Suspected Unapproved Parts Details
Following a query from an European Fokker 50 operator, AAR Aircraft Component Services (a Part-145 maintenance organisation) reported to EASA that they had identified two suspected unapproved parts, each accompanied with a fake EASA Form 1. These forms (number 4223 and 4213) were fraudulently referring to the EASA Part-145 approval number (NL.145.1133) of AAR Aircraft Component Services, who did not issue these forms.
The affected parts were initially included in a stock owned by an Indonesian airline and then transferred to an EASA Part-145 approved organisation located in the same country. Most of these parts had been removed from aeroplanes registered in non-European countries, without any evidence of the airworthiness status. The set of parts was finally bought in an “as is” condition by a distributor/broker located in the Netherlands.
Recent investigation identified that at least one of these parts was distributed to an European operator, accompanied with a fake EASA Form 1 stating ‘’SV’’ in the status/work box. At this time, the safety concern described in this SIB is not considered to be an unsafe condition that would warrant Airworthiness Directive (AD) action under EU 748/2012, Part 21.A.3B.
