Electronic Flight Bag (EFB) Assessment for approval Class 1 Software Type A restricted to VFR

• Audit Title

• Document No.

• Client / Site

• Conducted on

  Date

• Prepared by

• Location
  Address

• Personnel

• Reference

  TGL 36 and TGL 29

  EASA

GENERAL INFORMATION

• Operator

• Helicopter Types

SCOPE

• EFB

  Initial application

  renewal

  change of hardware

• Hardware

  Class1

• Software

  Type A

• Power supply

  EFB battery

  helicopter

  EFB battery and helicopter

• EFB use

  on ground only

  Inflight

• EFB use by

  pilot only

  other cockpit crew member only

  all cockpit crew member

  cabin crew only

• Purpose of EFB for replacement

AIRWORTHINESS

• Helicopter modification

  EFB has no impact of airworthiness

  EFB has an impact on airworthiness

• If EFB has an impact reference of modification

• Remarks

• Yes

  No

  N/A

HARDWARE PLATFORM

• Type of EFB

  iPad

  notebook

  others

RISK ANALYSIS

• General description for the use of the EFB

  Safe

  At Risk

  N/A

• Are there provision in place in regard to a back-up procedures following a degradation or complete failure of the EFB system. <br>At least an ICAO chart 1:500'000 of the region must be on board.

  Safe

  At Risk

  N/A

• Is there a clear statement providing, defining the phases of flight while the EFB- System will be in operation? <br>No use during take-off and landing and hover phases below 200 ft/AGL

  Safe

  At Risk

  N/A

• Are there provisions in place in regard to Lithium Batteries, Electrical Power Source?<br>Minimum 75% of charge before take-off without in flight power source.

  Safe

  At Risk

  N/A

• Description of Stowage for critical flight phases?

  Safe

  At Risk

  N/A

HUMAN FACTOR ASSESSMENT (Appendix D to TGL 36)

• Human/ machine interface?

  Safe

  At Risk

  N/A

• Legibility of text?

  Safe

  At Risk

  N/A

• Approach/departure and navigation chart?

  Safe

  At Risk

  N/A

• Responsiveness of application?

  Safe

  At Risk

  N/A

• Off screen text and content?

  Safe

  At Risk

  N/A

• Active regions?

  Safe

  At Risk

  N/A

• Managing multiple open applications and documents?

  Safe

  At Risk

  N/A

• Message and the use of colours?

  Safe

  At Risk

  N/A

• System and error messages?

  Safe

  At Risk

  N/A

• Data entry screening and error messages

  Safe

  At Risk

  N/A

QUALTY ASSURANCE

• Data source used for eg. NOTAM, DABS, AIP, W&B, Navigation, Performance?

  Safe

  At Risk

  N/A

• Procedures of Software updates?

  Safe

  At Risk

  N/A

SYSTEM ADIMISATRATION

• EFB Administrator and qualification<br>

  Safe

  At Risk

  N/A

• Synchronization of Data?

  Safe

  At Risk

  N/A

• Witch documents and programs are integrated in the EFB?

  Safe

  At Risk

  N/A

CREW TRAINING?

• Initial Training?

  Safe

  At Risk

  N/A

• Variation Training?

  Safe

  At Risk

  N/A

OPERATION EVALUATION TEST

• Verify that all listed elements have been integrated in the EFB for replacement of paper documents?

  Safe

  At Risk

  N/A

• EFB use is limited in flight is limited to:

  pilot only

  other cockpit crew member only

  all cockpit crew member

  cabin crew only

• Size, navigation chart display: access to desired charts, access to information within a chart, grouping of information, general layout, orientation, depiction of scale information

  Safe

  At Risk

  N/A

STATEMENT FOI

• The applicant fulfills the requirements for an EFB Class 1 approval restricted to VFR according

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• Inspector

  Sign

STATEMENT OF APPROVAL

• Approval of FOM

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• EFB Class 1 amendment for each helicopter white board documents (REGIS) and yellow board documents (SBHE)

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• AOC Operations Specifications with EFB Class1

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• Issue of Letter of approval restricted to VFR

  Yes

  No

  N/A