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Part V - Airworthiness Manual Chapter 537 - Airworthiness Standards Appliances and Parts

Canadian Aviation Regulations (CARs) 2011-2

Content last revised: 2010/12/01

Interpretation Provision for Part V Standards

In these Standards:

(a) The passages giving the Minister the power to determine, approve, establish or authorise something without stating the criteria for the use of such power are to be construed as requiring that the power be used in consideration of two factors:  the airworthiness of the appliance or part that is the subject of the determination, approval or authorisation, or of the aircraft on which the appliance or part that is the subject of the determination, approval or authorisation is to be installed, and the aircraft’s level of safety;
(amended 2009/12/01; previous version)

(b) the word “approved” or “authorised”, when used without an indication of a method of approval or authorisation, is to be construed as referring to an approval or an authorisation granted under the Aeronautics Act.
(amended 2009/12/01; previous version)

Procurement Of Reference Publications

Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) Technical Standard Orders (TSO) referenced in this Chapter of the Airworthiness Manual are available in English only and may be consulted free at::

Transport Canada (AARDHA)
Aircraft Certification Technical Reference Centre
Technical Reference Center
Place de Ville, Tower C,
330 Sparks Street, Room 465
Ottawa, Ontario
K1A 0N8
or:

by Internet at :

http://rgl.faa.gov/Regulatory_and_Guidance_Library/
rgTSO.nsf/MainFrame?OpenFrameSet

(amended 2009/12/01; previous version)

Preamble

The content of this Chapter is based on the Aviation Technical Standard Orders referenced in FAA Advisory Circular No. 20-110C, Appendix 1, the “Index of Aviation Technical Standards Orders”, dated May 13, 1986, published by the Federal Aviation Administration (U.S.); and on standards previously published in the Engineering and Inspection Manual, Part II.

This change contains:

(a) A revised list of Aviation Technical Standard Orders in Subchapter B, based on Advisory Circular AC 20- 110D, Appendix 1, dated June 12, 1987; and

(b) One additional standard, “Helicopter Passenger Transportation Suit System”, added to Subchapter C.

Changes are identified by brackets; editorial alterations and typographical corrections will not be identified.

The content of this change has been subjected to consultation with the aviation industry and has received general acceptance.

This change contains:

(a) A revised list of Aviation Technical Standard Orders in Subchapter B based on Advisory Circular, AC 20-110G, Appendix 1, dated June 19, 1991; and

(b) An amendment to Section 537.203 addressing Child Restraint Systems Standards with the following changes:

(1) A revised definition of “Child Restraint System”,

(2) Added the standards of Chapter 921 of the Hazardous Products Act pertaining to child restraint systems manufactured after January 1, 1981.

(3) Amended the FMVSS No. 213 Standards which have been adopted with some limitations in Canada.

(4) Adopted CMVSS No. 213 as Canadian Aviation Standard.

This change contains:

(a) A revised list of Aviation Technical Standard Orders in Subchapter B, based on Advisory Circular AC 20-110H, Appendix 1, dated May 6, 1993.

(b) A modification of paragraph 537.7that specifies the identification requirements for appliances as contained in the Air Regulations Series II, No.1, section 14; and

(c) A relocation of paragraph 537.9 of the Procurement of Reference Publications to page iv.

This change contains the following:

(a) A revised list of Aviation Technical Standard Orders in Subchapter B, based on Advisory Circular AC 20-110J, Appendix 1, dated May 30, 1997, including TSO-C149 and TSO-C150 published by FAA after May 30, 1997 . This change was subjected to consultation with the aviation industry through NPA 1998-174, dated 19 August 1998, and has received general acceptance;

(b) Cross reference criteria between FAR and Canadian regulations, that were previously contained in AMA 537/1, and the AMA has been canceled. This change was subjected to consultation with the aviation industry through NPA 1994-16, dated 20 December 1994, and has received general acceptance; and

(c) The addition of an Information Note after paragraph 537.205 (c).

Information note:

Effective 1 December 1998 a new Chapter 551of the Airworthiness Manual, entitled “Aircraft Equipment and Installation Standards” has been published. This chapter contains the acceptable design standards as well as installation standards for use by installers and users of these items of equipment.

Chapter 537 “ Appliances” of this manual remains valid; it specifies the current standards for issuance of a Type Certificate for new aviation appliances and is designer / manufacturer oriented.

1. General

This change introduces a new amendment format.  This new amendment format is introduced in Chapter 537 of the Airworthiness Manual in order to be more consistent with the administrative procedures followed to amend the Canadian Aviation Regulations (CARs).

The following changes to the amendment procedures are introduced in this Change 537-5:

• the preamble will become the focal point regarding the sections affected by this Change.  The change number will no longer be provided at the end of an amended section.  Rather, for the current change only, an amendment tag identifying the “coming into force date” of the provision will follow the amended text. (example:  (amended 2003/06/01)).
• brackets “[ ]” will no longer be used to identify new or revised text.  In the paper version, new or revised text will be highlighted.  In the electronic version, new or revised text will not be highlighted but followed by an electronic link to the previous version of the modified text. (example:  (amended 2003/06/01; previous version)).
• the preamble will include a table of change information.  This table will include the Notices of Proposed Amendments (NPAs) with the corresponding amended sections.

2. Simplified Process for the Amendment of the Design Standards of Airworthiness by Adopting by Reference a Foreign Amendment

Table of Change Information
Notice of Proposed Amendment	Amended Section
2001-250 (Effective: 1 October 2001) 2002-028 (Effective: 15 April 2002)	537.103

These proposed amendments adopt by reference recently amended and published Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) Technical Standard Orders (TSO) to harmonize section 537.103 with the FAA’s list of TSOs.

3. CARAC Proposed Amendment Recommendations

This change implements the following amendments to the standard recommended by the CARAC Technical Committee Part V- Aircraft Certification

Table of Change Information
Notice of Proposed Amendment	Amended Section
1998-284	537.207

With the publication of the Canadian Aviation Regulations (CARs) in 1996 and the revocation of the Engineering and Inspection Manual (E&I Manual), some information contained in Part II, Chapter III, section 3.12 of the E&I Manual regarding emergency locator transmitters (ELT), especially ELT batteries, would be lost.  The CARAC Equipment Standards – Airworthiness Manual 551/537 Working Group studied the above problem and recommended that a new section be added to Chapter 537 of the Airworthiness Manual to capture information that will be left out as a result of the revocation of the E&I Manual.

Table of Change Information
Notice of Proposed Amendment	Amended Section
2001-018	537.205

The CARAC Technical Committee Part V - Aircraft Certification, 551/537 Working Group recommended in its final report that the revised CGSB standards for helicopter passenger transportation suit systems be reviewed for adoption when it comes into effect.  The revision to this CGSB standard is an attempt to harmonize the CAN/CGSB 65.16 standard for marine abandonment immersion suit systems so as to achieve possible dual role certification.  The Aircraft Certification Branch of Transport Canada was involved in the development of this revision to the CGSB standards.

Table of Change Information
Notice of Proposed Amendment	Amended Section
2000-110	537.103

This proposed amendment adopts the FAA TSO for Terrain Awareness Warning System (TAWS) harmonizes section 537.103 with the FAA’s list of TSOs.

1. Simplified Process for the Amendment of the Design Standards of Airworthiness by Adopting by Reference a Foreign Amendment

Table of Change Information
Notice of Proposed Amendment	Amended Section
2003-134 (effective July 9, 2003)	537.103

This amendment updates the list of Transport Canada approved TSOs from the FAA list of recently amended and published Technical Standard Orders (TSO).  The adoption of these FAA TSOs harmonizes section 537.103 with the FAA’s list of TSOs.

2. CARAC Proposed Amendment Recommendations

This change implements the following amendments to the standard recommended by the CARAC Technical Committee Part V:

Table of Change Information
Notice of Proposed Amendment	Amended Section
2004-037	537.201 537.205 537.207

This amendment deletes the requirements for aircraft passenger transportation suit systems and emergency locator transmitters.  These requirements are deleted from Chapter 537 in order to transfer these requirements into the more appropriate location of Chapter 551.

This change contains the following:

Table of Change Information
Notice of Proposed Amendment	Amended Section
2005-011	537.103

This amendment updates the list of Transport Canada approved TSOs from the FAA list of recently amended and published Technical Standard Orders (TSO). The adoption of these FAA TSOs harmonizes section 537.103 with the FAA’s list of TSOs.

This change contains the following:

Table of Change Information
Notice of Proposed Amendment	Amended Section	New/Revised TSO	Cancelled TSO
2006-004	537.103	TSO-C1d	TSO-C1c
		TSO-C26d	TSO-C26c
		TSO-C39c	TSO-C39b
		TSO-C54c	TSO-C54b
		TSO-C132
		TSO-C155
		TSO-C157
		TSO-C158
		TSO-C159
		TSO-C163
		TSO-C164
		TSO-C165
		TSO-C166
		TSO-C167
		TSO-C169
		TSO-C170
		TSO-C171
		TSO-C173

This amendment updates the list of Transport Canada adopted Technical Standard Orders (TSOs) with those recently amended and published TSOs identified from the FAA list of current TSOs, as modified between 30 September 2003 and 2 May 2005.  The adoption of these FAA TSOs is in order to harmonize section 537.103 with the FAA’s current list of TSOs.

Table of Change Information
Notice of Proposed Amendment	Amended Section	New/Revised TSO	Cancelled TSO
2006-009	537.103	TSO-C59a	TSO-C59
		TSO-C122a	TSO-C122
		TSO-C128a	TSO-C128
		TSO-C139	-
		TSO-C154a	TSO-C154
		TSO-C174	-

This amendment updates the list of Transport Canada adopted Technical Standard Orders (TSOs) with those recently amended and published TSOs identified from the FAA list of current TSOs, as modified between 3 May 2005 and 26 August 2005.  The adoption of these FAA TSOs harmonizes section 537.103 with the FAA’s current list of TSOs.

This change contains the following:

Table of Change Information
Notice of Proposed Amendment	Amended Section	New/Revised TSO	Cancelled TSO
2007-019	537.103		TSO-C31d
			TSO-C32d
			TSO-C37d
			TSO-C38d
		TSO-C16a	TSO-C16
			TSO-C16 A-1
		TSO-C44c	TSO-C44b
		TSO-C45b	TSO-C45a
			TSO-C50c
		TSO-C56b	TSO-C56a
			TSO-C57a
			TSO-C58a
		TSO-C62e	TSO-C62d
		TSO-C121a	TSO-C121
		TSO-C123b	TSO-C123a
		TSO-C142a	TSO-C142
		TSO-C175
		TSO-C176
		TSO-C177
		TSO-C178
		TSO-C179

This amendment updates the list of Transport Canada adopted Technical Standard Orders (TSOs) with those recently amended and published TSOs identified from the FAA list of current TSOs, as modified between 17 May 2004 and 22 August 2006.

TSO-C31d and TSO-C32d are deleted from AWM 537.103 because TSO-170 High Frequency (HF) Radio Communications Transceiver Equipment Operating Within the Radio Frequency combines the requirements of the cancelled TSO-C31d, High Frequency Radio Communications Transmitting Equipment Operating Within the Radio Frequency Range of 1.5 to 30 Megahertz and TSO-C32d, High Frequency Radio Communications Receiving Equipment Operating Within the Radio Frequency Range of 1.5 to 30 Megahertz.

TSO-C37d and TSO-C38d are deleted from the AWM 537.103 because TSO-169 VHF Radio Communications Transceiver Equipment Operating Within the Radio Frequency Range 117.975 combines the requirements of TSO-C37d, VHF Radio Communications Transmitting Equipment Operating within the Radio Frequency Range 117.975 – 136.000 Megahertz and TSO-C38d, VHF Radio Communications Receiving Equipment Operating within the Radio Frequency Range 117.975 – 136.000 Megahertz, as well as updates the requirements to include 8.33 Kilohertz (kHz) channel spacing capability.

TSO-C50c, TSO-C57a and TSO-C58a are deleted from the AWM 537.103 because TSO-C139 Aircraft Audio Systems and Equipment affects new applications submitted after its effective date. The FAA cancelled TSO-C50c, Audio Selector Panels and Amplifiers, TSO-C57a, Headsets and Speakers, and TSO-C58a, Aircraft Microphones, after publishing TSO-C139.

This change contains the following:

Table of Change Information
Notice of Proposed Amendment	Amended Section	New/Revised TSO	Cancelled TSO
2007-029	537.103	TSO-C5f	TSO-C5e
		TSO-C8e	TSO-C8d
		TSO-C76a	TSO-C76
		TSO-C88b	TSO-C88a
		TSO-C124b	TSO-C124a
		TSO-C144a	TSO-C144
		TSO-C145b	TSO-C145a
		TSO-C146b	TSO-C146a
		TSO-C154b	TSO-C154a
		TSO-C166a	TSO-C166
		TSO-C190

This amendment updates the list of Transport Canada adopted Technical Standard Orders (TSOs) with those recently amended and published TSOs identified from the FAA list of current TSOs, as modified between 23 August 2006 and 17 April 2007.  The adoption of these FAA TSOs harmonizes section 537.103 with the FAA’s current list of TSOs.

This change contains the following:

Table of Change Information
Notice of Proposed Amendment	Amended Section	New/Revised TSO	Cancelled TSO
2009-006	537.103	TSO-C3e	TSO-C3d
		TSO-C6e	TSO-C6d
		TSO-C22g with note	-
		TSO-C47a	TSO-C47
		TSO-C55a	TSO-C55
		TSO-C64b	TSO-C64a
		TSO-C78a	TSO-C78
		TSO-C74d	TSO-C74c
		TSO-C85b	TSO-C85a
		TSO-C89a	TSO-C89
		-	TSO-94a
		TSO-C95a	TSO-C95
		TSO-C99a	TSO-C99
		TSO-C112c	TSO-C112b
		-	TSO-C120
		TSO-C126a	TSO-C126
		TSO-C137a	TSO-C137
		TSO-C145c	TSO-C145b
		TSO-C146c	TSO-C146b
		TSO-C160	-
		TSO-C163a	TSO-C163
		TSO-C169a	TSO-C169

This amendment updates the list of Transport Canada adopted Technical Standard Orders (TSOs) with those recently amended and published TSOs identified from the FAA list of current TSOs, as modified between May 17, 2007 and February 6, 2009. The adoption of these FAA TSOs is in order to harmonize section 537.103 with the FAA’s current list of TSOs.

On December 1, 2009, Part V Subpart 21 of the Canadian Aviation Regulations (CAR 521) came into force. CAR 521 replaces the following Regulations in Part V - Airworthiness:

Subpart 11 - Approval of the Type Design of an Aeronautical Product
Subpart 13 - Approval of Modification and Repair Designs
Subpart 16 - Aircraft Emissions
Subpart 22 - Gliders and Powered Gliders
Subpart 23 - Normal, Utility, Aerobatic and Commuter Category Aeroplanes
Subpart 25 - Transport Category Aeroplanes
Subpart 27 - Normal Category Rotorcraft
Subpart 29 - Transport Category Rotorcraft
Subpart 31 - Manned Free Balloons
Subpart 33 - Aircraft Engines
Subpart 35 - Aircraft Propellers
Subpart 37 - Aircraft Appliances and Other Aeronautical Products
Subpart 41 - Airships
Subpart 51 - Aircraft Equipment
Subpart 91 - Service Difficulty Reporting
Subpart 93 - Airworthiness Directives

In addition, with publication of CAR 521, the following Chapters of the Airworthiness Manual have been withdrawn:

Chapter 511 - Approval of the Type Design of an Aeronautical Product
Chapter 513 - Approval of Modification and Repair Designs
Standard 591 - Service Difficulty Reporting
Standard 593 - Airworthiness Directives

This change amends Chapter 537 of the AWM to reflect changes in legal drafting style, in terminology and in references required because of the introduction of CAR 521.

Subchapter A is amended to refer to the new Canadian Technical Standard Order (CAN-TSO) design approval and to make related changes.
The general provisions of Subchapter B have been modified to reflect our new CAN-TSO and to add a new column to the table to provide the CAN-TSO number that corresponds to the adopted FAA TSO.

Subchapter C is amended to delete section 537.203 on child restraint systems, which is now part of Chapter 551 of the AWM.

This change contains the following:

Table of Change Information
Notice of Proposed Amendment	Amended Section	New/Revised TSO	Cancelled CAN-TSO
2009-122	537.103	CAN‑TSO‑C19c	CAN‑TSO‑C19b
		CAN‑TSO‑C48a	CAN‑TSO‑C48
		CAN‑TSO‑C116a	CAN‑TSO‑C116
		CAN‑TSO‑C119c	CAN‑TSO‑C119b
		CAN‑TSO‑C135a	CAN‑TSO‑C135
		CAN‑TSO‑C154c	CAN‑TSO‑C154b
		CAN‑TSO‑C161a	CAN‑TSO‑C161
		CAN‑TSO‑C162a	CAN‑TSO‑C162
		CAN‑TSO‑C166b	CAN‑TSO‑C166a
		CAN‑TSO‑C196

This amendment updates the list of Transport Canada adopted Canadian Technical Standard Orders (CAN-TSOs) with those recently amended and published CAN‑TSOs identified from the FAA list of current TSOs, as modified between February 7, 2009 and December 17, 2009. The adoption of these FAA TSOs harmonizes section 537.103 with the FAA’s current list of TSOs.

In addition, editorial revisions to the section and paragraph numbering of 537.101 and 537.103 are made to restore the location of adopted FAA TSOs to section 537.103. Continued use of section 537.103 to identify those adopted FAA TSOs will simplify and therefore better enable ongoing determination of historical and current effective dates of FAA TSOs in Canada, through the use of the CARAC Notice of Proposed Amendments System database search function, allowing the use of the single search criteria of “537.103” to obtain an appropriate listing.

Date modified:

2012-01-26

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