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Kepler Aviation insights and guides: aviation regulation, airworthiness, AI and blockchain applied to the sky.

Helicopter tail gearbox on a maintenance workbench, inspection mirror and darkened oil sample in the foreground

August 31, 2026· 10 minEASAADAirworthinessRecordsCAMOLeonardo

EASA AD 2026-0168: the TGB serial number decides

Issued 24 August 2026 and effective 7 September 2026, AD 2026-0168 sorts the A109/AW109 fleet into two groups by the P/N and s/n of the installed tail gearbox: repetitive inspections every 100 FH or 6 months, reporting to Leonardo, and a terminating action by replacement

EASA AD 2026-0168 (A109/AW109, Turbomecanica tail gearbox P/N 109-0442-01, s/n TURXXXXX): the part serial number sets the 100 FH / 6-month repetitive regime.

Light aircraft piston engine under maintenance in a hangar, technical documents in the foreground

August 30, 2026· 11 minFAAADAirworthinessRecordsCAMOLycoming

FAA AD 2026-17-10: no 8130-3, engine presumed affected

The Lycoming AD effective 14 September 2026 reverses the burden of documentary proof: an undeterminable production date or an unavailable form makes piston pin LW-13445 'affected', with deadlines in flight hours

FAA AD 2026-17-10 (Lycoming pins LW-13445): if Form 8130-3 is missing or undated, the AD applies. Deadlines in flight hours, effective 14 September 2026.

Airliner engine under inspection in a hangar, technical documentation lit in the foreground

August 29, 2026· 12 minAOG TechnicsTraceabilityRecordsAirworthinessDocument fraud

AOG Technics: the court prices fake aircraft records

60,234 parts sold with forged certificates, £39.3 million in documented losses, $29.2 million for an airline that was not even a customer: what the Zamora sentencing remarks measure

AOG Technics trial: £39.3M in documented losses, including $29.2M for an airline that never bought from AOG. What the Zamora ruling means for your records.

Regional airport apron at dusk with a turboprop and a small electric aircraft side by side, cyan lighting

August 28, 2026· 11 minElectric aviationAirworthinessCAMOEASARecords

Mixed fleets in 2030: airworthiness in two regimes

Turboprops and batteries will coexist in European regional aviation — what a CAMO should prepare in the records before the fleet goes mixed

By 2030, regional fleets will mix turboprops, hybrids and electric aircraft: two record regimes, two maintenance programs, two residual values.

Hybrid-electric regional airliner in flight at dusk, holographic cyan data streams symbolizing digital propulsion monitoring

August 27, 2026· 12 minElectric aviationCertificationAirworthinessCAMOEASA

Electric aircraft: what do you actually certify?

First flight of Heart Aerospace's X1: special conditions, tracked batteries and new records — what a European CAMO must anticipate

Heart Aerospace's X1 flew on 12 August 2026: special conditions, battery tracking, new records — what electric propulsion changes for certification.

Pre-purchase inspection of a business jet at dusk, with technical record binders in the foreground

August 26, 2026· 11 minPre-owned marketAirworthinessRecordsCAMOTransactions

Pre-owned jets: your maintenance records are money

Transactions down 7.5% in units but up 7% in value: in a tight market, complete airworthiness records set the price

Pre-owned transactions: -7.5% in units, +7% in value in H1 2026 (Global Jet Capital). In a tight market, airworthiness records set the price.

Maintenance logbook and tablet in a hangar, with a cyan holographic chain of blocks symbolizing a blockchain ledger

August 25, 2026· 12 minAirworthinessBlockchainEASACAMOTraceability

Airworthiness Review Reports: Choosing Your Proof Tool

Timestamping, integrity, auditability: what M.A.903(h) requires since 7 August 2026 is exactly what a distributed ledger can guarantee

Since August 2026, the airworthiness review report (M.A.903(h)) becomes a regulatory record retained for five years. Why blockchain is the natural answer.

Business jet wing and engine at dusk, with a cyan hologram symbolizing the digital airworthiness record

August 25, 2026· 12 minEASAAirworthinessCAMORegulation

EASA 2026/100: Airworthiness Review Rules Change

End of the controlled environment, mandatory written report, new EASA forms: the briefing for CAMOs and CAOs

Since 7 August 2026, Regulation (EU) 2026/100 reshapes the EASA airworthiness review: no more controlled environment, mandatory written report.