AETC Aircraft Pyrotechnic Documentation

Complete, current and compliant documentation for aerospace pyrotechnics and explosives provides the information and permissions you need to safeguard your plane.

Applied Energy Technology Corp (AETC) offers best-in-class pyrotechnic devices, backed by comprehensive documentation to ensure your projects stay on schedule, on budget and above reproach. We streamline your compliance with easy access to critical documentation.

CAD/PAD SAFETY DATA SHEETS & EX APPROVALS

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Why Complete Documentation Matters

In the aerospace and defense industries, accurate documentation is essential for operational integrity and success. Complete documentation of pyrotechnic products, such as squibs, helps ensure regulatory compliance, verify safe handling and track strict shelf-life limits.

Aerospace explosive transportation and compliance certificates matter for several reasons:

• Verification of shelf life and expiration: Pyrotechnicals are time-sensitive. Having complete paperwork for these products helps verify the exact date of manufacture, ensuring they are used within their operational lifespan.

• Regulatory compliance: Authorities such as the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) require documentation that installed components meet airworthiness standards. Documentation helps ensure safety and compliance with global aviation laws.

• Quality assurance: Airworthiness tags help ensure that the parts you have are genuine, protecting operators from unapproved or counterfeit materials.

Key Certifications for Aerospace Pyrotechnics

Here are some of the most relevant types of documentation you will need to meet aerospace pyrotechnics regulations.

Aircraft Pyrotechnic Safety Data Sheets (SDS)

Safety Data Sheets provide essential information about aircraft pyrotechnics, such as Cartridge Actuated Devices (CAD) and Propellant Actuated Devices. Modern aviation SDS documents follow the Globally Harmonized System (GHS) of classification and labeling of chemicals. 

The CAD and PAD safety data sheets for aircraft pyrotechnics detail:

• Specific chemical composition of a product

• Potential hazards

• Safe handling and storage guidelines

• Protocols for accidental release and fire

• Guidelines for transport and disposal

FAA Approved Aerospace Explosive Device Documentation

This type of documentation includes compliance with type design certification, airworthiness directives and specific Advisory Circulars that outline compliance requirements for the exact type of pyrotechnic device.

Advisory Circulars (ACs) are non-regulatory guidance documents issued by the FAA to describe acceptable means of compliance with federal aviation regulations. ACs are advisory guidance. 

Some examples of FAA documentation for explosive devices include:

• AC 20-144A: Provides the acceptable methods for FAA approval of electrical firing cartridge components.

• AC 91-58A: Provides guidance on the acquisition, safe use and proper storage of pyrotechnic visual distress signaling devices during aircraft emergencies.

• 49 CFR Part 175: Prescribes the regulations and operational manuals required for carriage by aircraft. Specific exemptions and permits require an approved manual by the Principal Operations Inspector.

• 49 CFR Part 173.56: Dictates the classification and approval processes for all explosive materials.

EX and Competent Authority Approvals

These certifications support explosives approvals and classifications for transport. EX approvals or explosive classifications are issued by the Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration (PHMSA) of the Department of Transportation (DOT). It assigns an EX Number to classify exactly how an explosive material can be safely handled.

The Competent Authority approvals ensure that pyrotechnic manufacturing, packaging and shipping meet international guidelines. This allows the transport of Class 1 explosive materials via air.

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