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Acceptance (State or Authority) See State Acceptance.
Accident
An occurrence associated with the operation of an aircraft that takes place between the time any person boards the aircraft with the intention of flight until such time as all such persons have disembarked in which a person is fatally or seriously injured, the aircraft sustains substantial damage, or the aircraft is missing or is completely inaccessible.
Equivalent Terms: Aircraft Accident, Hull Loss Accountable Manager
The manager who has corporate authority for ensuring operations and maintenance activities are provided with necessary resources and conducted in accordance with standards of the Operator and requirements of the State.
Action Document
An Engineering Instruction, Engineering Order, Engineering Request or a Special Instruction raised by Technical Service Department or Engineering to define the operator or AMO’s requirements resulting from airworthiness service literature (i.e. ADs, SBs).
Equivalent Terms: Engineering Order (EO), Engineering Instruction (EI), Engineering Request (ER) Advanced Qualification Programme (AQP)
An FAA programme that is an alternate method of qualifying and certifying, if required, flight crew members, cabin crew members, flight dispatchers/flight operations officers (FOOs), instructors, evaluators, and other operations personnel.
Advisory Circular (AC)
Information issued by an authority that describes a change (e.g. improvement) to aircraft operations and the means of accomplishment.
Aeronautical Product
Any material, compound, fluid, component or part manufactured specifically for fitment to an aircraft, engine or component.
Equivalent Terms: Consumable, Aircraft Part, Aircraft Component
Air Operator
The holder of an Air Operator Certificate (AOC) issued by the Authority.
Equivalent Terms: Airline, Air Carrier, Operator
Air Operator Certificate (AOC)
A certificate authorising an operator to carry out specified commercial air transport operations. Airborne Collision Avoidance System (ACAS)