Unapproved Parts Notification

Almost a month after a U.S. District Court sentenced George Myles to a 76-month prison term for falsifying parts paperwork, the FAA has released an Unapproved Parts Notification. The indictment read that George Myles, Jr., the sole owner of Miles Aviation, Inc., was awarded numerous Department of Defense contracts to provide various aircraft parts to the USAF. These contracts called for parts to be provided in either "new" or "new surplus" condition. Nevertheless Myles would purchase the requested parts on the open market, usually in an "as removed" used condition. Thereafter, Myles would send the used parts to the U.S. military, certifying on an ATA 106 Part or Material Certification Form that the requested parts were "new" or "new surplus," when in fact they were used. Additionally, Myles supplied numerous aircraft parts to civilian purchasers, and similarly shipped these parts with either a materially false ATA 106, or included an FAA Form 8130, certifying that the requested parts were airworthy. However, George Myles, Jr. and Miles Aviation, Inc., were not licensed by the FAA to perform any inspections, repairs, or overhauls, and thus could not certify the airworthiness of aircraft parts. Unfortunately for operators, tracking which parts originally came from Myles might be difficult because the company sold to third-party suppliers, according to the DOT’s Inspector General’s Office, which helped prosecute the case.