Airworthiness Requirements

Question 1

What is the required equipment for
Day VFR flight?

Answer 1

(91.205)

Altimeter
Tachometer
Oil pressure gauge
Manifold pressure gauge
Airspeed indicator
Temperature gauge
Oil temperature gauge
Fuel gauge
Landing gear indicator
Anti collision lights
Magnetic compass
ELT
Safety belts

Question 2

What about Night VFR flight?

Answer 2

(91.205)

Fuses/ circuit brakers
Landing light
Anti collision lights
Position lights
Source of power

Question 3

On a C172S what equipment is not applicable from 91.205 day and night

Answer 3

Manifold Pressure gauge

Landing gear position indicator

fuses

Question 4

Who is ultimately responsible for
ensuring an aircraft is maintained in
an airworthy condition?

Answer 4

(91.7)

the owner/operator is responsible to ensure the aircraft is maintained in an airworthy condition

Question 5

When must the batteries in an ELT be replaced or recharged?

Answer 5

12 months

1hr of accumulated use

1/2 of the batteries life

Question 6

What documents are required
onboard an aircraft prior to flight?

Answer 6

Airworthiness certificate
Registration
Radio License (international)
Operating limitations
Weight and Balance

Question 7

Does the Airworthiness Certificate have an Expiration date?

Answer 7

No, as long as the aircraft is airworthy

Question 8

Does the Aircraft Registration
expire?

Answer 8

7 yrs

Question 9

What is a
Airworthiness Certificate?

Answer 9

Standard Airworthiness Certificate

Purpose: For aircraft that meet full FAA airworthiness standards.

Categories: Normal, Utility, Acrobatic, Commuter, Transport, and Manned Free Balloons.

Use: General operations like passenger and cargo transport.
Color: White.

Question 10

What is a Special Airworthiness Certificate?

Answer 10

Purpose: For aircraft with limited use or not meeting standard certification.

Categories: Experimental, Restricted, Primary, Special Flight Permits, Light-Sport.

Use: Specific operations (e.g., testing, aerial work).
Color: Pink.

Question 11

What are the required tests and inspections to be performed on an aircraft?

Answer 11

Airworthiness Directives*

V.O.R (30days IFR)

Inspections 100 / annual

Altimeter / Pitot static system (24 months IFR)

Transponder (24 months)

ELT (12months)

Service bulletins*

Question 12

Which required tests and inspections are for IFR?

Answer 12

V.O.R (30days IFR)

Altimeter / Pitot static system (24 months IFR)

Question 13

Who can do a annual inspection?

Answer 13

Airframe and power plant mechanic with an Inspection authorization

Question 14

Can you overfly a 100hr inspection?

Answer 14

Yes, up to 10 hrs

(but the hours overflown will be used for the following 100hr inspection)

Question 15

Can you overfly a Annual?

Answer 15

overflying an annual you must request a special flight permit from your local FSDO

(SFP is valid for one flight, must be inspected by a mechanic before flight, and needs to be a direct flight)

Question 16

What is a Special Flight Permit (Ferry permit)?

Answer 16

(91.213, 21.197)

A Special Flight Permit is issued when an aircraft is not airworthy but is still capable of safe flight. It is acquired from the local FAA Flight Standards District Office (FSDO).

Question 17

What are Airworthiness Directives (ADs)?

Answer 17

Airworthiness Directives are FAA-issued orders to fix known safety issues in an aircraft. They are mandatory and must be complied with to maintain airworthiness.

3 types are emergency, recurring, and one time

Question 18

What preventative maintenance can you do?

Answer 18

Appendix A, Part 43 (c)

Changing tires, oil, fuel, hydraulic fluid, and filters
Adjusting the Vertical Speed Indicator (VSI) with a screwdriver

Question 19

What are special airworthiness information bulletins (SAIB)?

Answer 19

Recommended orders to fix known issues by the manufacturer. Repairs are not mandatory only suggested.

Question 20

What are the types of ADs?

Answer 20

Emergency

Non-Emengency

(one-time, reocurring)

Question 21

What logbook entry information is
required of the person who
performed preventative
maintenance?

Answer 21

(43.9)

Description of Work

A brief description of the preventive maintenance performed.
Date

The date the work was completed.
Certificate Information

The pilot’s name, signature, and certificate number.

Type of certificate held (e.g., Private Pilot).
Approval for Return to Service

A statement indicating that the work was completed satisfactorily and the aircraft is approved for return to service.

Question 22

What is a MEL?

Answer 22

Minimum Equipment List

the equipment that are allowed to be broken and still airworthy to fly

Question 23

What is a KOEL?

Answer 23

Kinds of Equipment List

The equipment that must be operational for an aircraft to remain airworthy

Question 24

What is the difference between MEL and KOEL?

Answer 24

MEL is broken equipment and still airworthy

KOEL necessary equipment for airworthiness

Question 25

You discover INOP equipment
before your flight, what actions do you take? Describe how you determine if your aircraft is still airworthy.

Answer 25

C172S

91.205 (FAR/AIM)

MEL not applicable

KOEL (POH)

CEL (comprehensive equipment list POH)

Airworthiness Directives

TCDS (type certificate data sheet)

91.213 (FAR/AIM) for INOP steps

Question 26

When are special flight permits necessary?

Answer 26

Flying the aircraft to a base where repairs, alterations, or maintenance are to be performed, or to a point of storage. (annual inspection)

Delivering or exporting the aircraft.

Production flight testing of new production aircraft.

Evacuating aircraft from areas of impending danger.

Conducting customer demonstration flights in a new production aircraft that have satisfactory completed production flight tests.

To authorize the operation of an aircraft at a weight in excess of its maximum certificated takeoff weight.

Question 27

What is the purpose and procedure for obtaining a Special Flight Permit?

Answer 27

issued to any U.S. registered aircraft that may not currently meet applicable Airworthiness Requirements but is capable of safe flight.

The SFP will be issued by the FSDO geographically responsible for the area in which the flight is to originate.

Designated Airworthiness Representatives (DAR’s) are authorized to issue Special Flight Permits.

Question 28

What is the difference between an annual and a 100-hr inspection?

Answer 28

annual must be done by a A&P IA

100-hr can be done by a A&P (does not need an inspection authorization mechanic)

Question 29

Do all aircraft need a 100-hr
inspection?

Answer 29

Only if the plane is for compensation or hire

renting out the plane and providing a instructor

Question 30

Who is able to conduct an aircraft
annual inspection? A 100-hr
inspection?

Answer 30

annual must be done by a A&P IA

100-hr can be done by a A&P (does not need an inspection authorization mechanic)

Question 31

Can you overfly an annual or 100-hr inspection?

Answer 31

yes,

10hrs

Question 32

Can the annual or the 100-hr inspection supersede each other?

Answer 32

only annual can supersede the 100hr

Question 33

What are the oxygen requirements?

Answer 33

(91.211)

30 min of accumulated flight between 12,500 - 14,000 MSL must have supplemental oxygen

above 14,000 supplemental oxygen for crew the whole time

15,000 must be provided to the passengers

Question 34

What equipment do we not have under 91.205

Answer 34

Manifold pressure gauge

Landing gear position indication

temperature gauge (engine is not liquid cooled)