Type Acceptance

The CAA has introduced a new process of type acceptance under MCAR-21 effective 25 June 2008. This process is essentially the validation of a foreign type certificate. A type acceptance certificate (TAC) is issued to at the end of the process to recognise that type certificate in the Maldives


All aircraft types must under go the type acceptance process for the first issue of an airworthiness certificate. Acceptance of the aircraft’s type certificate will imply acceptance of the associated engine and/or propeller type certificate.


Application

The regulatory requirements for type acceptance are specified in MCAR-21 Subpart B. This subpart also specifies the foreign type certificates that are eligible for a type acceptance certificate in the Maldives.


Type Acceptance Certificates

The table below gives a list of all the type acceptance certificates issued by the CAA.

TAC No.                
Date of Initial Issue        
Date of Last RevisionCurrent Issue
TCH                                                                        
Aircraft Type                       
State of Design
CAA-TAC-0172-Dec-21
1Costruzioni Aeronautiche TECNAM S.p.A.
Tecnum P2006T
EASA
CAA-TAC-0162-Dec-21
1Textron Aviation Inc.
Beechcraft 1900D
USA
CAA-TAC-01525-Feb-20
1Pipistrel Vertical Solutions d.o.o
Virus SW 121
EASA
CAA-TAC-0141-Mar-18
1Airbus S.A.S
A350
EASA
CAA-TAC-0135-Sep-17
1Airbus S.A.S
A330
EASA
CAA-TAC-0121-Nov-17
13-Jul-20
2Daher Aircaft Design, LLC
Daher Model Kodiak 100
USA
CAA-TAC-0112-Jul-13
1Cessna Aircraft Company
C208
USA
CAA-TAC-01013-Sep-12
7-Jun-23
2Airbus S.A.S
A318, A319, A320 & A321
EASA
CAA-TAC-00914-Aug-12
1The Boeing Company
B757-200
USA
CAA-TAC-00815-Feb-12
1Piper Aircraft Inc.
PA-34
USA
CAA-TAC-00713-Feb-12
4-Aug-16
2Cessna Aircraft Company
Cessna 172
USA
CAD-TAC-00631-Mar-11
1The Boeing Company
B767-300 Series
USA
CAD-TAC-0056-May-10
1Cessna Aircraft Company
Cessna 150
USA
CAD-TAC-00419-Oct-08
13-Dec-10
3ATR-GE
ATR-42/72
EASA
CAD-TAC-003
19-Oct-08
13-Jun-19
3De Havilland Aircraft Company of Canada Limited
DHC-8
Canada
CAA-TAC-002
19-Oct-08
25-Jun-19
3Viking Air Limited
DHC-6
Canada
CAD-TAC-00119-Oct-08
25-Aug-09
2RUAG Aerospace Services
GmbH
Dornier 228-212
EASA