FAA Task B: Airworthiness Requirements Flashcards
Location and expiration dates of required aircraft certificates
Airworthiness must be visible to passengers.
A: Airworthiness Certificate. Doesn’t expire as long as required maintenance is done.
R: Registration. Expires in 7 years.
R: Radio license. For pilot and plane if operating internationally.
O: Operating Limitations: In AFM/POH.
W: Weight and Balance. In AFM/POH.
Required inspections and airplane logbook documentation
A: Annual, 12 Cal. Months. We have one for propeller, engine, and airframe.
V: VOR check every 30 days for IFR.
1; 100 hour if operated for hire of flight instruction when provided by instructor.
A: Altimeter, altitude reporting and static system, 24 Cal. Months for IFR.
T: Transponder, tested and inspected 24 Cal Months
E: ELT, 12 Cal months, 1 hr cumulative use or half the batteries useful life.
Airworthiness Directives and Special Airworthiness Information Bulletins
AD’s: Regulatory, way the FAA tells people of an unsafe condition. Recurring and one time. We have a recurring wing spar AD.
SAIB: Kinda the same thing just not regulatory.
Purpose and procedure for obtaining a special flight permit
Contact your local FSDO. If the plane is unairworthy but safe. Usually you missed your annual.
Owner/Operator and pilot-in-command responsibilities
Owner is more for maintenance is up-to-date while PIC is more like preflight and check to make sure its good.
Pilot-performed preventive maintenance.
Atleast a private pilot, simple or minor preservation operations and the replacement of small standard parts not involving complex assembly operations. Example, replenishing hydraulic fluid and replacing wheel bearings and changing oil.
Equipment requirements for day and night VFR flight,
A TOMATO FLAMES
FLAPS
A: Altimeter
T: Tachometer
O: Oil pressure gauge
M: Manifold Pressure gauge
A: Airspeed indicator
T: Temperature gauge
O: Oil Temp gauge
F: Fuel Quantity Indicator
L: Landing gear position indicator
A: Anti Collision light
M: Magnetic Compass
E: ELT
S: Seatbelts
F: Fuses
L: Landing Light
A: Anti Collision lights
P: Position lights
S: Source of electrical energy
Flying with inoperative equipment
Use your MEL, KOEL to find if you can, then placard it inop, pull the breaker. 91.213
Required discrepancy records or placards
Kinds of Operation Equipment List (KOEL)
Like Day VFR, night , IFR.
Standard and special airworthiness certificates and their associated operational limitations.
Standard: White paper for aircraft in the normal and utility categories. These aircraft meet the full FAA certification requirements and are deemed safe for general operations.
Special: Pink paper for experimental and restricted aircraft. These aircraft may not meet all FAA certification requirements but are still considered safe for specific, limited operations.
Inoperative equipment discovered prior to flight.
91.213
1st: Is it part of the VFR-Day type certification?
2nd: Is it required by the KOEL?
3rd: Is it required by 91.205/7 or any other reg?
4th: Are they required by AD?
If yes to any, no fly.
If no to any, it must be placarded INOP and circuit breaker pulled.
