October 10, 2022

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Sofema Aviation Services (SAS) www.sassofia.com reviews Reporting Criteria identified by Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2015/1018 of 29 June 2015

 Maintenance and Continuing Airworthiness Management

  • Serious structural damage (for example: cracks, permanent deformation, delamination, debonding, burning, excessive wear, or corrosion) found during maintenance of the aircraft or component.
  • Serious leakage or contamination of fluids (for example: hydraulic, fuel, oil, gas, or other fluids).
  • Failure or malfunction of any part of an engine or powerplant and/or transmission resulting in any one or more of the following:

(a) non-containment of components/debris;
(b) failure of the engine mount structure.

  • Damage, failure, or defect of a propeller, which could lead to in-flight separation of the propeller or any major portion of the propeller and/or malfunctions of the propeller control.
  • Damage, failure, or defect of the main rotor gearbox/attachment, which could lead to in-flight separation of the rotor assembly and/or malfunctions of the rotor control.
  • Significant malfunction of a safety-critical system or equipment including an emergency system or equipment during maintenance testing or failure to activate these systems after maintenance.
  • Incorrect assembly or installation of components of the aircraft found during an inspection or test procedure not intended for that specific purpose.
  • Wrong assessment of a serious defect, or serious non-compliance with MEL and Technical logbook procedures.
  • Serious damage to Electrical Wiring Interconnection System (EWIS).
  • Any defect in a life-controlled critical part causing retirement before completion of its full life.
  • The use of products, components, or materials, from an unknown, suspect origin, or unserviceable critical components.
  • Misleading, incorrect or insufficient applicable maintenance data or procedures that could lead to significant maintenance errors, including language issues.
  • Incorrect control or application of aircraft maintenance limitations or scheduled maintenance.
  • Releasing an aircraft to service from maintenance in case of any non-compliance which endangers flight safety.
  • Serious damage caused to an aircraft during maintenance activities due to incorrect maintenance or use of inappropriate or unserviceable ground support equipment that requires additional maintenance actions.
  • Identified burning, melting, smoke, arcing, overheating, or fire occurrences.
  • Any occurrence where human performance, including fatigue of personnel, has directly contributed to or could have contributed to an accident or a serious incident.
  • Significant malfunction, reliability issue, or recurrent recording quality issue affecting a flight recorder system (such as a flight data recorder system, a data link recording system, or a cockpit voice recorder system) or lack of information needed to ensure the serviceability of a flight recorder system.

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(EU) 2015/1018, Airworthiness, aviation, Aviation Maintenance, Aviation Safety Management System, Aviation SMS, Commission Regulations (EU) 2015/1018, continuing airworthiness management, EASA, EASA Part 145, Part 145, Part 145 SMS