In the 1960s there was no requirement for placards to be referenced in flight manuals, and it was not usual to see them there. Only with the introduction of GAMA flight manuals in the mid 1970s it became mandatory to list all required placards in the Limitations section.
I am not sure whether the “someone” that stated that any SEP without a fuel placard is not airworthy, is right, but cert. rules is one place where he/she could have gotten that idea. CS-23 as well as FAR part 23 has it (now). JAR-23 had it.
huv wrote:
It seems to be a certification requirement:
I would only add “recent” certification requirement.
But as the aircraft was certified sometime in mid 1960s there were different regulations in place. Besides, I trust the factory would deliver airworthy airplane, meaning with all mandatory placards in place. And the fule placard would be referenced in flight manual, as other mandatory placards are.
… and, oddly, if and only if the aircraft is CS-VLA certified, the placard should also state the tank capacity:
ED Decision 2003/18/RM
CS-VLA 1557 Miscellaneous markings and placards
(a) …
(b) Fuel and oil filler openings. The following apply:
(1) Fuel filler openings must be marked at or near the filler cover with the minimum fuel grade, fuel designation, fuel capacity of the tank, and for each 2-stroke engine without a separate oil system, fuel/oil mixture ratio.
It seems to be a certification requirement:
ED Decision 2003/14/RM
CS 23.1557 Miscellaneous markings and placards
(a) …
(b) …
(c) Fuel, oil and coolant filler openings. The following apply:
(1) Fuel filler openings must be marked at or near the filler cover with –
(i) For reciprocating engine-powered aeroplanes –
(A) The word „Avgas“; and
(B) The minimum fuel grade.
Robin_253 wrote:
Is there any higher level regulation which states that fuel placards are mandatory for ELA1 aircraft in non commercial operations?
If you have used an EASA standard change to allow the use of unleaded AVGAS, then a fuel placard in mandatory. Other than that, I don’t know that you need placards other than those specified in the POH or any STCs.
Thanks. The “missing” placard which I was talking about is fuel placard near fuel cap. Can’t find reference to it anywhere in aircraft related documentation. Is there any higher level regulation which states that fuel placards are mandatory for ELA1 aircraft in non commercial operations?
STCs can also list mandatory placards.
I hope someone can help me understand which documents list mandatory placards. By mandatory I mean the ones which need to be in place for an EASA airplane to be airworthy.
Someone stated that an ELA1 SEP aircraft is not airworthy without a certain placard. The placard was not factory installed. I checked the EASA type certificate data sheet as well as operating and maintenance documents listed in the TCDS: Flight Manual, Maintenance Manual and Airplane major inspection schedule. The placard is not even mentioned there. I did a query on Airworthiness Directives, still no luck finding one which would require the placard.
Where else should I look?
Thanks William. They do nice stuff, but seem to use a thick “plastic” material.
I think I will do them myself, because with the LPV update coming up one day I will be changing the CB names around anyway…
Fly Visuals in the UK maybe able to help. They have made nice placards for me before. Very reasonable and professional.
