The Ministry of Civil Aviation on February 27, 2024, issued a notification regarding Maintenance Away from Approved Location(s) as per CAR 145.A.75.(c).
DGCA shall approve the procedure(s) related to granting these privileges based upon the ability of the Quality System to deal adequately with the CAR 145 requirements. Normally this ability cannot be demonstrated at the time of the initial approval, therefore this procedure cannot be included in the MOE nor approved by DGCA before the first 2-year surveillance cycle has been completed. Exceptions can be granted on a case-by-case basis for AMOs, who need to work outside the approved locations immediately after initial approval.
It should be noted that an organisation that has been granted these privileges should not be understood as if any maintenance task could be performed at any location, or that such locations become “approved locations”.
Scope of work shall be limited to:
• Aircraft type listed in the MOE 1.9 scope of work and;
• Routine tasks up to and including weekly checks or 100 Hrs or 6 months schedule (or MOE 1.9 maintenance level whichever is less);
• Troubleshooting and defect rectification
• any other specific limitation relevant to the organisation class rating, as indicated in para 5 of this AAC under scenario 1.
[Notification No. DGCA-25012(07)/3/2023]
