CIVIL AVIATION SAFETY REGULATIONS 1998 - REG 21.840 Aircraft propellers, blades and hubs must carry identification marks
CIVIL AVIATION SAFETY REGULATIONS 1998 - REG 21.840
Aircraft propellers, blades and hubs must carry identification marks(1) This regulation sets out the requirements to mark information on, or attach a manufacturer's data plate to, an aircraft propeller, propeller blade or propeller hub to which this Division applies.
(2) The holder of the type certificate or production certificate under which such a propeller, blade or hub is manufactured must:
(a) legibly mark on it by a fireproof method, as set out in subregulation (3), the information mentioned in subregulation (5); or
(b) attach to it, as set out in subregulation (4), a manufacturer's data plate on which that information is legibly marked by a fireproof method.
(2A) An offence against subregulation (2) is an offence of strict liability.
Note: For strict liability , see section 6.1 of the Criminal Code .
(3) If information is marked on a propeller, blade or hub, it must be marked in a way that ensures that it is not likely to be defaced.
(4) If a manufacturer's data plate is attached to a propeller, blade or hub, the plate must be attached to a non - critical surface in a way that ensures that the plate is not likely to be defaced or become detached during normal service, nor lost in an accident.
(a) the manufacturer's name; and
(b) the identification number of the type certificate (if any) of the propeller; and
(c) the identification number of the production certificate (if any) under which the propeller is manufactured; and
(d) the model designation of the propeller, blade or hub; and
Note: For the definitions of identification number ,
production certificate and type certificate see the Dictionary.