EASA SIB No.: 2017-13
Safety Information Bulletin
Airworthiness
SIB No.: 2017-13
Issued: 24 August 2017
Subject: Suspected Unapproved Parts
Applicability:
Product(s), part(s) or appliance(s), and components thereof, which are considered Suspected
Unapproved Parts (SUP) cases, as published on the EASA website (link provided below).
Note: For simplification of the text of this SIB and for consistency with the term SUP, this SIB refers
to product(s), part(s) or appliance(s), and components thereof as ‘parts’.
Description:
Article 4(4) of Regulation (EU) 376/2014 of the European Parliament and of the Council tasks the
Agency with the establishment of a mandatory reporting system. Commission Implementing
Regulation (EU) 2015/1018 specifies that one of the occurrences which are subject to reporting is
‘the use of products, components or materials, from unknown, suspect origin, or unserviceable
critical components’ – SUP.
Reported SUP cases cannot always be resolved by the Agency and the National Aviation
Authorities, mainly due to the lack of required information, e.g. when:
An SUP with an allegedly forged EASA Form 1 comes from a non-EU maintenance organisation,
supplier or distributor and it is difficult to obtain feedback from the local aviation safety
authority;
The origin of the SUP is impossible to determine;
An allegedly forged EASA Form 1 has been sent to a potential buyer of a part (not in the supply
chain yet) for pre-assessment, indicating that an SUP case might exist for the concerned part;
A part was unlawfully removed, e.g. from a maintenance facility, and it can be expected that it
will appear on the market with forged documentation or untraceable history.
This SIB aims to raise awareness among European aviation industry of SUP that they might
encounter. To this end, the Agency has published a list of unresolved SUP cases on the EASA
website. This list is being maintained and updated based on information available, including
responses received from the European aviation industry. It is expected that the webpage will be
updated every 3 months.
This is information only. Recommendations are not mandatory.
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Initially, the website list will contain new SUP cases from 24 August 2017. EASA SIBs and foreign
notifications on SUP, already published in the Safety Publications Tool, will remain there until
further notice. The intent is to centralise information on SUP in a single location in the future. This
SIB will be revised to inform on new developments.
Recommendation(s):
When in doubt about the origin of a part, maintenance organisations, aircraft owners, operators,
independent certifying staff, manufacturers, and parts suppliers are invited to consult, in addition
to the content of the Safety Publications Tool, the information reflected in this SIB and in the SUP
list (see link below) before accepting such a part into their organisations or before fitting it to an
aircraft.
If any part listed in the SUP list is found in stock, it is recommended that the part is quarantined to
prevent installation until a determination can be made regarding its eligibility for installation.
Link to the list of SUP cases on the EASA website:
Refer to the webpage below for information on confirmed unapproved parts, SUP under
investigation, and stolen parts (from 24 August 2017).
https://www.easa.europa.eu/easa-and-you/aircraft-products/suspected-unapproved-parts
Contact(s):
For further information on the technical content of this SIB and the SUP list, contact the EASA
Safety Investigation and Reporting Section, Safety Management Directorate:
E-mail:
[email protected]
This is information only. Recommendations are not mandatory.
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