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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.

Penalty:   20 penalty units.

  (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.

  (5)   The information is:

  (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

  (e)   its serial number.

Note:   For the definitions of identification number , production certificate and type certificate see the Dictionary.

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