1.1 General
This standard establishes requirements for performing and documenting the First Article Inspection (FAI)
1.2 Purpose
The purpose of the First Article Inspection is to give objective evidence that all engineering, design and
specification requirements are correctly understood, accounted for, verified, and recorded. The purpose of this
standard is to provide a consistent documentation requirement for aerospace components FAI.
1.3 Convention
The following convention is used in this standard.
The words ,,shall" and ,,must" indicate mandatory requirements.
The word ,,should" indicates mandatory requirements with some flexibility allowed in compliance
methodology. An organization is permitted to show that its approach meets the intent of the requirement
and this standard.
Words ,,typical", ,,example" or ,,e.g." show suggestions given for guidance only.
-- "Notes" are used for additional clarification.
DIN EN 9102:2007 Referenced Document
EN 9103 Aerospace series - Quality management systems - Variation management of key characteristics*, 2023-11-08 Update
EN 9131 Aerospace series - Quality Management Systems - Nonconformance Data Definition and Documentation
DIN EN 9102:2007 history
2023DIN EN 9102:2023-11 Aerospace series - Quality systems - First article inspection requirements; German version ASD-STAN prEN 9102:2023 / Note: Date of issue 2023-09-29*Intended as replacement for DIN EN 9102 (2016-12).
2022DIN EN 9102:2022-08 Aerospace series - Quality systems - First Article Inspection Requirement; English version prEN 9102:2022 / Note: Date of issue 2022-07-15*Intended as replacement for DIN EN 9102 (2016-12).
2016DIN EN 9102:2016-12 Aerospace series - Quality systems - First article inspection requirements; German and English version EN 9102:2015 / Note: To be replaced by DIN EN 9102 (2022-08).
1970DIN EN 9102 E:2016-03 Aerospace series - Quality systems - First article inspection requirements
2016DIN EN 9102:2016 Aerospace series - Quality systems - First article inspection requirements; German and English version EN 9102:2015
2007DIN EN 9102:2007 Aeropace series - Quality systems - First article inspection; German and English version EN 9102:2006