BR-ANAC-IOAR case studies
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The ANAC IOAR credential relates to individuals who act on behalf of Brazil's civil aviation authority, ANAC, in airworthiness inspection and oversight work. It suits experienced airworthiness engineers, maintenance post-holders, quality auditors and regulatory inspectors who already know aircraft certification and continuing airworthiness practice and want to be assessed against ANAC's expectations for delegated or representative oversight duties. The BR-ANAC-IOAR case studies are 5 cases and about 3,184 words.
1Aircraft on a foreign register, leased into a Brazilian operator
A Brazilian air transport operator leases a 14-year-old twin-turbine regional aircraft from an owner in another State. The aircraft remains on the lessor State's register, but the operator intends to use it on domestic revenue flights under RBAC 121 while the lease runs for 18 months.
739 words, about 4 min2Maintenance program interval extension after repeated findings
An approved maintenance organisation holds RBAC 145 approval for line and base maintenance on a turboprop type. Over 18 months, the operator's reliability program shows a rising rate of unscheduled removals of a particular hydraulic pump, from 0.8 to 2.4 per 1000 flight hours, while the scheduled replacement interval is 3000 hours.
639 words, about 3 min3Audit sampling in a large line maintenance station
An ANAC surveillance team conducts a scheduled audit of a line maintenance station at a busy airport. The station performs transit checks, daily checks, and defect rectification for three operators, with 42 technicians across three shifts.
632 words, about 3 min4Safety report about a recurring maintenance error
A licensed aircraft maintenance engineer submits a confidential safety report through the operator's SMS describing a recurring error: on three occasions in two months, panels on the upper wing surface were left with fasteners not fully secured after fuel tank access. In each case the error was caught by the next shift, but the engineer says the pressure to release aircraft on time is intense, that the same two technicians were involved, and that supervisors have told staff not to 'create paperwork'.
580 words, about 3 min5Recognising an ICAO standard in a foreign repair station approval
An ANAC team assesses whether to accept a foreign repair station as an approved maintenance organisation for work on Brazilian-operated aircraft. The station holds approval from its national authority for airframe and avionics work, and the national authority states that its rules are based on ICAO Annex 6 and Annex 8.
594 words, about 3 min