Safety Recommendations
Addressed to EASA
BERNARD BOURDON
Accident Investigation Manager
ZSÓFIA OLÁH
Safety Recommendations Officer
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Budapest
Bernard Bourdon
& Zsófia Oláh
European Aviation Safety Agency
EASA
Establishment
in 2002
Operating
since 2003
Location
Since
3rd November 2004
Cologne
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European Aviation Safety Agency
EASA Member States
EU 27 + 4
IS
FIN
SE
NO
EE
LV
DK
LT
IR
RU
UK
PL
NL
BE
DE
L
FR
CZ
SK
A
CH
MD
HU
RO
SI CR
BA
MC
P
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SB
BG
IT
MK
AL
EL
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European Aviation Safety Agency
EASA Remit
Based on the Basic Regulation (EC) No
216/2008
Safety regulator, certification authority &
advisory body
Mission: to set & maintain the
highest common safety & environmental
standards
Method: part of the EU system with the EC
and in partnership with the NAAs
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European Aviation Safety Agency
Rulemaking in EASA context
Annex I : Essential Requirements
for Airworthiness
Basic Regulation
Regulation (EC) No 216/2008 of 20 February 2008
Regulation (EC) 1702/2003 on Airworthiness
and Environmental Certification
Annex (Part 21)
Section A: Application
Requirements
Section B: administrative
Procedures
Appendices: EASA forms
Annex II : Excluded Aircraft
Regulation (EC) 2042/2003
on Continuing Airworthiness
Annex I (Part-M):
Continuing Airworthiness
Requirements
Section A: Technical
Requirements
Annex II (Part-145):
Maintenance Organisation
Approvals
Appendices: EASA forms
Agency
Opinion
Agency
Opinion
Section B: Administrative
Procedures
Annex III (Part-66):
Certifying Staff
Annex IV (Part-147):
Training Organisation
Requirements
Certification
Specifications
Guidance Material
Part 21
Parliament and Council
European Commission
EASA
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AMC 20
AMC 21
CS 25
CS 34
CS 36
CS E
CS P
CS APU
CS AWO
CS ETSO
CS Definitions
AMC &
Guidance
Material
CS 22
CS 23
CS 27
CS 29
CS VLA
CS VLR
Part M, 145,66,147
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Agency
CS ,
AMC &
GM
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European Aviation Safety Agency
EASA competency
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European Aviation Safety Agency
EASA Structure
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European Aviation Safety Agency
Certification
Type-certification of parts, products
and appliances
Initial airworthiness
Continuing airworthiness
Tasks contracted out to NAAs
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European Aviation Safety Agency
Rulemaking
Assistance to the European
Commission in drafting new
legislation
Elaboration and adoption of Agency
soft laws
Co-operation in the setting of
international standards
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European Aviation Safety Agency
Quality and standardisation
Assistance to the European Commission in
overseeing harmonized application of
European legislation in Member States
(inspections)
Approval of Design Organisations
For non-EU countries: Approval of
Production and Maintenance Organisations
Internal quality control
Training
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European Aviation Safety Agency
Safety Analysis
Safety Analysis: Conducts studies and
provides reports concerning the
safety of European and world-wide
aviation
Annual Safety Review
Supporting safety policy
Building dependable repositories
Supporting an ECCAIRS repository @
JRC
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ESSI Update August 08
European Aviation Safety Agency
ESSI
European Strategic Safety Initiative
Coordination with
COORDINATION GROUP
ECAST
COMMERCIAL AVIATION
SAFETY TEAM
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CAST
EHEST
HELICOPTER SAFETY
TEAM
IHST
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Rulemaking
Activities
EGAST
GENERAL AVIATION
SAFETY TEAM
FAA’s
GASC
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European Aviation Safety Agency
Research
Based on the BR
Develop and finance research
Coordinate research activities
Publish results
Two fields
Short term

Defined and financed by the Agency primarily for
rulemaking support
Long term
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European Aviation Safety Agency
Accident Investigation Unit
Two Sections
Accident Investigation

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Coordination between the Agency and the AIBs
Collecting facts from ongoing investigations
Follow up of ongoing accident investigations
Safety Recommendations
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Administration of SRs addressed to the Agency
Coordination of replies within the Agency
Provide statistics on progress on SRs
Participation in safety studies and research
projects
Follow up and coordination
Providing input
Idendify safety deficiences & disseminate
related information
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European Aviation Safety Agency
The owner of boats for hire shouts at
the waterfront:
Boat number nine, your time is up, row
back!
His assistant warns him:
But we only have eight boats.
Oh, my God! Do you have any problems,
boat number six?
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European Aviation Safety Agency
Accident investigation:
The European database
Two separate systems linked by a n:n relation
Safety
Recommendations
Database
ECCAIRS
Database
(JRC central repository)
Safety analysis
Notification
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Thematic search by
Updates
•
Descriptive factor
Reports
•
Explanatory factor
•
Text search / field
Process & reply to
Safety Recommendations
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European Aviation Safety Agency
Final SRs per year
60
50
40
30
20
10
43
44
2005
2006
54
57
2007
2008
19
0
2004
Year
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European Aviation Safety Agency
Final SRs addressed to EASA
Safety recommendations Received - Replied - Closed v. Time
300
250
200
150
100
50
0
received
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replied
closed
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European Aviation Safety Agency
Process of SRs
Allocation to a unit
E2 – Safety Analysis & Research

for safety studies and research projects related to Safety
Recommendations follow-up
R – Product Safety

rules and specifications for the initial and continuing
airworthiness
R – Flight Standard
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rules for the flight crew licensing and air operations
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European Aviation Safety Agency
Process of SRs (2)
Certification Directorate (C)
concentrates all certification tasks, consisting of type
certification and continued airworthiness of products, parts
and appliances; as well as the environmental approval of
products
 C – Large Aeroplanes
 C – General Aviation
 C – Rotorcraft, balloons, airships
 C – Propulsion
 C – Flight Standards
 C – Experts section
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European Aviation Safety Agency
Process of SRs (3)
Approvals and Standardisation
Directorate (S)
performs inspections, training and standardisation
programmes to ensure uniform implementation of
European aviation safety legislation in all Member States. It
also deals with design organisations and, as appropriate,
production organisations approval; foreign organisations
approval; and coordinates the European Community
programme SAFA (Safety Assessment of Foreign Aircraft)
regarding the safety of foreign aircraft using Community
airports
 S – Organizations
 S – SAFA coordination
 S - Standardisation

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European Aviation Safety Agency
Thematic distribution of final
SRs in 2008
C - Experts Section
2%
S - Standardisation
2%
R - Product Safety
17%
C - Flight Standards
4%
C - General Aviation
12%
R - Flight Standards
16%
C - Large Aeroplanes
27%
E - Safety Analysis &
Research Department
4%
C - Rotorcraft, Balloons,
Airships
12%
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C - Propulsion
4%
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European Aviation Safety Agency
Process of SRs (4)
Providing replies
During the review of the Final Safety Recommendations, EASA
classifies them in a systematic way, using the definitions of
classification categories
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Agreement: Safety recommendation for which the safety concern is agreed
by the addressee and subsequent action is planned or implemented
Partial agreement: Safety recommendation considered relevant by the
addressee but not applicable and for which a safety issue has been
recognized and new orientation has been given to the recommended
action.
Disagreement: Safety recommendation considered not relevant or not
applicable by the addressee
No longer applicable: Safety recommendation has been superseded or has
become no longer applicable.
Not Responsible Safety recommendation wrongly allocated or not in the
scope of responsibility of the addressee. SR has been issued to an
erroneous addressee.
More information required: Safety recommendation for which more
information is required by the addressee before any action initiated.
Additional information should be sent by the originator.
Unknown: Safety recommendation which was issued before any tracking
implementation status and for which insufficient information to assign any
other status has been received.
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European Aviation Safety Agency
Categories of replies
Chart 4: Categories of replies to Final safety recommendations
in 2008
Partial
Agreement; 11;
21%
Not Responsible;
2; 4%
Agreement; 26;
50%
Disagreement;
13; 25%
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European Aviation Safety Agency
Process of SRs (5)
Conclusions
To be determined/Unknown
Airworthiness Directive/Add-Modify RuleDirective
Rule Change/Add-Modify Rule-Directive
Training Issue/Training
Standardisation Issue/Compliance with
procedure-rule
None
Safety Information Notice/Information
Study
Inspection
Add-Modify Procedure
Not Responsible
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European Aviation Safety Agency
Concluding actions
Standardisation Issue/
Compliance with
procedure-rule
2%
Safety Information Notice/
Information
10%
Study
2%
Airworthiness Directive/AddModify Directive
15%
Rule Change/
Add-Modify Rule
30%
Inspection
12%
None
27%
Not Responsible
2%
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European Aviation Safety Agency
Contact details
Executive Directorate
Safety Analysis & Research Department:
Investigations
Communications related to ongoing investigations
investigation@easa.europa.eu
Safety Recommendations
Communications related to safety recommendations
recommendations@easa.europa.eu
EASA
Ottoplatz 1
D-50679 Köln
PO Box 101253
D-50452 Köln, Germany
Tel: 49-221-89990000
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