Airframe Inspection and Airworthiness Directives

Airframe Inspection

• Maintenance instructions from the aircraft and/or equipment manufacturer are needed for overhauling electrical equipment.
• A mechanic with the appropriate rating can repair defects and approve the aircraft after an annual inspection if it was not approved due to minor repairs
• To reach a place where a 100-hour inspection can be done, exceeding the limit is allowed if it doesn't exceed 10 flight hours.
• Approvals for radio equipment installations done through Supplemental Type Certificate data require approval by the holder of an inspection authorization.
• An individual needs both airframe and powerplant ratings, along with an inspection authorization, to conduct and approve a 100-hour inspection.
• 14 CFR Part 43 has the recommended statement for recording approval or disapproval for return to service after a 100-hour or annual inspection.

Airworthiness Directives and Inspections

• Compliance with an applicable Airworthiness Directive is mandatory and must be documented in the maintenance records.
• 14 CFR Part 91 has the operating conditions that make a 100-hour inspection mandatory.
• A mechanic with the appropriate approval can accomplish the repair, but an IA may approve the aircraft for return to service after an annual inspection and finding an unairworthy item requiring major repair
• Large airplanes and turbine-powered multiengine airplanes operated under Federal Aviation Regulation Part 91, must be inspected in accordance with an inspection program authorized under Federal Aviation Regulation Part 91, Subpart E.
• "10 hours" is the maximum time a 100-hour inspection may be extended.
• If a special permit has been issued, an aircraft due for an annual inspection may be flown.

Maintenance Forms and Records

• For aircraft under Part 91, maintenance records, alterations, preventive maintenance, 100-hour, annual, and progressive inspections must be kept for at least one year or until the work is repeated or superseded.
• A certificated airframe and powerplant mechanic can perform a 100-hour inspection, and a progressive inspection under specified circumstances.
• The signature of an authorized person on maintenance records shows approval for return to service only for the work performed satisfactorily

Aircraft Record Keeping

• For replacing several damaged heli-coils in a casting, the aircraft record entry is: Eight 1/4--20 inch standard heli-coils were replaced. The damaged inserts were extracted, the tapped holes gaged, then new inserts installed, and tangs removed
• The FAA notifies aircraft owners of unsafe conditions and prescribes the condition under which the product may continue to be operated through Airworthiness Directives.
• The maintenance record entry that best describes the action taken for a .125-inch deep dent in a straight section of 1/2 -inch aluminum alloy tubing: Dented section removed and replaced with identical new tubing flared to 37°
• Overhaul of a hydraulic pressure pump is an appliance major repair.
• In the maintenance record of the aircraft, the approving person enters: Description, date of completion, name of the person performing the work (if someone else), signature, certificate number and kind of certificate held
• The aircraft owner is responsible for upkeep of the work required maintenance record of an aircraft
• Any format that provides record continuity and includes the required information may be used for maintenance records

FAA Forms and Approved Data

• The FAA Form 337 is where you can find this entry: "Removed right wing from aircraft and remove skin from outer 6 feet. Repaired buckled spar 49 inches and in figure 8 in the manufacturer's structural repair manual No. 28-1."
• The entry for a completed 100-hour inspection is recorded in each record if separate maintenance records are kept for the airframe, powerplant(s), and propeller(s).
• The person who performs or supervises the work should prepare FAA Form 337 when it is required
• A certificated mechanic without an inspection authorization who signs the appropriate block on FAA Form 337 is certifying the work was done in accordance with the requirements of 14 CFR Part 43.
• For aircraft under part 91, the aircraft total time is required to be included only in the inspection entry.
• Data must be FAA-acceptable for approving major repairs or alternations for returning to service
• The record of compliance with Airworthiness Directives or manufacturer's service bulletins is normally indicated in the aircraft maintenance record.

Completing FAA Form 337

• The aircraft nationality and registration mark, and the date the work was accomplished is the information that should be included on the attached sheet(s) in addition to the work description of FAA Form 337, if more spaces are needed.
• Two copies is required for the disposition of completed forms after making s repair to an aircraft engine to be returned to service (FAA Form 337s is prepared), with one copy for the aircraft owner and one copy for the FAA.
• An appropriately rated mechanic and any certified repair station can correct discrepancies.
• To repair a dent in a tubular steel structure dented at a cluster, remove and replace the damaged member

Annual Inspections and Maintenance Records

• The person disapproving must provide a written notice of the defect to the owner if a defect makes the aircraft unairworthy during an annual inspection.
• Except for these discrepancies, the item inspected is airworthy when a discrepancy list is provided to an aircraft owner or operator after an inspection.
• For aircraft under part 91, aircraft total time must be recorded after satisfactorily completing inspections. Records of current status of applicable AD's, and time when recurring AD's are next due, must be transferred with the aircraft when it is sold.
• FAA Form 337 is authorized for use with U.S. registered aircraft, and foreign registered aircraft when located in the United States.
• Major repairs and major alterations are what an FAA form 337 is used to record and document.
• For actions concerning minor repairs performed on a certificated aircraft: Entries must be made in the aircraft maintenance record.
• For a person installing a product, part, or appliance on a type certificated product make sure the item's records document that the product, part, or materials meets FAA airworthiness standards.
• Make the proper entries in the aircraft's maintenance record is required before the aircraft is returned to service, if a mechanic holding an airframe an powerplant rating completes a 100-hour inspection

Major vs Minor Repairs

• Changes to the wing or to fixed or movable control surfaces which affect flutter and vibration characteristics is an airframe major repair.
• Removed and replaced the control cable and re-rigged the system is the maintenance record entry that best describes the action taken for a control cable showing approximately 20 percent wear on several of the individual outer wires at a fairlead.
• The person approving or disapproving for return so service is responsible for making the entry in the maintenance records after an annual, 100 hour, or progressive inspection.

Airworthiness and Maintenance Standards

• Airworthiness directives are issued primarily to correct an unsafe condition.
• The high end of the white arc on the airspeed instrument would be at 139 knots
• 14 CFR Part 23, provides the airworthiness standards for an airplane certificated in the normal category.
• Aircraft Specifications or Type Certificate Data Sheets specify the placards required on an aircraft.
• Aviation Maintenance Alerts provide information about aircraft problems and suggested corrective actions.

Maintenance Recording and Compliance

• Make an entry in the maintenance record of that equipment is the maintenance recording responsibility of the person complying with an Airworthiness Directive.
• Primary responsibility for compliance with Airworthiness Directives lies with the aircraft owner or operator
• The Administrator issues a Technical Standard Order.
• Check trust bearing nuts for tightness on new or newly overhauled engines at the first 50-hour inspection following installation.
• From (Check trust bearing nuts...) statement subsequent inspections on thrust bearing nuts will be made at 150 hours intervals.
• From the (valve mechanism) statement subsequent inspections of the valve mechanism will be made each 50-hour period.

Record Keeping and Type Certificate Data

• AD compliance records shall be retained, and then transferred with the aircraft when it is sold.
• Two place (number of seats), closed, sea, monoplane corresponds with Type Certificate Data designation code '2 PCSM'
• Suitability for the use of a specific propeller with a particular engine-airplane combination can be determined by reference to Aircraft Specifications or Aircraft Type Certificate Data Sheet. An aircraft Type Certificate Data Sheet contains the Location of the datum.
• Both establish a standard for the representation of technical data in maintenance manuals and divides the aircraft into numbered systems and simplify locating maintenance instructions describes the Air Transport Association of America (ATA) Specification No. 100
• Overhaul, repair, parts replacement, preservation, inspection, and preventive maintenance, includes all the regulatory definitions of 'maintenance'.

Supplemental Type Certificate and Airworthiness Directives

• Both a Supplemental Type Certificate may be issued to more than one applicant for the same design change, and an installation of an item manufactured in accordance with the Technical Standard Order system requires no further approval for installation in a particular aircraft is true.
• The maximum penalty for cheating or other unauthorized conduct when taking an FAA mechanic test is ineligibility to receive any certificate or rating for one year, and suspension or revocation of any certificate held
• 14 CFR Part 23, regulation provides information regarding instrument range markings for an airplane certificated in the normal category.
• Control surface movements, is the information generally contained in Aircraft Specifications or Type Certificate Data Sheets.
• The action required by an AD may take the 1. Inspection , 2. Part(s) replacement, 3. Design modification 4. Change in operating procedure(s) and 5. Overall change in the content, firm and disposition of the aircraft maintenance records.

Airworthiness Directives and Maintenance Regulations

• Airworthiness Directives are issued primarily to correct an unsafe condition.
• "Compliance" is what the following words are an example of statement in an AD? "Required within the next 25 hours time-in-service after the effective date of this AD, unless already accomplished
• Under the Federal Aviation Regulations, an Aviation maintenance technician is required to perform maintenance on an aircraft so that it is at least equal to its original or properly altered condition
• When performing an inspection required under part 91, 125, or 135, when a mechanic responsible for checking AD compliance.
• Control surface movements, the information is generally contained in Aircraft Specifications or Type Certificate Data Sheets.
• The issuance of an Airworthiness Certificate is governed by 14 CFR Part 21.
• Airworthiness Directives, is NOT approved data, aircraft mechanic is privileged to perform major alterations on U.S. certificated aircraft, however, the work must be done in accordance with FAA-approved technical data before the aircraft can be returned to service
• Summary of Deleted and Discontinued Aircraft Specifications, is where to find Technical information about older aircraft models, of which no more than 50 remain in service"
• Applicable Airworthiness Directives, are the technical descriptions of certificated propellers found.

Maintenance Privileges and Limitations

• Mental Stressor, any of these the following are consequences of human error, except.
• Perform and approve the work for return to service if it is a minor alteration, An airworthiness Directive requires that a propeller be altered. Certificated mechanics could.
• When we think of aviation safety in a contemporary way, human error is the starting point.
• Neither No.1 nor No.2 is true is regarding certificated mechanics (1) Certificated mechanics with an airframe rating may perform a minor repair to an airspeed indicator providing they have the necessary equipment available (2) Certificated mechanics with a powerplant rating may perform a major repair to a propeller providing they have the necessary equipment available.
• Served as a mechanic under the certificate and rating for at least 6 months, Certificated mechanic shall not exercise the privileges of the certificate and rating unless, within the preceding 24 months, the Administrator has found that the certificate holder is able to do the work or the certificate
• Restoration of the airframe to a condition for safe operation after damage or deterioration, repair perform on an airframe, shall mean
• Approve for return to service a minor alteration they have performed appropriate to the rating(s) they hold FAA certificated mechanics may.
• Appropriately rated mechanics and approved by them for return to service 100–hour inspection required by Federal Aviation Regulations for certain aircraft being operated for hire performed by
• He/she may perform airframe minor repairs and minor alterations and approve the work for return to service, but cannot perform an airframe major repair or major alteration the statement is true for a appropriately rated Mechanic regarding repairs and alterations

Maintenance Approval and Penalties

• A mechanic with a powerplant rating has the authority to approve for return to service a propeller after a 100-hour inspection.
• A certificated mechanic with a powerplant rating may perform the 100-hour inspection required by the Federal Aviation Regulations on a powerplant or any component thereof and approve and return the same to service
• Suspension or revocation of any certificate held, is the maximum penalty for falsification, alteration, or fraudulent reproduction of certificates, logbooks, reports and records title 14 of the Code of Federal Regulations
• Splicing of skin sheets described as major repair
• Util surrendered, suspended, or revoked what is the normal duration a mechanic certificate with airframe and/or powerplant ratings
• The installing person or agency, is responsible for determining that materials used in aircraft maintenance and repair are of the proper type and conform to the appropriate standards
• Preventing and managing error, many areas of aviation have shifted their focus from eliminating error to
• To allow for review of his/her application and supplementary documents, why mechanic applicant issued a temporary certificate after successful completion of the required tests
• Certified mechanics, perform minor repairs
• The replacement of a damaged engine mount with a new identical engine mount purchased from the aircraft manufacturer is considered a minor repair. 30 days, how long does holder of certificate issued under 14 CFR part 65 have to notify FAA alter any change in permanent mailing address
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Publications and Regulations

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