Airworthiness Requirements Flashcards
What documents are required to be on the aircraft at all times?
AROW Airworthiness Certificate Registration Certificate Operating Limits Weight and Balance
G1000 Manual
What is an airworthiness certificate
It certifies that the specific aircraft meets the minimum design and manufacturing requirements for safe operation. The aircraft must always meet the original specs of the Airworthiness certificate to remain compliant and legally operable.
When does an airworthiness certificate expire?
The certificate remains effective so long as the maintenance checks and safety directives are complied with and the aircraft is shown to conform to its original type design.
Where must the airworthiness certificate be located?
At the entrance or front of the cockpit, so as to be visible for passengers and/or crew.
How does a pilot ensure an aircraft is conforming to its original type certificate?
It verifies that all maintenance checks and alterations have been logged appropriately in the logs.
What is an airworthiness directive?
A directive that is sent out by the FAA regarding a needed repair or alteration with an aircraft. This must be complied with in order to maintain airworthiness.
Describe the difference between an Aircraft Registration Certificate and its Airworthiness Certificate
Before a plane can be legally flown, it must be registered in the FAA Aircraft Registry. This registration must be in the cockpit at all times.
When does an aircraft registration expire?
The registration is good to the last day of the month, three years after its original issuance.
Name several markings and placards found in the airplane?
Placards: VA Speed, Fuel quantity indication, Magnetic deviation
What are the maintenance requirements of an aircraft?
AAV1ATE Annual Airworthiness Directives complied with VOR Equipment 100 Hour inspection (for commercial operations) Transponder (Every 24 months) Gyros (Every 24 months) ELT (every year or if at half-battery or run for a continuous hour)
When can an aircraft be flown with known inoperative equipment?
When there is a MEL and that item is not included or if there is not an MEL, the item does not required for VFR Day operations or as listed a requirement on an AD.
What instruments are required for Day VFR Flight (DA 40)
Altimeter Tachometer Oil pressure gauge Magnetic compass Airspeed Indicator Temperature gauge for engine Oil temperature gauge Fuel quantity gauge Fuel flow gauge Manifold pressure gauge ELT Seatbelts Integrated Engine Instrument Stall warning horn Annunciator panel
What is required for night VFR flight in the DA 40?
Landing light Headset Transponder VOR Receiver VHF Radio OAT Indicator Directional Gyro VSI Attitude Gyro Turn and Bank indicator Position Flashlight Strobe Instrument lighting Floodlight Essential Bus Alternate Static Pitot Heat
