Lesson 1 Flashcards
(36 cards)
What is the purpose of Airworthiness Directives?
They are used to correct unsafe conditions in aircraft, engines, propellers, and appliances.
What FAA publication is used to notify aircraft owners of unsafe conditions?
Airworthiness Directives
When must an Airworthiness Directive be complied with?
The AD will include the time or period necessary for corrective action.
Where can you find a list of approved engines for use in a specific model aircraft?
On the Type-Certificate Data Sheet for the Aircraft
Where can you find Airworthiness Standards for normal, utility, and acrobatic category airplanes?
FAR PART 23
Where can you find Airworthiness Standards for transport category airplanes?
FAR PART 25
What federal regulation defines the requirements for the issue of Type Certificates?
FAR PART 21
Where would you look to find out if a specific airplane can be certified in more than one category?
On the Aircraft Specifications or Type Certificate Data Sheet
What publication is issued by airframe, engine, and component manufacturers to notify aircraft owners of design defects?
Service Bulletins
What publication contains complete instructions for maintenance of all systems and components installed in an Aircraft ?
The manufacturer’s Aircraft Maintenance Manual
What are FAA Advisory Circulars?
They are publications containing non-regulatory material of interest to the aviation public.
What is the definition of “time in service” with respect to maintenance time records?
“Time in service” means the time from the moment an aircraft leaves the surface of the earth until it touches it at the next point of landing.
What are the record requirements after compliance with a 100-hour inspection?
There must be an entry made in the maintenance records indicating the type and date of the inspection, aircraft time in service, a statement to the effect that the aircraft has been inspected in accordance with 100-hour inspection requirements and was determined to be in airworthy condition, and the signature and certificate number of the person approving the aircraft for return to service.
What are the record requirements after compliance with an Airworthiness Directive (AD)?
No specific format for the record is required. However, the record entries must show the specific number assigned to the Airworthiness Directives (AD), the date of compliance, the method of compliance, aircraft time in service, as well as the signature and certificate number of the person who complied with the AD. In addition, the records must show the current status of all applicable ADs, and must include the method of compliance.
Where should the description of a major repair or major alteration be recorded?
On an FAA Form 337, which then becomes part of the maintenance records
What is the disposition of an FAA Form 337 after it is completed?
You must give one signed copy to the aircraft owner and one copy to the local FAA Flight
Standards District Office (FSDO).
Who is required to make the entry in the aircraft records after a 100-hour inspection has been performed?
An appropriately rated certificated mechanic
How long must the record of a 100-hour inspection be retained by the owner or operator?
Until the work is repeated or superseded by other work or for one year after the 100-hour inspection was performed.
Where can a mechanic find an example of a 100-hour inspection maintenance record entry?
FAR 43.11
When an aircraft is sold, what is done with the aircraft records containing the current status of Airworthiness
Directives?
FARs require the records to be transferred to the purchaser at the time of the sale.
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?
The entry must name the kind of inspection (continuous airworthiness inspection program, approved inspection program, etc.). A signed and dated list of defects found must be given to the owner.
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?
The manufacturer or agency that grants zero time to a rebuilt engine must enter into the records a signed statement of the date the engine was rebuilt, each change made as required by Airworthiness Directives, and each change made in compliance with the manufacturer’s service bulletins if any entry requested in a bulletin.
What is an AD Summary?
A regulatory notice sent by the FAA to inform an aircraft owner of a condition that will keep his aircraft unairworthy.
What are AD frequencies?
Updates that are issued every two weeks
