Aircraft Maintenance Requirements Flashcards
What are the required tests and inspections to be performed on an aircraft? Include inspections for IFR.
A Annual inspection
A AD’s and life-limited parts complied with
V VOR Equipment check every 30 days (for IFR ops)
1 100-hour inspection, if used for hire or flight instruction in aircraft CFI provides
A Altimeter, Altitude equipment, and static pressure systems tested and inspected (for IFR ops) every 24 calendar months
T Transponder tests and inspections, every 24 calendar months
E Emergency locator transmitter, operation and battery condition inspected every 12 months
What is an “annual” inspection and which aircraft are required to have annual inspections?
is a complete inspection of an aircraft and engine, required by the regulations By and AP Mechanic Holding an Inspection Authorization certificate.
What aircraft are required to have 100-hour inspections?
a. under 12,500 pounds used to carry passengers
b. Aircraft used for flight instruction for hire,
If an aircraft is operated for hire, is it required to have a 100-hour inspection as well as an annual inspection?
Yes; if an aircraft is operated for hire, it must have a 100-hour inspection as well as an annual inspection when due. If not operated for hire, it must have an annual inspection only.
If an aircraft has been on a schedule of inspection every 100 hours, under what condition may it continue to operate beyond the 100 hours without a new inspection?
by not more than 10 hours while en route to a place where the inspection can be done.
If the annual inspection date has passed, can an aircraft be operated to a location where the inspection can be performed?
An aircraft overdue for an annual inspection may be operated under a Special Flight Permit issued by the FAA for the purpose of flying the aircraft to a location where the annual inspection can be performed. However, all applicable ADs that are due must be complied with before the flight.
What are “Special Flight Permits,” and when are they necessary?
a. Flying an aircraft to a base where repairs, alterations or maintenance are to be performed, or to a point of storage.
b. Delivering or exporting an aircraft.
c. Production flight testing new-production aircraft.
d. Evacuating aircraft from areas of impending danger. e. Conducting customer demonstration flights in new-production aircraft that have satisfactorily completed production flight tests.
How are Special Flight Permits obtained?
local FSDO or Designated Airworthiness Representative
After aircraft inspections have been made and defects have been repaired, who is responsible for determining that the aircraft is in an airworthy condition?
The pilot-in-command
What regulations apply concerning the operation of an aircraft that has had alterations or repairs that may substantially affect its operation in flight?
a. flies the aircraft;
b. makes an operational check of the maintenance performed or alteration made; and
c. logs the flight in the aircraft records.
Can a pilot legally conduct flight operations with known inoperative equipment on board? (14 CFR 91.213, AC 91-67)
Yes, under specific conditions.
a. with Minimum Equipment List (MEL) under 14 CFR §91.213(a)
b without a MEL under 14 CFR §91.213(d)
During the preflight inspection in an aircraft that doesn’t have a MEL, you notice that an instrument or equipment item is inoperative. Describe how you will determine if the aircraft is still airworthy for flight.
Are the inoperative instruments or equipment :
a. required for VFR-day type certification?
b. listed as “Required” on the aircraft’s equipment list or “Kinds of Operations Equipment List (KOEL)”
c. Are the inoperative instruments or equipment required by 14 CFR §91.205, §91.207, or any other rule of 14 CFR Part 91 for the specific kind of flight operation being conducted (e.g., VFR, IFR, day, night)?
d. required to be operational by AD ?
If the answer is “Yes” to any of these questions, the aircraft is not airworthy and maintenance is required before I can fly.
If the answer is “No” to all of these questions, then the inoperative instruments or equipment must be removed (by an A&P) from the aircraft or be deactivated and placarded “Inoperative.”
What is a Kinds of Operations Equipment List (KOEL)?
A Kinds of Operations Equipment List (KOEL) identifies the systems and equipment upon which type certification for each kind of operation was predicated (i.e., day or night VFR, day or night IFR, icing conditions) and which must be installed and operable for the particular kind of operation indicated. The KOEL is located in the Limitations section of the FAA-approved airplane flight manual.
What are Minimum Equipment Lists?
A precise listing of instruments, equipment and procedures that ALLOWS an aircraft to be operated under specific conditions with inoperative equipment. Tells you exactly what to do and how long you can do it for. A MEL is not the same as the equipment list
What instruments and equipment are required for VFR day flight?
A nticollision light system T achometer O il pressure gauge M anifold pressure gauge A ltimeter T emperature gauge O il temperature gauge for each air-cooled engine F uel gauge F lotation gear L anding gear position indicator A irspeed indicator M agnetic direction indicator E mergency locator transmitter S afety belts
