Approval certificate for headsets

[Paulm1949]

Hi, does anyone know whether having a FAA8130 approval certificate is important when purchasing a headset? Do airlines need to see this first? Is it also possible to download the certificate from the manufacturers website ?

[Intruder]

Your airline SOP should specify, if needed.

[Paulm1949]

I’m in the UK

[Paulm1949]

Thanks for the replies. The reason for the question is that some suppliers advertise that it comes with the approval certificate, whereas others don’t. Wondering if it’s as simple to print off from the manufacturers website.

Thanks

[RUMBEAR]

A better question to ask would be is the Headset your wanting to purchase on a list of approved headsets
for the aircraft type? Airbus have a list unfortunately it’s a little outdated.(the one I have seen anyway).

[tescoapp]

Never seen or been asked for an approval cert for a headset. I suspect that if the headset is hard wired into the aircraft then it needs one as are the powered interface boxes for the ANR headsets. Which is then recorded in the aircrafts maint docs.

The French SAFA inspectors aren't asking for them, I suspect its not required in EASA land. That would be to good an opportunity to delay a flight arguing the toss and filling out pointless paperwork for the registration country to ignore to resist for them.

The cert will be held by the OEM anyway and the supplier will just give you a type cert there won't be an individual one with the headset serial number on it.

[Exup]

Don’t think it’s necessary but just to let you know that if it’s for a UK / EASA registered airline an FAA 8130 is not valid anyway unless it states that it is Dual release. The form is also specific to each item usually by serial number not a generic form