Suspected Unapproved Parts Details
EASA has been notified that several modules of a Radio altimeter (ERT-160) had undergone non-compliant repairs. A maintenance organisation and the manufacturer declared these specific parts as unsalvageable and thus unapproved and should not re-enter the component supply system.
The maintenance organisation has informed the parts owner, as expected. The customer and owner of the parts has requested to have the parts back, knowing their status. Thus, the parts are not under Part-145 quarantine nor mutilated.
Part name: ERT-160
P/N: 9599-607-18503; S/N: 02084
P/N: 9599-607-18503; S/N: 01476
Recommendation: Maintenance organisations, aircraft owners, operators, independent certifying staff, manufacturers, and parts suppliers are invited not to accept these specific components into their organisations or install them on aircraft.
If these parts are found in stock it is recommended that the parts be quarantined to prevent installation. If these unapproved parts are found already installed on in-service aircraft, they must be replaced with approved ones. The unapproved parts shall be quarantined.
It is recommended that any new information regarding the scrapping or mutilation of these parts together with a copy of the relevant certificate, should be sent to the EASA at SDM [at] easa.europa.eu.