Airworthiness Notice—: Continuing Structural Integrity of Transport Aeroplanes

The Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) has in the past declared ‘lives’ for some nominally ‘fail safe’ aeroplane types pending further evidence. This Notice offers structural review and inspection as an alternative to such ‘lifing’ provided that the constructor provides a document describing the inspections necessary to ensure that damage and incipient failure can be found before unacceptable structural weakening occurs.