Provisional Translation
| OTO No. | 545 | Classification | MOT-48 |
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| Date of Acceptance | March 11, 1996 | Ministry/Agency Receiving Complaint | Economic Planning Agency |
| Responsible Ministries | Ministry of Transport | Related Laws | Civil Aeronautics Law |
| Complainant | Domestic individual | Exporting Countries | Germany |
| Subject | Airworthiness certificate for powered gliders | ||
| Details of Measures | Aircraft must have a valid airworthiness certificate in order to be allowed to fly. Regarding a type of powered glider attempting to obtain an airworthiness certificate in Japan for the first time, the law allows airworthiness inspectors to conduct inspection for airworthiness certificates, but this is impossible under the present application of the law, and the complainant was advised as follows: 1. Given the spread of powered gliders for recreational use, the rules for implementing the Aviation Law were amended on December 20, 1990 to allow airworthiness inspectors to conduct airworthiness tests as well. However, for the first airworthiness test of a powered glider introduced into Japan for the first time, the government will conduct inspections as it has until now until airworthiness inspectors acquire enough experience and knowledge to allow them to conduct design inspections appropriately. The content of airworthiness inspections is basically the same, regardless of whether they are conducted by aircraft inspectors or by airworthiness inspectors, and the inspection fees and the time required are the same. 2. Under Japan's Aviation Law, even if the aircraft is accompanied by a certificate from the manufacturing country, inspections of certain design and manufacturing processes are omitted but other necessary inspections must be carried out. As a result of partial revisions to the Aviation Law (made public on May 9, 1996), aircraft which have obtained a type certificate and which are of approved design are subject to a simplified airworthiness inspection. In addition, preparations are being made for the initial airworthiness inspection for new types of powered gliders in keeping with the intent of the Aviation Law, and the complainant was advised that inspection manuals for airworthiness inspectors will be revised and training held at an early date, to enable inspections to be carried out as early as possible in fiscal 1997. |
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| Classification of Processing | A | Directions | 1. II-a 2. II-b |
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