General: Maintenance Forms & Records 🔊

Question 1

What is the definition of airworthy and where can it be found?

Answer 1

The aircraft conforms to its type design and is safe for operation. Title 14 CFR Part 3

Question 2

What is the definition of “time in service” with respect to maintenance time records?

Answer 2

The time from the moment an aircraft leaves the surface of the earth until it touches down at the next point of landing

Question 3

What are the record requirements after performing a 100 hour inspection?

Answer 3

1. Description of work performed
2. Date of Inspection
3. Name of the person performing the work
4. Signature, cert number, and type of cert

Question 4

What are the record requirements after compliance with a 100 hour inspection?

Answer 4

1. Type of inspection
2. Date and acft total time
3. Signature, cert number, and type of cert
4. “I certify” statement

Question 5

What are the record requirements after compliance with an Airworthiness Directive (AD)?

Answer 5

1. Method of compliance
2. AD number and revision date
3. Acft total time, date and acft time/when next action is required
4. Date, signature, and cert number (Approving person)

Question 6

Where should the description of major repair or major alteration be recorded?

Answer 6

Correct logbook and an FAA Form 337

Question 7

What is the disposition of the two FAA Form 337s after they are completed?

Answer 7

One copy to the owner and one to the FAA (Flight Standards District Office)

Question 8

What regulation authorizes a certificated mechanic with an IA to approve or disapprove major repair or alterations?

Answer 8

Title 14 CFR Part 65.95

Question 9

Who is required to make the entry in the aircraft’s records after a 100 hour inspection has been performed?

Answer 9

Appropriately rated mechanic who performed the work

Question 10

How long must the record of a 100 hour inspection be retained by the owner/operator?

Answer 10

Until work is repeated or superseded or for 1 year

Question 11

Where can a mechanic find the required data for 100 hour inspection maintenance record entry?

Answer 11

Title 14 CFR Part 43.11

Question 12

What is the minimum scope and detail that the checklist must contain when performing a 100 hour inspection?

Answer 12

At least the items covered in Title 14 CFR Part 43, Appendix D

Question 13

Where is the 100 hour inspection recorded?

Answer 13

Maintenance record of applicable equipment logbook

Question 14

When must an inspection entry contain the aircraft total time?

Answer 14

Inspection entries and ADs

Question 15

When an aircraft is sold, what is done with the aircraft records containing the status of ADs?

Answer 15

All AD status records must be transferred to the owner at the time of sale

Question 16

What type of maintenance record entry is required when an inspection under FAR 91.417 is made to a large airplane or a turbine engine-powered multiengine airplane and defects are found?

Answer 16

Name of inspection and a signed/dated list of defects to the owner

Question 17

Who may make a maintenance record entry for approval for return to service after a progressive inspection is performed?

Answer 17

Airframe repair station, inspection authorization, or the manufacturer

Question 18

What are the required entries in a new maintenance record for an engine that has been rebuilt and granted zero time by the manufacturer or by an agency approved by the manufacturer?

Answer 18

1. Signed statement with the date of rebuild
2. Each change made as required by AD
3. Each change made in compliance with the manufacturer’s service bulletin if specifically required in the SB

Question 19

What is an AD summary?

Answer 19

A list of Airworthiness Directives that apply to a specific aircraft

Question 20

What are AD frequencies?

Answer 20

Updates are issued biweekly

Question 21

Who is authorized to perform an annual inspection?

Answer 21

An inspection authorization

Question 22

Can a certificated A&P mechanic supervise an unlicensed person performing a 100 hour inspection?

Answer 22

No

Question 23

What is meant by a progressive inspection?

Answer 23

Break up an annual/100 hour inspection into scheduled segments to limit downtime

Question 24

Who is authorized to rebuild and grant an aircraft engine zero time in the maintenance records?

Answer 24

The manufacturer or an authorized representative of the manufacturer

Question 25

What is ATA 100 system?

Answer 25

Numbering system designed to standardize technical data

Question 26

How long do you keep temporary maintenance records?

Answer 26

Until maintenance is repeated or superseded or for 1 year