The CAA will issue a continuing airworthiness notice (CAN) to bring industry attention to an issue which does not necessarily meet the threshold of an ‘unsafe condition’ – which would warrant an airworthiness directive (AD). A CAN alerts, educates, recommends and guides, however compliance with the details of a CAN is not mandatory.

List of CANs on the CAA website as at 2 November 2022 [XLSX 40 KB]

If you have any questions or queries about CANs, email airworthinessdirectives@caa.govt.nz.

Latest continuing airworthiness notices

This Continuing Airworthiness Notice (CAN) is issued to advise operators and maintainers that Aeroprakt Ltd has issued Service Bulletin A32-06, dated 2 December 2019 with instructions to inspect the windscreen fitted on A-32 and A-32L (Vixxen) aircraft.

This Continuing Airworthiness Notice (CAN) alerts operators of affected helicopters of the risk of fuel contamination when refuelling in dusty environments and mitigate the risk with good fuel-handling procedures when operating at remote locations.

Continuing Airworthiness Notice (CAN) 71-002, issue 1 revised to introduce Eurocopter Service Letter (SL) 1706-24-05 dated 8 June 2005, which pertains to the subject of this CAN. The CAA strongly recommends that operators/maintainers of affected helicopte

This Continuing Airworthiness Notice (CAN) is prompted by reports received by the CAA of operators experiencing a loss of compression and engine power due to cracks found in a number of Lycoming parallel valve cylinders listed in the applicability section