Aircraft General Maintenance Flashcards
What does Workplace Safety and Health Act (WSHA) cultivate?
Good safety habits in all individuals so as to have a strong safety culture in our workplace
What is WSHA
Workplace Safety and Health Act
What is the circle effect caused by chemical (solvent) hazards?
Cut,burns,skin diseases
Hazard Identification,Risk Evaluation and Risk Control are three basic steps in…
Risk
Assessment
Process
(RAP)
Struck with a mallet ,the impact drivers uses cam action to impart a high amount of torque in a sharp impact to break lose a stubborn fastener.
What tool is that?
Impact drivers
Purpose of traceability records form
Tracing back all jobs previously done when the torque wrench is found out of calibration .
A good maintenance practices for maintaining the tools are ..
Clean all tools after use
Keep them in the tool boxes or trolleys
Carry out periodic inspection on the tools
Refer to the manufacturer manuals for periodic maintenance
If in doubt, ask
The aircraft number system is controlled and maintained by?
Air Transport Association 100
ATA100
ATA 100 is breakdown into 3 systems mad they are ..
Chapter
Section
Subject
A.M.M stands for
Aircraft Maintenance Manual
Which chapter to look out for if you need to know the length of the airplane?
ATA 06
Cotten pins are used in conjunction with ..
Non-locking castellation nuts
What is a circlip?
A form of retaining ring consisting of a semi-flexible metal ring with open ends which can be snapped into place , into a machined groove on a dowel ion or other part to permit rotation but to prevent lateral movement
What does the spring action of the washer (AN935) provides?
Friction to prevent loosening of the nut from vibration
How many times can a lock tab be used?
Once only
What is the purpose of wirelocking?
To prevent relative movement of structural or other critical components subjected to vibrations ,tension ,torque .
Aircraft bolts are mostly manufactured in
Class 3 medium fit
Which tool allows the user to determine the profile of the given thread and quickly categorize the thread by the shape and pitch?
Thread pitch gauges
What screws are designed to screwed into tapped holes by internal wrenching
Socket-head machine screws
What happens when aluminum is exposed to a gas containing oxygen?
A chemical reaction takes place resulting in the formation of aluminum oxide. Also known as oxidation.
How can aluminum alloy be protected?
From oxidation by the formation of an oxide film on its surface
What will happen if surface corrosion is not removed?
It will lead to pitting corrosion
What can detect inter-granular corrosion in the metal?
X ray
Corrosion occurs in the boundaries of the metal, also known as ______
Exfoliation corrosion
What will happen when exfoliation corrosion occurs?
Strength of metal is greatly reduced
What is necessary if exfoliation corrosion was detected on the metal?
Replacement of part
What is one method of preventing stress corrosion in heat-treated aluminum alloy parts?
Shot peen the surface to provide a uniformly compressive stressed surface