CS-26 Issue 3, AMC-20 Amendment 20, AMC and GM to Part-M Issue 2, Amendment 4
AGEING AIRCRAFT STRUCTURES, REDUCTION OF RUNWAY EXCURSIONS, CONVERSION OF CLASS D COMPARTMENTS
Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2020/1159 was adopted on 5 August 2020.
This Regulation amends Commission Regulation (EU) 2015/640 ‘Additional airworthiness specifications for operations’ (Part-26) with respect to the following three topics that EASA proposed through Opinion No 12/2016 ‘Ageing aircraft structures’ (RMT.0225) and Opinion No 04/2019 ‘Reduction of runway excursions’ (RMT.0570) and ‘Class D compartments’ (RMT.0070):
- Ageing aircraft structures;
- Reduction of runway excursion;
- Conversion of class D compartments
Additionally, Regulation (EU) 2020/1159 amends point M.A.302 of Annex I (Part-M) to Commission Regulation (EU) No 1321/2014 to create a link between that Regulation and the requirements introduced into Part-26. The objective of this Decision is to support the application of the amendments introduced into Part-26 and Part-M. In order to achieve this objective, this Decision amends CS-26, AMC-20 and the acceptable means of compliance (AMC) and guidance material (GM) to Part-M.
