Specific Airworthiness Specifications (SASs) have been used by EASA during its early inception as a transition measure to allow operation of certain aircraft without a Type Certificate and for those without a Type Certificate Holder.
These aircraft were accepted and allowed to operate under a Restricted Certificates of Airworthiness (RCofA) based on the EASA approved SAS.
The UK left the European Union aviation system on 31 December 2020, and as such is no longer part of European Union aviation institutions, including the European Union Aviation Safety Agency (EASA).
EASA SASs valid up to this date are considered approved by the CAA and have been published as they were released by EASA.
Going forward, the SASs will continue to refer to EU law and carry the EASA logo. Article 140(1) of the assimilated UK Regulation (EU) 2018/1139, the UK Basic Regulation, and points 21.A.173(b) and 21.B.327(a) of assimilated UK Regulation (EU) No. 748/2012 provide the legal basis for the ongoing validity of previously issued Specific Airworthiness Specifications and the issue of Restricted Certificates of Airworthiness by the CAA based on those SAS. Aircraft on the G-register with a SAS originally issued by EASA should continue to follow the applicable Airworthiness Directives as listed in the SAS and on the EASA Safety Publications Tool at: https://ad.easa.europa.eu/.
The CAA cannot issue any new SAS for a newly orphaned type as there is no longer a legal mechanism to do this. Existing SASs will be retained and may be amended, which may result in the change from EASA to UK reference numbers.
All SASs and all RCofA issued based on existing SASs will remain valid.
A list of existing SASs is published on this page.
- CAA Product List - Orphaned Without TC Holder (PDF document)
- EASA.SAS.A.005 Issue 2 Carmam JP 15-36 JP 15-36 A JP 15-36 AR (PDF document)
- EASA.SAS.A.011 Issue 3 Siren PIK20E2F PIK30 (PDF document)
- EASA.SAS.A.015 Issue 2 Wassmer WA 26 (PDF document)
- EASA.SAS.A.016 Issue 3 Wassmer WA 28 (PDF document)
- EASA.SAS.A.023 Issue 3 PIK-20 PIK-20B (PDF document)
- EASA.SAS.A.024 Issue 4PIK-20D (PDF document)
- EASA.SAS.A.041 Issue 1 Segelflugzeugbau A Neukom Elfe (PDF document)
- EASA.SAS.A.042 Diamant 16.5 Iss 1 (PDF document)
- EASA.SAS.A.043 Diamant 18 Iss 1 (PDF document)
- EASA.SAS.A.048 Issue 7 Wassmer WA 4 (PDF document)
- EASA.SAS.A.073 Issue 2 Optica (PDF document)
- EASA.SAS.A.074 Issue 2 Sprint (PDF document)
- EASA.SAS.A.085 Issue 2 PIK-20 E PIK-20 E II (PDF document)
- EASA.SAS.A.087 Issue 3 Slingsby T51 (PDF document)
- EASA.SAS.A.088 Issue 2 Slingsby T53 (PDF document)
- EASA.SAS.A.089 Issue 2 Slingsby T59 (PDF document)
- EASA.SAS.A.093 Issue 5 Sukhoi Su-29 (PDF document)
- EASA.SAS.A.095 Issue 9 Yak-18T (PDF document)
- EASA.SAS.A.097 Issue 18 Standard Cirrus 75 VTC G81 (PDF document)
- EASA.SAS.A.098 Issue 1 Glasfluegel 304 B (PDF document)
- EASA.SAS.A.099 Issue 1 ME7 AC4c (PDF document)
- EASA.SAS.A.100 Issue 1 Centrair Pegase 101 SN10100268-2 (PDF document)
- EASA.SAS.A.101 Issue 1 Discus SN292 (PDF document)
- EASA.SAS.A.118 Issue 2 Caproni Calif A21 (PDF document)
- EASA.SAS.A.376 Issue 02 Rene Fournier RF series (PDF document)
- UK.SAS.A.0001 Slingsby T67 (PDF document)
- UK.SAS.A.0002 Issue 1 Gardan GY80 Horizon (PDF document)
- UK.SAS.A.0003 Issue 1 Beagle B121 PUP (PDF document)
- UK.SAS.R.0004 Brantly B-2 (PDF document)