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title: "SPA.SET-IMC.105 SET-IMC operations approval — Part-SPA · Avioverse"
description: "To obtain a SET-IMC approval by the competent authority, the operator shall provide evidence that all the following conditions have been complied with:"
url: "https://avioverse.aero/regulations/easa/air-ops/part-spa/subpart-l/spa-set-imc-105-set-imc-operations-approval"
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# SPA.SET-IMC.105 SET-IMC operations approval

ANNEX V (Part-SPA) · Regulation (EU) No 965/2012 · EAR revision 27 Mar 2026

Official sources: [EASA Easy Access Rules (opens in a new tab)](https://www.easa.europa.eu/en/document-library/easy-access-rules/easy-access-rules-air-operations) · [EUR-Lex 2012/965 (opens in a new tab)](https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX:32012R0965)

IR Implementing rule

## SPA.SET-IMC.105 SET-IMC operations approval

To obtain a SET-IMC approval by the competent authority, the operator shall provide evidence that all the following conditions have been complied with:

(a) an acceptable level of turbine engine reliability is achieved in service by the world fleet for the particular airframe-engine combination;

(b) specific maintenance instructions and procedures to ensure the intended levels of continued airworthiness and reliability of the [aeroplane](https://avioverse.aero/glossary/easa/aeroplane) and its propulsion system have been established and included in the operator's [aircraft](https://avioverse.aero/glossary/easa/aircraft) maintenance programme in accordance with Regulation (EU) No 1321/2014, including all of the following:

(1) an engine trend monitoring programme, except for aeroplanes first issued with an individual certificate of airworthiness after 31 December 2004 that have an automatic trend monitoring system;

(2) a propulsion and associated systems' reliability programme;

(c) flight crew composition and a training/checking programme for the flight crew members involved in these operations have been established;

(d) operating procedures have been established specifying all the following:

(1) the equipment to be carried, including its operating limitations and appropriate entries in the MEL;

(2) the flight planning;

(3) the normal procedures;

(4) the contingency procedures, including procedures following a propulsion system failure, as well as forced landing procedures in all weather conditions;

(5) the monitoring and incident reporting.

(e) a safety risk assessment has been performed, including the determination of an acceptable risk period if an operator intends to make use of it.

IR — Regulation (EU) No 965/2012 · Regulation (EU) 2019/1387 · Air OPS Easy Access Rules · EAR revision 27 Mar 2026

[All rules in SUBPART L: SINGLE-ENGINED TURBINE AEROPLANE OPERATIONS AT NIGHT OR IN INSTRUMENT METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS (SET-IMC)](https://avioverse.aero/regulations/easa/air-ops/part-spa/subpart-l)

Consolidated from the EASA Easy Access Rules (revision 27 Mar 2026, extracted 2 Nov 2026) for convenience. Not the official publication — verify against the Official Journal of the European Union and the EASA publications before operational use.