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ORS4 No.1561: Certification of aircraft with electric powerplant

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There are a small number of Pipistrel electric powered engines maintained by Part CAO organisations. The UK Type Certificate Data Sheet (TCDS) has been accepted by the GAU Design & Certification Team in the UK Type Rating List (SRG 1782) as a Cat E aircraft, enabling the aircraft raiting to be added to an engineer licence. However, there is currently no means for UK licensed engineers to certify this aircraft under Part 66 due to their being no Category E. A rulemaking task is ongoing to address this gap in the regulation with expected implementation in 2024.

Status:
Superseded
Review comment:
Correction issued
Version:
1
Version date:
08-Nov-2022

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