WorksheetsAircraft Inspections
Total questions: 18
Worksheet time: 9mins
What is the overall goal of Aircraft Inspections?
Safety
Income for Aircraft Mechanics
Warranty Work for Aircraft Dealerships
Justify FAA jobs
Who is responsible for being certain an aircraft has has proper inspections?
The owner/operator
The pilot
The mechanic
The FAA
Aircraft Operations and Maintenance are governed by Title 14 of the Code of Federal Regulations are also known as
Federal Air Regulations (FAR's)
Civil Air Regulations (CAR's)
Joint Aviation Requirements (JAR Ops)
FFA rules
There are different parts of the FAR's, we will be studying
Part 91, non-commercial general aviation
Part 135 Air Carriers
Part 91K Fractional Ownership
Part 141 Flight Schools
Companies such as Netjets operate under 14 CFR
Part 91
Part 135
Part 141
Part 91K
The Flight School in our hangar operates under 14 CFR
Part 141 and 91
Part 135
Part 91K
Part 61
If Cory decides to open a business flying people where they want to go on an unscheduled basis, Cory would be operating under 14 CFR
Part 141
Part 135
Part 91
Part 91K
The rules for aircraft inspections are dictated by
The type of operations
The budget of the owner
The mechanic doing the work
The owner/operator
14 CFR Part 91 contains regulations for
general aviation
airlines
corporate and commerical
fractional ownership operations
14 CFR Part 121 applies to
airlines
general aviation
flight schools
corporate and commercial operations
Certain law enforcement aircraft are regulated under
Public Use
Part 91
Part 135
Part 121
Who is required to make maintenance manuals available for a particular aircraft?
The Manufacturer
The FAA
The NTSB
The owner/operator
The aircraft manufacturer issues
AD's (Airworthiness Directives)
SB's(Service Bulletins)
NTSB reports
Service Bulletins....
alert owner/operators to urgent/necessary maintenance
are always required to be performed
are issued by the FAA
are issued by the NTSB
Under 14 CFR Part 91
Annual inspections are required every 12 calendar months
Progressive Inspections are required
Aircraft under 12,500 lbs and used for hire must be inspected every 100 hours
Must comply with all SB's (Service Bulletins)
Tim is working at a flight school doing aircraft maintenance, the planes at the flight school are required to have...
100 hour inspections only
Annual inspections and 100 hour inspections
Progressive inspections
inspections after every 100 landings
Shaun uses a plane for aerial photography, he must
never exceed 100 hours between inspections
must have annual and 100 hour inspections
only have annual inspections
Bryce has a plane in a flight school that he owns, he has a plane at Butler County airport that has exactly 100 hours since it's last inspection, he must
have the inspection done immediately before further flight
fly the airplane to have an inspection done, but not further than 10 hours away
he does not need a 100 inspection
