Aircraft Accident Investigation Report

47 Managing Director/ Director of Operations Captain Errol Stewart Maintenance Co-coordinator Umish Ramharack Chief Pilot Reynell Barnes Chief Flight Instructor (All Courses) Reynell Barnes Safety Officer Handa Ayton Section 3 (Aircraft Maintenance) of the Air Training Organization Manual states that “ all aircraft operated by Caribbean Aviation Training Center are maintained by Tara Courier Services/ Airspeed” . It also states that “ all maintenance is carried out in accordance with the Maintenance Control Manual ”. Section 4 (Personnel, Aircraft, Airport and Facility Requirements) of the Air Training Organization Manual states “ the maintenance of the training aircraft is the responsibility of the Maintenance Coordinator. Qualifications and responsibilities are set out in Section 6 ”. Section 5 of the Air Training Organization Manual on page S5-7 under the heading Reporting Aircraft Defects, states that “ All defects must be reported…… The defect shall be reported immediately to the Maintenance Coordinator or the engineer on duty at the Approved Maintenance Organization” . It goes on to state that “ Should no maintenance staff be available, enter the defect in the appropriate space in the aircraft technical log. Inform an Instructor or desk staff of your intentions to do so as this action may ground the aircraft for maintenance, then either rectifies the defect, or may, in some cases, defer rectification until a later in accordance with approved maintenance procedures ” . Section 6 (Qualifications of the Chief Flying Instructor and Maintenance Co-ordinator) of the Air Training Organization Manual under the position of Chief Maintenance Engineer states the following: (a) Caribbean Aviation Training Center at present contracts out all its maintenance of aircraft of Approved Maintenance Organizations and therefore does not employ a maintenance engineer. (b) The responsibility for ensuring that all aircraft operated by Caribbean Aviation Training Center are maintained to the standards required by CAR’s is that of the Maintenance Co-ordinator. (c) The Maintenance Co-ordinator must know the appropriate parts of the Maintenance Control Manual necessary for the proper performance of his duties; and (d) The Maintenance Co-ordinator must know the provisions of the Civil Aviation (Air Navigation) Regulations and Civil Aviation Directives necessary for the proper performance of his duties. The Air Training Organization Manual did not include the qualifications required for the position of Maintenance Coordinator as set out in the Civil Aviation Regulations. The Air Training Organization Manual did not include quality assurance procedures as required by the Civil Aviation Regulations.