FOR AUTHORISATION TO CONDUCT OPERATIONS IN SPECIAL NAVIGATION AREAS OF OPERATION (MNPS, RVSM, RNP-10 E.T.C)
Special areas of operation are geographic areas having unique characteristics that require the use of special equipment, procedures, and/or techniques to safely conduct flight operations.
Effective Date: Monday, April 10, 2023
38. ISSUE AND RENEWAL OF MAINTENANCE CLEARANCE CERTIFICATE
The purpose of this chapter is to give information and guidance to Airworthiness Inspectors in the process of the evaluation of requests for the Issuance and/or renewal of the Maintenance Clearance Ce…
Effective Date: Monday, April 10, 2023
39. INSPECTION OF OPERATOR’ S CONTINUOUS AIRWORTHINESS MAINTENANCE PROGRAMME RECORDS
This chapter provides guidance for inspecting an operator’s aircraft maintenance records under continuous airworthiness maintenance programme.
Effective Date: Monday, April 10, 2023
40. EVALUATION OF CATEGORY I/II/III LANDING MINIMUM MAINTENANCE/INSPECTION PROGRAMMES
This section provides guidance for evaluating and accepting applications for lower approach and landing minima in respect to the appropriate support programme. Reference: ICAO Annex 6, Chapter 1. Nig.…
Effective Date: Monday, April 10, 2023
41. GROUNDING OF OPERATOR'S AIRCRAFT
This chapter provides guidance for grounding an aircraft used in air transportation, under the provisions of the Nigeria Civil Aviation Regulations as amended.
Effective Date: Monday, April 10, 2023
42. GUIDELINES ON THE IMPLEMENTATION OF ARTICLE 83bis
This section provides guidance for implementation of Article 83bis in accordance with Section 69 of the Civil Aviation Act and Nig CARs PART 9.
Effective Date: Monday, April 10, 2023
43. GENERAL AVIATION OPERATOR’S CONTINUING AIRWORTHINESS RECORDS 0.0 LIST OF EFFECTIVE PAGES
This chapter describes the process used to inspect the continuing airworthinessrecords of general aviation aircraft.
Reference: ICAO Annex 6, Part 11, Chapter 8, and Section 8.3.1.9 Nig. CARs Part 8
Effective Date: Monday, April 10, 2023
44. PROCEDURES FOR ISSUANCE OF AIRWORTHINESS DIRECTIVES
This section prescribes the procedures that must be followed in the publication and circulation of Airworthiness Directives (ADs) as required by the Nigeria Civil Aviation Regulations to the industry.…
Effective Date: Monday, April 10, 2023
45. EVALUATION AIRCRAFT LEASE/INTERCHANGE AGREEMENT
This chapter provides guidance for evaluating aircraft leases and interchange agreements for Nigeria certificated operators. Reference: ICAO Document 8335-AN/879 Chapter 10 and Nig. CARs Part 9.2.3.1,…
Effective Date: Monday, April 10, 2023
46. INSPECTION OF OPERATOR’S MAINTENANCE FACILITY
This chapter provides guidance for inspecting a certificated operator’s maintenance or contract maintenance facility for regulatory compliance when the operator maintains its aircraft under a continuo…
Effective Date: Monday, July 10, 2023
47. MONITORING OF OPERATIONS DURING STRIKE/LABOUR UNREST/FINANCIAL DISTRESS
This chapter provides guidance to inspectors for monitoring an operator before, during, and after a strike labour dispute, or financial crisis. Reference: ICAO Document 8335 - AN/879 - Chapter 8.
Effective Date: Monday, April 10, 2023
48. ISSUE/RENEWAL OF LETTER OF AUTHORIZATION FOR OPERATIONS IN SPECIAL AREA OF OPERATION FOR GENERAL AVIATION OPERATORS
The objective of this task is to issue a letter of authorization (LOA) to a general aviation operator planning a flight in special area of operation.
Effective Date: Monday, April 10, 2023
49. ISSUANCE OF OPERATIONS SPECIFICATIONS, PARTS D & E.
This chapter provides guidance for the preparation, processing, generation, and issuance of operations specifications.
Effective Date: Monday, April 10, 2023
50. EVALUATION OF MAINTENANCE CONTRACTUAL ARRANGEMENTS.
This section provides guidance for evaluating a maintenance contractual arrangement for an operator that operates its aircraft under a continuous airworthiness maintenance programme. Reference: ICAO D…
Effective Date: Monday, April 10, 2023
51. ADDITIONAL MAINTENANCE REQUIREMENTS FOR SMALL AIRCRAFT
This section provides guidance for evaluating, approving and administering aircraft inspection and additional maintenance requirements for a (nine or less seats) operator. Reference: ICAO, Annex 6, Pa…
Effective Date: Monday, April 10, 2023
52. APPROVED SMALL AIRCRAFT INSPECTION PROGRAMME
This section describes how to evaluate and approve a (9 or less passenger seats) operator’s Approved Aircraft Inspection Programme (AAIP). It ensures that programmes, systems, and intended methods of…
Effective Date: Monday, April 10, 2023
53. EVALUATE LEASED MAINTENANCEPROGRAMME AUTHORIZATION: NIGERIAN REGISTERED AIRCRAFT
This section provides guidance for authorizing an operator (lessee) to maintain a leased aircraft in accordance with the previous operator’s (lessor’s) current and approved maintenance programme for t…
Effective Date: Monday, April 10, 2023
54. APPROVAL OFACONTRACT RELIABILITY PROGRAMME
This section provides guidance for approving contract reliability programmes for operator/applicants. Reference: ICAO Document 9389 - AN/919, Chapter 7, Sections 7.3.4 through Sections 7.3.14.6.
Effective Date: Monday, April 10, 2023
55. APPROVE PARTS/PARTS POOL/PARTS BORROWING
This section provides guidance in evaluating and approving aircraft parts, a parts pool, and parts borrowing authorization for air carriers operations. Reference: ICAO Document 9389 - AN/919, Attachme…
Effective Date: Monday, April 10, 2023
56. MAINTENANCE TIME LIMITATIONS SECTION PARTIAL RELIABILITY PROGRAMME OR NO RELIABILITY PROGRAMME.
General. A Maintenance Time Limitations Section is prepared by the certificate holder for each type of aircraft operated and maintained in accordance with the requirements of a Continuous Airworthines…
Effective Date: Monday, April 10, 2023
57. PRORATED TIME AUTHORIZATIONS
This section provides guidance in determining the prorated time for an item. Reference: ICAO Document 9389 - AN/919, Chapter 7 and Attachment 7-A.
Effective Date: Monday, April 10, 2023
58. EVALUATE OPERATOR' S MASS AND BALANCE CONTROL PROGRAMME
This section provides guidance for evaluating an operator/applicant’s mass and balance control programme. Section 12 provides guidance for aircraft certificated with 9 or less passenger seats. Referen…
Effective Date: Monday, April 10, 2023
59. PROCEDURES FOR EVALUATION AND APPROVAL SPECIALISED ACTIVITIES SUCH AS NDT, WELDING ETC.
The chapter provides guidance and information for inspectors for evaluation and approval of organizations for Specialized Services like Non-Destructive Testing and Inspections., Welding etc.
Effective Date: Monday, April 10, 2023
60. GUIDANCE AND PROCEDURES FOR REVIEW OF FLIGHT CLEARANCE
This Chapter is issued to provide guidance and information for the airworthiness inspectors for review of flight clearance for non-scheduled flights into, within and out of Nigeria including technical…
Effective Date: Monday, April 10, 2023
61. ISSUANCE / ACCEPTANCE OF SUPPLEMENTAL TYPE CERTIFICATES
This chapter provides guidance for issuance and acceptance of supplemental type certificates (STC).
Effective Date: Monday, April 10, 2023
62. SPECIAL FLIGHT PERMIT WITH CONTINUING AUTHORIZATION TO CONDUCT FERRY FLIGHT
This section provides guidance for evaluating an application to amend operations specifications for a special flight permit to conduct ferry flights.
Effective Date: Monday, April 10, 2023
63. INSPECTION OF OPERATOR’ S MAINTENANCE RECORDS AND RECORD KEEPING SYSTEM FOR AIRWORTHINESS DIRECTIVE COMPLIANCE
The purpose of this chapter is to provide guidance to Airworthiness Inspectors in the function of monitoring Airworthiness Directives compliance and the evaluation and inspection of aircraft and aircr…
Effective Date: Monday, April 10, 2023
64. MONITORING OF OPERATOR’S RELIABILITY PROGRAMME
This section provides guidance for monitoring the implementation of approved reliability programs. This inspection determines the operator’s continued compliance with operations specifications, the ap…
Effective Date: Monday, April 10, 2023