Question NW3581 to the Minister of Transport
12 October 2015 - NW3581
Majola, Mr F to ask the Minister of Transport
How many Mi-8 helicopters have been granted type acceptance by the SA Civil Aviation Authority, (b) when was type acceptance granted in each case, (c) what number of type acceptance applications have been rejected and (d) what are the reasons for the rejection in each case?
Reply:
South African Civil Aviation Authority (SACAA)
a) No (0) Mi-8 helicopters have been granted type acceptance by the SA Civil Aviation Authority,
(b) N/A
(b) One (1) type acceptance application was declined in February 2014.
(c) (d) The application was rejected because the aircraft design does not comply with any prevailing airworthiness design standards. Russia as the State of Manufacture requires that there be a working agreement between the CAA’s namely South African Civil Aviation Authority (SACAA) and Russia CAA, the Interstate Aviation Committee Aviation Register (IAR AR). There was no agreement in place at the time.