CIVIL AVIATION AUTHORITY ADVISORY CIRCULAR

OF THE PHILIPPINES
AC 05-003
DISPOSITION OF
UNSALVAGEABLE PARTS & MATERIALS

SECTION 1 POLICY & GENERAL INFORMATION

1.1 PURPOSE
A. This advisory circular (AC) provides information and guidance to persons
involved in the sale, maintenance or disposal of aircraft parts.
B. It provides information and guidance to prevent unsalvageable aircraft parts
and materials from being sold as serviceable parts and materials.
C. It provides one means of complying with procedures for
control of rejected parts and materials.

1.2 STATUS OF THIS ADVISORY CIRCULAR

This AC is an original issuance.

1.3 BACKGROUND
A. It is common practice for possessors of aircraft parts to dispose of unsalvageable parts
and materials by selling, discarding, or transferring such items.
B. In some instances, these items have reappeared for sale and in the active parts
inventories of the aviation community.
C. Misrepresentation of the status of parts and material and the practice of making such
items appear serviceable has resulted in the use of unsalvageable nonconforming parts
and materials.

1.4 APPLICABILITY
A. This advisory circular is applicable to all aircraft registered in the Pilippines and the parts that
are installed on those aircraft.
B. It is also applicable to the performance standards for persons performing maintenance and
signing maintenance release for those parts.

1.5 RELATED REGULATIONS

The following regulations are directly applicable to the guidance contained in this advisory
circular—
 PCAR Part 5, Continuing Airworthiness of Aircraft

 Advisory Circulars are intended to provide advice and guidance to illustrate a means, but not necessarily the only means, of
complying with the regulations, or to explain certain regulatory requirements by providing informative, interpretative and
explanatory material.
 Where a regulation contains the words “prescribed by the Authority,” the AC may be considered to “prescribe” a viable method
of compliance, but status of that “prescription” is always “guidance” (never regulation).
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 PCAR Part 6, Approved Maintenance Organizations

1.6 RELATED PUBLICATIONS

For further information on this topic, individuals, organizations and other entities are invited to
consult the following publications—
1) Civil Aviation Authority of the
Copies may be obtained from the CAAP Flight
Philippines (CAAP)
Standards Inspectorate Service.
 AC 05-004, Eligibility & Traceability of
Replacement Parts.
 AC 05-005, Handling of Suspected Unapproved Parts.
2) International Civil Aviation
Copies may be obtained from Document Sales
Organization (ICAO)
Unit, ICAO, 999 University Street, Montreal,
 Annex 8, Airworthiness of Aircraft Quebec, Canada H3C 5H7.

 Document 9760, Airworthiness Manual

1.7 DEFINITIONS & ACRONYMS

A. The following definitions apply to this advisory circular—
1) New. A product, accessory, part, or material that has no operating time or cycles.
2) Surplus. This term is used to describe a product, assembly, part, or material that has
been released as surplus by the military, manufacturers, owners/operators, repair
facilities, or any other parts supplier. These products should show traceability to an
approved manufacturing procedure.
3) Overhauled. This term is used to describe an airframe, aircraft engine, propeller,
appliance, or component part using methods, techniques, and practices acceptable to
the CAAP, which has undergone the following—
(a)Has been disassembled, cleaned, inspected, repaired when necessary, and
reassembled to the extent possible.
(b)Has been tested in accordance with approved standards and technical data, or
current standards and technical data acceptable to the CAAP (i.e., manufacturer’s
data), which have been developed and documented by the holder of one of the
following—
(i). TC.
(ii). Supplemental Type Certificate (STC), or material, part, process, or appliance approval.
(iii). PMA.
4) Rebuilt. This term is used to describe an aircraft, airframe, aircraft engine, propeller, or
appliance, using new or used parts that conform to new part tolerances and limits or to
approved oversized or undersized dimensions that has undergone the following—
(a)Has been disassembled, cleaned, inspected, repaired as necessary, and
reassembled to the extent possible.
(b)Has been tested to the same tolerances and limits as a new item.
5) Appropriately Certificated Person. As related to return to service after maintenance,
preventative maintenance, rebuilding, or modification, can include the holder of a—
(a)Mechanic certificate. May perform maintenance, preventative maintenance, and
modifications as provided in PCAR Part 5.
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(b)Inspection authorization. May inspect and approve for return to service any
aircraft or related part or appliance (except aircraft maintained in accordance with a
continuous airworthiness program under PCAR Part 9) after a major repair or
modification as defined by the regulations, if the work was done in accordance with
technical data approved by CAAP. Perform an annual, or supervise a progressive
inspection according to PCAR Part 5.
(c)Approved Maintenance Organization under PCAR Part 6, may perform
maintenance, preventative maintenance, or modifications as provided in that
regulation.
B. The following acronyms are used in this advisory circular—
1) AD – Airworthiness Directive
2) AMO – Approved Maintenance Organization
3) CAAP - Civil Aviation Authority of the Philippines
4) CofA – Certificate of Airworthiness
5) CofR – Certificate of Registration
6) ICAO – International Civil Aviation Organization
7) PAH – Production Approval Holder
8) PC – Production Certificate
9) PCARs - Philippine Civil Aviation Regulations
10) PMA – Part Manufacturer Approval
11) STC – Aircraft Supplemental Type Certificate
12) SUP – Suspected Unapproved Part
13) TC – Aircraft Type Certificate

SECTION 2 IDENTIFYING & PREVSENTING MISREPRESENTATION

2.1 TYPES OF PARTS & MATERIALS THAT MAY BE MISREPRESENTED

A. Persons disposing of unsalvageable aircraft parts and materials should consider the
possibility of such parts and materials later being misrepresented and sold as
serviceable parts and materials.
B. Caution should be exercised to ensure that the following types of parts and materials
are disposed of in a manner that does not allow them to be returned to service—
1) Parts with non-repairable defects, whether visible or not to the naked eye.
2) Parts that are not within the specifications set forth by the approved design,
and cannot be brought into conformance with applicable specifications.
3) Parts and materials for which further processing or rework cannot make
them eligible for certification under a recognized certificate holder's system.
4) Parts subjected to unacceptable modification or rework that is irreversible.
5) Life-limited parts that have reached or exceeded their life limits, or have
missing or incomplete records.
6) Parts that cannot be returned to airworthy condition due to exposure to
extreme forces or heat.
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7) Principal structural elements (PSE) removed from a high cycle aircraft for which
conformity cannot be accomplished by complying with the applicable
aging aircraft airworthiness directives.

2.2 PREVENTING MISREPRESENTATION OF UNSALVAGEABLE PARTS

A. Persons disposing of unsalvageable aircraft parts and materials should, when
appropriate, mutilate those parts and materials prior to release.
B. Mutilation should be accomplished in such a manner that the parts become unusable
for their original intended use;
C. Mutilated parts should not be able to be reworked or camouflaged to provide the
appearance of being serviceable,such as by re-plating, shortening and rethreading long
bolts, welding, straightening, machining, cleaning, polishing, or repainting.
1) Mutilation may be accomplished by one or a combination of the following procedures,
but is not limited to—
(a)Grinding.
(b)Burning.
(c)Removal of a major lug or other integral feature.
(d)Permanent distortion of parts;
(e)Cutting a hole with cutting torch or saw;
(f) Melting;
(g)Sawing into many small pieces.
2) The following procedures are examples of mutilation that are often less successful
because they may not be consistently effective—
(a)Stamping (such as a stamped "R" on a part);
(b)Spraying with paint;
(c)Hammer marks;
Persons who rework unsalvageable parts and
(d)Identification by tag or markings; materials may be highly skilled technicians
(e)Drilling small holes; and have been known to rejoin parts cut in
two pieces in such a manner that the mutila-
(f) Sawing in two pieces. tion proves difficult to detect.

SECTION 3 RELEASE FOR LEGITMATE NON-FLIGHT USE

Persons disposing of unsalvageable aircraft parts and materials may choose to release those
parts for legitimate non-flight uses.
 For example: training and education, research and development, or for non-aviation applications.
 In such instances, mutilation may not be appropriate.

3.1 ACCEPTABLE METHODS

The following methods should be used to prevent misrepresentation—
1) Permanently marking or stamping the
parts, subparts, and material as "NOT Ink stamping is not an acceptable method.
SERVICEABLE."
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2) Removing original part number identification;

3) Removing data plate identification;
4) Maintaining a tracking or accountability system, by serial number or other individualized
data, to record transferred unsalvageable aircraft parts and materials; and
5) Including written quality assurance procedures concerning disposition and disposal
of such parts and materials in any agreement or contract transferring such parts and
materials.

3.2 ESTABLISH SECURE AREAS

Organizations handling unsalvageable or expire
d life-limited aircraft parts and materials Unsalvageable or expired life-limited parts
should establish secure areas in which to— and materials should not be released to
any person or organization who may end up
1) Segregate such items from active placing the parts and materials back in actual
serviceable inventories and use, due to the criticality of part and material
ailure and the potential safety threat.
2) Prevent unauthorized access.
 Caution should be exercised to ensure that these parts and materials receive the
appropriate final disposition.

SECTION 4 RECEIVING MISREPRESENTED UNSALVAGEABLE PARTS

A. All purchasers of aircraft parts and materials should ensure that misrepresented
unsalvageable parts and materials arenot received into active inventory.
B. The following are examples
of conditions to be alert for when receiving p Suspected unapproved parts should
be reported to the CAAP via the pro-
arts— cedures found in AC 05-005,
1) "New" parts showing signs of rework.
2) Used parts showing signs of unapproved orinappropriate repair.
3) Parts with poor workmanship or signs of rework in the area of the part number
or serial number inscription.
4) Used parts lacking verifiable documentation of history and Authority approval.
5) Parts with prices "too good to be true."
6) Questionable part numbers, fraudulent or suspicious Technical Standard Order or
Parts Manufacturer Approval markings and/or re-identification, stopovers or vibroetching
on the data plate.
7) Parts delivered with photocopied or missing maintenance release tags.
8) Parts with a finish that is inconsistent with industry standards (e.g., discoloration, inconsist
encies, resurfacing).
9) New parts sold with maintenance release tags reflecting a status other than new.
10) Parts with poor documentation exhibiting incomplete or inconsistent part identity
information.
11) Intact "scrap" unsalvageable parts offered in bulk weight for prices higher than for
mutilated parts with identical weight and content.
End of Advisory Circular
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RAMON S. GUTIERREZ
Director General

Date of Issue _______________

: 23 September 2011

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