Maintenance Requirements Flashcards
Required tests and inspections including IFR
A - Annual inspection (preceding 12 calendar months)
A - Airworthiness directives and life limited parts
V - VOR every 30 days for IFR
1 - 100 hour inspection if used for hire or instruction in an aircraft CFI provides
A - Altimeter - altitude reporting equipment and static pressure system every 24 calendar months for IFR
T - Transponder - every 23 calendar months
E - ELT inspected every 12 calendar months
What is an annual inspection and which aircraft are required to get one?
complete inspection of the plane and engine every 12 cal months on all certified aircraft - only an A&P tech holding an inspection authorization can conduct
What aircraft are required to get a 100 hour?
all under 12,500 lbs expect turbo jet and turbo prop multi engine used to carry pax for hire
instruction airplanes when provided by the person giving the instruction
If an aircraft is operated for hire, is it required to have a 100 hour inspection as well as an annual?
Yes; if for hire, musth ave 100 hour as well as annual. If not for hire, only annual necessary
Can you exceed 100 hours?
yes but only for 10 hours to get the plane to a place where it can be performed. This eats into your next 100 hours (becomes as low as 90)
Can you exceed your annual date?
Yes but you need a Special Flight Permit from the FSDO and only for the purpose of going to get your annual - all ADs must be complied with prior to the flight
Engine has exceeded its TBO (Time between overhaul) - legal to fly?
Yes but it is not so smart.
For 121 or 135 it is a required
What is a special flight permit and when are they necessary?
Issued if your plane is not 100% airworthy but capable of safe flight.
a. to get repairs/alterations/storage
b. delivering or exporting an aircraft
c. production flight testing new production aircraft
d. evacuating aircraft from impending danger
e. customer demonstration flights in new production aircraft that have completed production flight tests
What regs apply concerning the operation of a plane that has had alterations or repairs that may substantially affect operation?
No one may operate or carry pax in any plane that has undergone any work that may have appreciably changed its flight characteristics or affected its operation in flight until an appropriately rated pilot with at least a PPL:
a. flies it
b. makes an operational check of the mx performed or alteration made
c. logs the flight in the aircraft records
Can you legally conduct flight with known inop equipment?
yes but…
a. equipment in question cannot be on the minimum equipment list (MEL)
b. Operation of an aircraft without a MEL
Your plan has no MEL - you notice an instrument/equipment is inop. What do?
I will ask myself…
a. Is it required for day VFR flight?
b. is it listed as required on the Kinds of Operations Equipment Lost (KOEL) for the kind of flight being done?
c. Are they required by 91.205, 91.207, or any other part 91 rule for the specific kind of operation (VFR, IFR, day, night)
d. are they part of an AD?
yes to any - do not fly
no to all - okay but you must remove the equipment by an A&P or be placarded as INOP
What is a Kinds of Operations Equipment List (KOEL)?
identifies the systems and equipment upon which type certifciation for each kind of operation was predicated and which must be installed and operable for that operation. Listed in the POH/AFM
What is a minimum equipment list (MEL)?
preceise listing of instruments , equipment, and procedures that allows an aircraft to be operated under specific conditions with INOP equipment. Specific to make & model. This is FAA approved for acceptable level of safe flight
Day VFR required equipment
A - anti-collision lights (aviation red or white)
T - tach for each engine
O - oil pressure gauge for each engine
M - Manifold pressure gauge
A - altimeter
T - temperature gauge for each liquid cooled engine
O - oil temp gauge for air cooled engines
F - fuel gauge
F - floatation gear if operated for hire over water beyond power off gliding distance to shore
L - landing gear position indicator
A - airspeed indicator
M - magnetic compass
E - ELT
S - Safety belts
Night VFR
F - fuses - one spare set or one of each kind
L - landing light if for hire
A - anti-collision lights
P - position lights
S - source of electricity adequate for all installed electrical and radio equip
