Transition of existing CAR-145 organisations

 The transition of existing CAR-145 organizations to the new requirements of CAR-145 Issue 3.

AAC No. 5 of 2024 Dated 18th December 2024

From 1 January 2025, each maintenance organization with a valid approval certificate issued by CAR 145 Issue 2 Rev. 5 should comply with the CAR 145 Issue 3 requirements. A transition period allows the maintenance organization to correct any findings of non-compliance with the new requirements in CAR 145 Issue 3 (‘transition findings’) until 30 June 2026.

         The main change introduced in the regulation is implementing a Safety Management System for maintenance organizations through CAR 145 (which was earlier governed by CAR Section 1 Series C Part I). 

     SMS requires, among other things, the implementation of hazard identification, risk management, and safety assurance processes and the designation of a safety manager. 

     Several organisational requirements have been changed to support the SMS processes, including the safety policy, internal occurrence reporting, staff competence, and compliance monitoring (replacing quality assurance). 

     The safety risk and compliance monitoring management are considered part of the organisation’s overall management system.

Section II of AAC 5 of 2024 illustrates a typical process that a maintenance organization may follow for the transition from CAR 145 Issue 2 Rev. 5 to CAR 145 Issue 3.

Section III of AAC 5 of 2024, Guidance for Organisations, provides a step approach for the typical transition process.

Section IV of AAC 5 of 2024, provides actions by DGCA.

Appendix I details the changes in CAR-145 Section A, which applies to an organisation's technical requirements.

‘Transition findings’ are findings of non-compliance related to the CAR 145 Issue 3 requirements as novel compared to ‘old CAR-145’. Refer to Appendix I. Closure date for these transition findings shall not exceed 30 June 2026. This may include a single ‘generic’ transition finding.

‘Generic transition finding’ that the maintenance organization has not introduced a management system pursuant the ‘new CAR-145’ requirements.

‘Oversight finding’ in this document is a finding raised against the requirements in old CAR-145 before the transition change is approved.


AAC No. 5 of 2024 Dated 18th December 2024

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