For this item, PSAC submission

For this item, PSAC lifecycle data readiness checklist

Certification teams, Engineering teams and avionics suppliers use this checklist when finalizing a PSAC for submission makes pSAC lifecycle data readiness checklist a gating item. The work checks PSAC draft and revision history, software level rationale, and objectives to lifecycle data map against source records, status claims, and FAA and EASA expectations. Findings call out software level asserted without safety trace, missing serial or date support, and weak release links. The buyer receives an evidence map, discrepancy register, request list, and closure plan.

When this review is needed

finalizing a PSAC for submission is close enough that open records items could affect acceptance or pricing.
For this item, Software certification lead needs source-page support for pSAC submission before signing off the file.
The delivered package has useful summaries but weak links to the underlying documents.
A request list must be precise enough for prior operators, shops, or sellers to answer quickly.

The problem

For this item, PSAC lifecycle data readiness checklist fails quietly when summary records are accepted without the source pages. For this item, Software certification lead, Certification liaison and DER have to match serials, dates, revisions, and releases across documents that were often produced by different teams.

What gets reviewed

Match PSAC draft and revision history to the current status line and affected serial or configuration.
Check software level rationale for date, revision, work scope, and closure support.
Review objectives to lifecycle data map against logbook entries, releases, and tracking exports.
Confirm tool qualification approach is present where the acceptance criteria require it.
Assign each exception to a closure owner with the evidence needed.

Scope this review

Tell us the asset, the event, and the evidence in scope, and we will outline a focused first engagement.

Send a representative, redacted record set and we will scope the review.

What gets validated

Pass when the source record shows the same serial, status, date, and configuration as the summary.
Fail when software level asserted without safety trace.
Check repetitive or life-limited items for a clear last-done and next-due basis.
Escalate when the release or approval document is absent from the supplied package.

Evidence normally required

For this item, PSAC draft and revision history
For this item, software level rationale
objectives to lifecycle data map
tool qualification approach

Common discrepancies

For this item, Software level asserted without safety trace.
Tool use eliminates verification without qualification plan.
Planned data list omits independence evidence.

What is at stake

A weak record can delay closing, trigger a reserve, or leave the next owner with a remediation task after leverage has moved. The exposure is highest where one unsupported item controls value or acceptance.

How the work runs

Frame PSAC Submission

Confirm the exact event, affected file set, buyer role, and decision standard before any for this item, psac draft and revision history is treated as sufficient.

Trace Checklist Item

Walk the named evidence from index entry to source artifact and mark where the trail supports, conflicts with, or fails to answer the page-specific question.

Sort Data Readiness

Group exceptions by closure route: document retrieval, data correction, engineering disposition, authority response, or contractual decision.

Package Software Aspects

Deliver the exception list, evidence map, and owner sequence in a form that can move directly into remediation, submittal cleanup, or transaction negotiation.

What the buyer receives

For this item, PSAC submission discrepancy register with source-page references
Evidence map showing accepted, disputed, and missing support
Closure request list written as specific document asks
Decision readout for technical and commercial stakeholders

Who uses the output

For this item, Software certification lead uses the register to decide what can proceed and what needs escalation.
Certification liaison uses the request list to collect missing evidence.
DER uses the readout to brief transaction or program owners.

How the work fits into the transaction or program

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Jurisdiction-specific considerations

FAA and EASA references are used as record expectations for the evidence set. The review does not assume automatic acceptance by another authority, operator, or contract party.

Regulatory limits

This records checklist does not approve data, release an aircraft or part to service, or make an airworthiness determination. Regulators, authorized persons, operators, and contract parties retain the final decision under their procedures.

What this review does not cover

Physical inspection of the aircraft, engine, part, or article
Commercial negotiation of price, reserves, warranty, or lease terms
Regulatory submissions or approvals made on behalf of the applicant

Specific to this review

A PSAC can fail early even when software work is strong if the planned evidence is not explicit.
Tool qualification is reviewed where tool output affects verification credit.
The checklist links software level, objectives, independence, and data deliverables in one pass.
The scope uses the PSAC Submission Completeness Checklist question as the control point, so the review stays tied to finalizing a PSAC for submission and the buyer decision behind it.
The evidence starts with For this item, PSAC draft and revision history and follows Item Lifecycle Data Readiness references until every exception has a source location and a reason code.
The finding logic separates missing paperwork, conflicting status, stale revision data, and unsupported disposition because each class closes through a different owner.
The timing matters for Software certification lead: the output is useful only if the unresolved items are visible before acceptance, submittal, handback, or negotiation pressure fixes the sequence.
The boundary control keeps Plan Software Aspects Certification questions in the records or certification lane and sends technical acceptance issues to the authorized people who own them.
The handoff value comes from For this item, PSAC submission discrepancy register with source-page references; it gives the next reviewer a precise map instead of another broad request for a better file.
The source discipline is stricter on this page than on a general audit because the claim being tested is Verify a PSAC is complete and defensible before submission to the authority..

Sources

DO-178C - Software Considerations in Airborne Systems and Equipment Certification

RTCA. Objectives and lifecycle data for airborne software assurance, by design assurance level (DAL A-E).

ARP4761A - Guidelines and Methods for Conducting the Safety Assessment Process

SAE International. Safety assessment methods (FHA, PSSA, SSA, FTA, FMEA) supporting development assurance level assignment.

ARP4754B - Guidelines for Development of Civil Aircraft and Systems

SAE International. Development assurance process at aircraft and system level, including requirements capture and validation.

Frequently asked questions

What makes this checklists review different from a general file audit?

The scope is tied to psac submission completeness checklist and to the decision named in the request. A general audit can list weak records; this pass ranks the gaps by whether they block finalizing a psac for submission or can be closed later without changing the decision.

What evidence has to be available before this work starts?

The starting point is for this item, psac draft and revision history, the current status source, and any index or matrix that tells reviewers where the supporting artifact should live. Missing inputs are logged as findings rather than filled with assumptions.

Who decides whether an open item is acceptable?

The review explains what the evidence supports and gives software certification lead a closure path. Acceptance remains with the buyer, operator, authority, delegated engineer, or authorized person responsible for the underlying airworthiness or certification decision.

Relevant glossary terms

Plan for Software Aspects of Certification (PSAC)Software Level Development Assurance Level (DAL)Means of Compliance Selection Tool Qualification Level (TQL)Independence in Software Verification Continued Airworthiness (Continuing Airworthiness)Release Paperwork, FAA 8130-3, EASA Form 1, TCCA Form One

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