8130/EASA Form One Updates

FAA Order 8130.21, which reflects the instructions for completing an 8130-3 tag, is scheduled to be revised this year. The “F” revision to this document was expected to be released early in 2008, and now appears likely to be released in May. The expected revisions include guidance on how to maintain electronic copies of airworthiness approval tags, as well changes designed to harmonize the guidance with the European guidance for issuing an EASA Form One.

The instructions for completing an EASA Form One are found in the EASA regulations. As a consequence, changes to the instructions for completing the tag require a rule change in Europe.

EASA published a Notice of Proposed Amendment (NPA) addressing the harmonization effort. The comment period for that document closed in December, and EASA expects to issue their final rule on the instructions for completing the EASA Form One at about the same time that the FAA issues Order 8130.21F.