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May 2025

1 May 2025

Advisory Circulars monthly report - April 2025 [PDF 375 KB]

April 2025

30 Apr 2025

Part 77 determinations

  • Crane at 43 Cedar Terrace, Stanmore Bay, Auckland - no hazard determined
  • Crane at 95 Willow Street, Tauranga - hazard determined
  • Crane at 250 Duck Creek Road, Stillwater, Auckland - no hazard determined
  • Meteorological Mast at Taihape-Napier Road - hazard determined
  • Mobile crane at Southland Museum, Queens Park, Invercargill - hazard determined

30 Apr 2025

Transport Canada AD CF-2025-23 Bell 505 Oil Cooler Fan Assembly Housing - Inspection [PDF 172 KB]

Other authorities' airworthiness advisories: Transport Canada

30 Apr 2025

Vector Online: The life-saving importance of the duplicate inspection

28 Apr 2025

Type acceptance report

Beech 33/35/36 Bonanza Series [PDF 694 KB]

Revision 2 adds all the other models on the Type Certificate which were not previously included in the report.

28 Apr 2025

Part 77 proposal

  • Crane at 94-84 Marshs Road, Hornby, Christchurch
    Submissions close 17 May 2025

28 Apr 2025

Physical addresses of regulated air cargo agents (RACA) updated [PDF 184 KB]

24 Apr 2025

Airworthiness Directive Schedule Amendment Nr 25-04 - effective 24 April 2025 [PDF 1.1 MB]

23 Apr 2025

Transport Canada Emergency AD CF-2025-21-E Bell 407 and 427 helicopters, all S/N: Main Rotor Expandable Blade Bolts - Incorrect heat treatment [PDF 176 KB]

Emergency airworthiness directives

23 Apr 2025

Vector Online: “It’s about being a reasonable human”

17 Apr 2025

Airspace user consultation

NZR100 Proposed Amendment for New Operator – Channel Infrastructure NZ Limited

16 Apr 2025

Transport Canada CASA-2025-04 Teledyne Continental Engine Through Bolt Replacement [PDF 225 KB]

Other authorities' airworthiness advisories: Transport Canada

16 Apr 2025

Vector Online: Fix your seatbelt low and tight

14 Apr 2025

Airspace user consultation

The Hawke’s Bay and East Coast Aeroclub (HBECAC) have submitted an application to designate a VRP approximately 3 NM south southeast of Hastings aerodrome.

14 Apr 2025

UK CAA Emergency AD 2025-0001R1-E Hot Air Balloon Cylinders fitted with PRV adaptor CB8426 – Inspect for Cracking [PDF 192 KB]

Emergency airworthiness directives

11 Apr 2025

Media release: Civil Aviation Authority New Zealand seeks industry feedback on Asia-Pacific Reference Materials to facilitate operations of Unmanned Aircraft Systems and Advanced Air Mobility

9 Apr 2025

Vector Online: Different flying experiences in the North and South Islands

8 Apr 2025

Part 77 proposals

  • Crane at Hawke’s Bay Airport
    Submissions close 1 May 2025
  • Crane at Fonterra Clandeboye Site
    Submissions close 1 May 2025
  • Crane at Dunedin Airport
    Submissions close 6 May 2025
  • Crane at 358 Puhinui Road, Wiri
    Submissions close 6 May 2025

8 Apr 2025

Aircraft register - updated [CSV 946 KB]

7 Apr 2025

General requirements - use of an approved electronic logbook

7 Apr 2025

Inspection Authorisation (IA) certificate refresher course

We've confirmed the course to be held in Auckland in July:

Date: 3-4 July 2025
Location: Auckland Airport Sudima Hotel

3 Apr 2025

Civil Aviation Act 2023 coming into effect next week

2 Apr 2025

CAN 14-003 Revision 1 Defective Self-locking Nuts P/N MS21042L3

Continuing airworthiness notices

2 Apr 2025

Newly revised educational publications available now – April 2025 revisions

Helicopter performance GAP booklet [PDF 3.1 MB]

Navigating the rules GAP booklet [PDF 5.3 MB]

Civil aviation rules and advisory circulars poster [PDF 273 KB]

Download digital copies by clicking the links above or order your free printed copies using our online order form.

March 2025

31 Mar 2025

Advisory Circulars monthly report - March 2025 [PDF 375 KB]

31 Mar 2025

UK CAA Emergency AD 2025-0001-E Hot Air Balloon Cylinders fitted with PRV adaptor CB8426 – Inspect for Cracking [PDF 192 KB]

Emergency airworthiness directives

28 Mar 2025

IA - Certificate of Inspection Authorisation (public holder list)

28 Mar 2025

Part 77 proposal

  • Crane at 74-76 Grafton Rd, Auckland
    Submissions close 24 April 2025

28 Mar 2025

Latest issue of Vector

Vector magazine: The autumn issue 2025 is now available.

27 Mar 2025

Part 77 determinations

  • Crane at Old Saleyard Road, Cromwell - no hazard determined
  • Wind Farm at Aokautere - hazard determined
  • Further Efflux discharge at an existing Dairy Plant at the corner of Browning Street and Campbell Road, Tokoroa - hazard determined
  • Crane at 16 Holloway Place, Penrose, Auckland - no hazard determined
  • Crane at Takitimu Drive, State Highway 29 / 15th Avenue, Tauranga - no hazard determined

27 Mar 2025

Airworthiness Directive Schedule Amendment Nr 25-03 - effective 27 March 2025

26 Mar 2025

Aircraft register - updated [CSV 946 KB]

24 Mar 2025

Medical certification – How do I seek a review on a medical decision made by CAA? [PDF 65 KB]

Review a medical decision

24 Mar 2025

Aircraft register - updated [CSV 946 KB]

21 Mar 2025

Part 77 proposals

  • Construction Vehicles at Kawarau Road, Queenstown
    Submissions close 18 April 2025
  • Crane at 95 Willow St, Tauranga
    Submissions close 18 April 2025

20 Mar 2025

We’ve updated our operational policies to align with the Civil Aviation Act 2023:

Operational policies

20 Mar 2025

From 5 April 2025, all forms will change to align with the Civil Aviation Act 2023. If you are applying under the 1990 Act, please continue to use the forms on our main forms page. If you’re applying under the Civil Aviation Act 2023, please use the realigned forms:

Forms from 5 April 2025

20 Mar 2025

Transport Canada AD CF-2025-17 Bell 505 helicopters, S/N 65011 and subsequent fitted with ballast kit P/N SLS-706-201-007 [PDF 172 KB]

Other authorities' airworthiness advisories: Transport Canada

19 Mar 2025

Part 77 proposals

  • Crane at 250 Duck Creek Road, Stillwater, Auckland
    Submissions close 16 April 2025
  • Mobile Crane at 43 Cedar Terrace, Stanmore Bay, Auckland
    Submissions close 16 April 2025

19 Mar 2025

Advisory Circular AC66-3.1, Revision 0, Aircraft Maintenance Approval — Examination Subject 180 Maintenance of Special Category Amateur Aircraft

This is a new AC. It provides an acceptable means of compliance for the syllabus content in respect of written and oral examinations for the Special Category Amateur Aircraft. This AC also provides guidance for recommended study material in respect of the examination syllabi in this AC.

Although this is the initial revision of this AC, it is largely drawn from the syllabus for Subject 180, Maintenance Certification of Experimental Category Aircraft. This AC also includes updated information for study materials to sit an examination and aligning format to current AC standards. Because it is new, it is not marked up.

Advisory Circulars open for consultation

19 Mar 2025

Advisory Circular AC66-1, Revision 7, Aircraft Maintenance Engineer Licence – General – open for consultation

This AC has been revised and is available for consultation. Revision 7 adds components on:

  • Practical Consolidation Training (PCT) for Practical Training Records (PTR)
  • Amateur Build Maintenance Authorisations, and
  • Foreign Aircraft Maintenance Engineer (AME) Recognition Consolidated Examination.

As well as these changes, to align with the Civil Aviation Act 2023 (CA Act 2023), we have updated:

  • section numbers to reflect the CA Act 2023
  • wording in the section on rule 66.9(a)(1), Fit and proper person (FPP) test, to reflect Act changes
  • guidance in the section on rule 66.19, Medical requirements, and
  • the Note on the bottom of page 8 relating to applying online.

Finally, this revision notes rule 66.17, Offences involving alcohol or drugs, has been removed in the new Part 66.

Advisory Circulars open for consultation

17 Mar 2025

Briefing to the Incoming Minister, March 2025 [PDF 5 MB]

17 Mar 2025

Aircraft register - updated [CSV 946 KB]

17 Mar 2025

The 2025 NZ Aviation Meteorology (MET) Symposium was hosted by CAA on 21 February 2025, with attendees both in-person and online. The focus of this MET Symposium was to look to the future with three themed sessions:

  • Climate change implications
  • Preparing for space weather
  • Future of data

Presentations from all previous symposiums, are available below.

MET developments

13 Mar 2025

AC91-25, Passenger Safety Briefings – new Easy Read versions and extended consultation deadline

We now have Easy Read versions of this draft AC. To give people a chance to provide feedback, we've also extended the deadline for providing feedback to Tuesday 22 April 2025.

12 Mar 2025

EASA AD 2025-0056 DG-300, DG-300 ELAN, DG-300 ELAN ACRO, DG-300 CLUB ELAN, DG-300 CLUB ELAN ACRO gliders [PDF 223 KB]

Emergency airworthiness directives

12 Mar 2025

Vector Online: Lucky strike

10 Mar 2025

Fly More, Fly Smart: CAA Urges Pilots not to ‘Wing it’

10 Mar 2025

Aircraft register - updated [CSV 946 KB]

10 Mar 2025

Part 77 determination

  • Crane at 26 Top Road, Dairy Flat site - hazard determined

10 Mar 2025

Part 77 proposals

  • Crane at 27 McLean Street, Tauranga
    Submissions close 2 April 2025
  • Meteorological Mast at Taihape-Napier Road
    Submissions close 2 April 2025
  • Crane at 485 Puhinui Road, Wiri
    Submissions close 3 April 2025

7 Mar 2025

CASA Airworthiness Bulletin (AWB) 67-007 Issue 1 - AW139 Tail Rotor Pedal Control Tube Cracking(external link)

Other authorities' airworthiness advisories: CASA

7 Mar 2025

Continuing Airworthiness Notice – 05-007 Revision 2 Lycoming Service Instruction 1009 – Time Between Overhaul Extensions [PDF 112 KB]

Continuing airworthiness notices

6 Mar 2025

AC61-1, Revision 14, Pilot licences and ratings – General

This AC has been updated and is available at the link above.

Revision 14 makes changes to align with new sections and rule parts under the Civil Aviation Act 2023 (CA Act 2023), minor stylistic updates and updates the section relating to online applications on page 5. It also:

  • clarifies the requirements of rule 61.21, Flight tests, regarding remedial training and retesting, and where CAA authorisation is required, and
  • adds a new Appendix 1, Guidance for remedial training and CAA authorisation, so the previous Appendix 1 is now Appendix 2.

Note: Section 7.1, Medical Certificates, refers to the CA Act 2023 in the text, but adds a footnote to the equivalent reference in the CA Act 1990.

There is a marked-up version available here [PDF 514 KB], so participants can identify the main changes easily.  As with other marked-up ACs, the sections in yellow highlight denote insertions and the sections in strikethrough denote deletions.

5 Mar 2025

WTSA news: post-campaign survey

Massey University’s School of Aviation is running an anonymous survey to measure the effectiveness of the Work Together, Stay Apart safety campaign.

If you operate at, or from, unattended aerodromes, we would appreciate it if you took some time to complete the survey. It’s open for six weeks until 16 April.

Unattended aerodrome survey(external link)

5 Mar 2025

Air Law – pilot syllabi changes

The Part 61 Air Law syllabi have all been updated to reflect the new CA Act 2023 and recent rule changes that will come into effect on 5 April 2025.  We have provided a marked-up version of each of the syllabi so participants can easily see the changes.

Until then, these syllabi are provided to enable flight training providers to amend their training material before the update occurs in April. Please continue to use the current version of the applicable Advisory Circulars of each syllabus for current Air Law examinations.

5 Mar 2025

Vector Online: The foundation of a strong engineering culture

4 Mar 2025

Continuing Airworthiness Notice – 05-007 Revision 2 Lycoming Service Instruction 1009 – Time Between Overhaul Extensions [PDF 112 KB]

Continuing airworthiness notices

4 Mar 2025

Airport security signage update

The Civil Aviation Act 2023, which comes into effect on 5 April 2025, requires all Operational Area signs to have the existing penalties and references to the 1990 Act either removed or covered. There are some additional changes which affect Security Area signage at security designated aerodromes.

Aviation security

 

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