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January 2021

15 Jan 2021	EASA SIB 2017-18R2 - AS 350 B3 helicopters fitted with an Arriel 2D engine, AS 350 D, AS 350 B, AS 350 B1, AS 350 B2, AS 350 BA, AS 350 B3 and EC 130 B4 helicopters - Installation of a Crash Resistant Fuel System - issued 14 Jan 2021
15 Jan 2021	Continuing air worthiness notice: Garmin GTN Xi Products - ADS-B Out Not Functioning
13 Jan 2021	SAFO 21001 - Improper maintenance and/or installation of F&M Enterprises, Inc., and Stratus Tool Technologies, LLC, oil filter adapters - issued 06 Jan 2021
11 Jan 2021	Part 77 Proposals for Cranes in Auckland and Christchurch: 61 Fred Taylor Drive, Westgate, Auckland - submissions close 8 Feb 2021 2 Riccarton Avenue, Christchurch - submissions close 9 Feb 2021 9 Wynyard Street, Auckland - submissions close 8 Feb 2021
11 Jan 2021	Type Acceptance Report: Schleicher ASK 21 Series – Revision 1
11 Jan 2021	Aircraft register - updated
08 Jan 2021	Annual Report 2020
07 Jan 2021	Safety education workshops - Registrations open!
05 Jan 2021	Aircraft register - updated

December 2020

24 Dec 2020	Aviation safety summary 2020 Q3
23 Dec 2020	Part 77 Determination for Cranes at 116 Access Road, Kumeu
23 Dec 2020	New website section: Human factors
23 Dec 2020	Media advisory: Take loose batteries out of your check-in baggage
23 Dec 2020	Rule projects in progress - updated
21 Dec 2020	News: Santa passes his medical and airworthiness for “flying sleigh/taxi plus reindeer”
21 Dec 2020	Part 77 Proposals for Cranes in Auckland: 32 Anzac Road, Browns Bay, Auckland - submissions close 29 Jan 2021 110 Kitchener Road, Milford, Auckland - submissions close 29 Jan 2021 30 Waimarie Street & 37 Glover Road, St Heliers, Auckland - submissions close 29 Jan 2021
21 Dec 2020	Media release: ADS-B rule signed with December 2022 deadline
21 Dec 2020	Pending rules have been signed by the Minister of Transport and will come into force on the prescribed date: Part 1, Amendment 56 Part 91, Amendment 33 Part 101, Amendment 10 Part 172, Amendment 15
21 Dec 2020	Aircraft register - updated
21 Dec 2020	CAA Christmas hours
18 Dec 2020	Summary of public submissions received on NPRM Part 61 — Private Pilot Licence Medical Review
18 Dec 2020	Media release: Two Robinson helicopter R44 wire strike accidents
18 Dec 2020	Part 77 Proposal for Mast at Matea Road, Rangitaiki - submissions close 18 Jan 2021
17 Dec 2020	Media release: Microlight crashed into hillside after entering fog at low level
17 Dec 2020	Airworthiness Directives Schedule Amendment Nr 20-12 - effective 17 Dec 20
17 Dec 2020	Use Christmas laser lights safely
16 Dec 2020	Aviation safety summary 2020 Q2
16 Dec 2020	Proposed performance-based navigation (PBN) regulatory framework package open for comment - submissions close 19 Feb 2021
15 Dec 2020	Briefing to the Incoming Minister
14 Dec 2020	EASA SIB 2020-20 - Automatic Deployable Emergency Locator Transmitters / Crash Position Indicators - issued 01 Dec 2020
14 Dec 2020	Aircraft register - updated
11 Dec 2020	COVID-19: Make summer unstoppable campaign
10 Dec 2020	Media release: Beware of lithium batteries
10 Dec 2020	Fatal accident report: 17/7177, ZK-GEL
10 Dec 2020	List of Part 109 regulated air cargo agents (v129) - updated 09 Dec 2020
08 Dec 2020	AC21-10 (Revision 0.1) – Experimental Flight Testing Guidance - 08 Dec 2020 This is a slightly updated version of the AC, with minor changes made, in response to suggestions from readers, to incorporate: stylistic and typographical changes, reference to use of cameras as instrumentation, and reference to CAA accepted industry consensus standards as suitable guidance material.
08 Dec 2020	10/EXE/58 Exemption from the Requirement in Civil Aviation Rules 91.419 (c)(2) (i), (ii) and (iii) (Amendment #1)
08 Dec 2020	CASA AWB 63-006 Issue 2 Robinson R22 series helicopters - Issues related to the Main Rotor Drive System - issued 07 Dec 2020
08 Dec 2020	FAA SAFO 20016 Saircorp / Flight Boss Ltd. (Saircorp) Consoles - issued 23 Nov 2020
07 Dec 2020	Drones and the America's Cup
07 Dec 2020	36th America's Cup
07 Dec 2020	Aircraft register - updated
04 Dec 2020	Update on PPL medical Summary of Submissions
04 Dec 2020	CAA Industry briefing package: Fixed-wing flight training
04 Dec 2020	Vector 2020/21 - Summer issue out now!
03 Dec 2020	Phishing email scam using CAA branding
02 Dec 2020	Part 77 Determination for Crane at 121 Iles Road, Rotorua
01 Dec 2020	Notice of proposal for construction of a crane at 77 Queen Victoria Street, Motueka - submissions close 28 Dec 2020
01 Dec 2020	Omnibus rule amendments now in effect: Part 1 Part 12 Part 19 Part 61 Part 77 Part 91 Part 95 Part 115 Part 119 Part 121 Part 125 Part 139 Part 172 Part 175

November 2020

30 Nov 2020	Bird incident rate report 2020 Q3 (July to September)
30 Nov 2020	Rule projects in progress - updated
30 Nov 2020	Aircraft register - updated
27 Nov 2020	Register of Alternative Specification Approvals - Revision 4 - November 2020
27 Nov 2020	List of Part 109 regulated air cargo agents (v128) - updated 27 Nov 2020
26 Nov 2020	Airworthiness Directive Schedule Amendment Nr 20-11 - effective 26 Nov 2020
25 Nov 2020	146/148/DDH seminar recording
24 Nov 2020	AC21-10 - Experimental Flight Testing Guidance - Revision 0 This is the first issue of this Advisory Circular.
23 Nov 2020	2021 safety education workshops survey - let us know your thoughts!(external link) To help us plan our 2021 safety education workshops, we'd like to know which workshops, dates, and locations are most popular. The results from the survey will help us determine when and where we'll run workshops. Complete the survey here - it'll be open until 07 December 2020(external link).
23 Nov 2020	List of Part 109 regulated air cargo agents (v127) - updated 23 Nov 2020
23 Nov 2020	Aircraft register - updated
20 Nov 2020	COVID-19: MoT publishes updated guidance for Alert Level 1
20 Nov 2020	Draft advisory circular: AC91-24 (draft) Revision 1 – ADS-B Systems - comments close 18 Dec 2020
19 Nov 2020	COVID-19: Face covering exemption card
19 Nov 2020	Type acceptance reports Pratt & Whitney Canada JT15D Series Cessna 501/551 - Revision 1
19 Nov 2020	Navigable airspace determination Light towers at Hagley Oval, Christchurch
18 Nov 2020	COVID-19: Posters for operators
17 Nov 2020	MoT publishes updated guidance for Alert Level 1
17 Nov 2020	Vector online: Summer flying
17 Nov 2020	Appointment to the Director of Civil Aviation/Chief Executive role
16 Nov 2020	COVID-19: Face covering requirements
16 Nov 2020	Aircraft register - updated
13 Nov 2020	CAA Notice NTC 91.258 Revision 2 and summary of submissions
12 Nov 2020	New course dates: Inspection Authorisation (IA) certificate initial course Inspection Authorisation (IA) certificate renewal course
12 Nov 2020	Notice of objects and activities affecting navigable airspace Crane at 132 Shakespeare Road, Takapuna, Auckland - submissions close 30 Nov 2020
12 Nov 2020	Revised form: 24066-11
12 Nov 2020	Media release: Public sector goes the extra mile to locate 40-year-old crash site
12 Nov 2020	Continuing airworthiness notice: Lycoming O-540-F1B5 engines with a S/N ending in “-40E” installed in Robinson R44 Raven I and R44 Cadet helicopters
12 Nov 2020	New form: CAA820 - Application for support to obtain foreign validation of a New Zealand aviation design approval
10 Nov 2020	Advice for contacting our licensing team
10 Nov 2020	Lighting and marking of wind farm turbines - updated
09 Nov 2020	Continuing airworthiness notice: Diamond DA 42 Rudder Steering Bracket P/N D60-5710-20-00-NPC
09 Nov 2020	Type Acceptance Report: Continental TAE 125 Series
09 Nov 2020	Notice of objects and activities affecting navigable airspace Crane at 121 Illes Road, Lynmore, Rotorua - submissions close 5 Dec 2020
09 Nov 2020	Aircraft register - updated
06 Nov 2020	Type rating: CAE SimuFlite DFW East (Texas)- EMB 500
05 Nov 2020	FAA SAIB NM-20-17 Aircraft Interior Disinfection - issued 04 Nov 2020
04 Nov 2020	Type rating: Aviation Specialties Unlimited (USA) - NVG initial pilot training course
04 Nov 2020	Emergency airworthiness directive: FAA AD 2020-22-07 Bell Helicopters - effective 18 Nov 2020
03 Nov 2020	EASA SIB 2018-10R1 Super Absorbent Polymers Contamination of Jet Fuel (Also refer to FAA SAIB HQ-18-17R1 Engine Fuel and Control – Filter Monitor Media Migration) - issued 28 Oct 2020
02 Nov 2020	Media release: Airspace restrictions on over Whakaari/White Island lifted
02 Nov 2020	Aircraft register - updated

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