TATC - Type Approval/Type Certfificate TC Exceptions
- kurt.martin
The Inspectors in CAW assign Type-approvals from NICO (NAPA Issued Certificates Online)
NAPA Issued Certificates Online (NICO)
as new Mfg/models are acquired.
Data Sample
Here, we see an example of Type-approvals (TATC_CD) acquired from NICO.
We also see non-standard entries, “Not Certificated” and “Not Identified” - these are examples of TC Exceptions which are dictated either by the Flight-Authority assigned to a given aircraft or the location where CAWIS acquired the Mfg/model data.
FLIGHT AUTHORITY CODE | DESCRIPTION | Category |
|---|---|---|
A | C-OF-A (Standard Certificate of Airworthiness) | A |
B | Restricted Certificate of Airworthiness | A |
C | Owner Maintenance - When an aircraft gets older it can become uneconomical to maintain, in terms of inspections and compliance with AD’S, so the owner takes over maintenance of the aircraft themselves. An “X” is appended onto the models of these aircraft - (Must file an AAIR, but does not get sent AD’s) | B |
D | Limited Certificate of Airworthiness | A |
E | Exhibition Certificate of Airworthiness | A |
F | Amateur Built (Must file an AAIR, but does not get sent AD’s) | B |
G | Experimental Certificate of Airworthiness | A |
H | UltraLight (Does not file an AAIR, and does not get sent AD’s) | B |
I | Advanced UltraLight (Does not file an AAIR, and does not get sent AD’s) | B |
J | Specific Purpose Certificate of Airworthiness | A |
K | Special Purpose Certificate of Airworthiness | A |
L | Non-Type Certified | A |
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
NOT
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”
OR
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
OR
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
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.
(Note: a NICO type-approval cannot ALWAYS be acquired for every model on all Category A type aircraft)
So NO TATC is used as an exception TATC code that indicates, that this product probably should be type-approved, but is not.
Anything marked "NO TATC" gets set to “NOT IDENTIFIED” when ALL instances of that model leave the country and are only found on deregistered aircraft. If that model re-appears on a newly registered, type-approved aircraft, (usually several years later) it gets assigned “NOT” again. This ensures the mfg/model is re-evaluated if its not been on the Canadian register for a while.
“Questionable” Type-approvals (D-LIMITED, E-EXHIBITION, G-EXPERIMENTAL, J-SPECIFIC PURPOSE, K-SPECIAL PURPOSE, L-NON TYPE CERTIFIED) can potentially be Amateur aircraft, but aircraft under these flight-authorities are ALSO intermixed with NICO Type-approved aircraft, and so must be evaluated under Category A rules.
In general, the TI’s use "NO TATC" to keep these unidentifiable models off of the NOT report –
(Note : NOT CERTIFICATED" IS FOR CATEGORY B aircraft, only )
3. NOT CERTIFICATED
“Not Certificated” is only used on Mfg/models found on an Amateur, Ultralight or an Owner maintained aircraft. (CATEGORY B) These Mfg/Models will have never been installed on a Canadian Category A type aircraft and have never undergone AD review.
If a NOT CERTIFICATED mfg/model is ever found assigned to a CATEGORY A type aircraft, the model gets assigned TATC=NOT and it gets moved onto the NOT report for TI review
Note: Amateur/Ultralight aircraft can occasionally be found having NICO type-approved Mfg/models assigned to them (engines and propellers) , but they do not have to comply with AD’s
4. NOT IDENTIFIED
“Not Identified” means a mfg/model was found only within the SDR or AD data (m73/c10). It Possibly is on the NICO type-approved list, but no instances of this model are found on any aircraft on the current register. When NOT IDENTIFIED models are found on a newly registered type-approved aircraft, the model gets assigned TATC=NOT and is moved onto NOT report for TI review.