The Inspectors in CAW assign Type-approvals from NICO (NAPA Issued Certificates Online)
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CATEGORY A - The Aircraft REQUIRES NICO TYPE-APPROVED REGULATED MODELS (with some exceptions), they must file AAIR’s (Annual Airworthiness Information Report) and are sent copies of applicable AD’s (Airworthiness Directives) . Any model found on a CATEGORY A type approved aircraft not having a NICO type approval, will get sent to the NOT report.
CATEGORY B - NON TYPE-APPROVED RULES APPLY to these aircraft, as outlined below (TC EXCEPTIONS) The models on these aircraft are not routed to the NOT report, unless they are found on a single CATEGORY A type aircraft.
List of TC EXCEPTIONS used for TATC codes
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The TATC_CD, NOT (Not on Tables) is assigned to any new mfg/model assigned to a Category A type aircraft. A NOT model requires an AD-REVIEW, a NICO TATC-CD, and to be set to ACTIVE. They are found on the CAWIS reports menu under “Not Report”
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The mfg/model needs to be altered by an inspector to match values already on the CAWIS tables, after which point the system auto-deletes any unassigned NOT models
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The aircraft in question needs to have its flight authority reviewed (it might be listed as a Category A, but might be amateur - CCARCS passes CAWIS NULLs for flight authority, often. Null CCARCS flight authorities are set to 'A' during data import, to ensure the aircraft is reviewed by an inspector)
The NOT report
CAWIS MAIN MENU → REPORT → NOT REPORT
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2. NO TATC
In this instance, a model was found on a CATEGORY A type aircraft, it appeared on the NOT report, was reviewed by an inspector and was found not to have a NICO type approval, for whatever reason.
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