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What should be done when new defects or incomplete maintenance work orders are identified during maintenance?
What should be done when new defects or incomplete maintenance work orders are identified during maintenance?
What is the maximum flight time for a component without the appropriate release certificate?
What is the maximum flight time for a component without the appropriate release certificate?
When an organisation maintains a component for its own use, what might not be necessary?
When an organisation maintains a component for its own use, what might not be necessary?
Study Notes
- An organisation that has completed maintenance work orders specified in 145.A.45 shall issue a certificate of release to service.
- A certificate of release to service shall be issued before flight at the completion of any maintenance.
- New defects or incomplete maintenance work orders identified during the maintenance shall be brought to the attention of the aircraft operator for rectification.
- If the aircraft operator declines to have such maintenance carried out, paragraph (e) is applicable.
- A certificate of release to service shall be issued at the completion of any maintenance on a component whilst off the aircraft.
- When an organisation maintains a component for its own use, CA Form 1 may not be necessary depending upon the organisation's internal release procedures defined in the exposition.
- By derogation to paragraph (a), when the organisation is unable to complete all maintenance ordered, it may issue a certificate of release to service within the approved aircraft limitations.
- By derogation to paragraph (a) and 145.A.42, when an aircraft is grounded at a location other than the main line station or main maintenance base due to the non-availability of a component with the appropriate release certificate, it is permissible to temporarily fit a component without the appropriate release certificate for a maximum of 30 flight hours or until the aircraft first returns to the main line station or main maintenance base, whichever is the sooner, subject to the aircraft operator agreement and said component having a suitable release certificate but otherwise in compliance with all applicable maintenance and operational requirements. Such components shall be removed by the above prescribed time limit unless an appropriate release certificate has been obtained in the meantime under paragraph (a) and 145.A.42.
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Test your knowledge of aircraft maintenance regulations with this quiz. Learn about the issuance of certificates of release to service, the completion of maintenance work orders, and the procedures for handling defects and incomplete maintenance work orders.
