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1
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What are the required tests and inspections to be .performed on an aircraft? Include inspections for IFR

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A A V 1 A T E
A - annual inspection within the preceding 12 months
A - airworthiness directives and life-limited parts compiled, as required
V - VOR equipment check every 30 days for IFR ops
1 - 100 hour inspection (if aircraft is used for hire or flight instruction)
A - Altimeter, altitude reporting equipment, and static pressure systems tested and inspected every 24 months
T - Transponder tests and inspections, every 24 months
E - Emergency locator transmitter, operation, and battery condition inspected every 12 months

2
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What is an annual inspection and which aircraft are required to have annual inspections?

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  • Complete inspection of aircraft and engine
  • Every 12 months
  • All certificated aircraft
  • only A&P technicians holding an Inspection Authorization can conduct an annual inspection
3
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What aircraft are required to have 100 hour inspections?

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  1. All aircraft under 12,500 pounds used for hire(except turbojet/turboprop multi engine airplanes and turbine rotorcraft)
  2. Flight instruction for hire
4
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If an aircraft is operated for hire, is it required to have a 100 hour inspection as well as an annual inspection?

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Yes if it is operated for hire, it needs both

5
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What is the difference between an annual inspection and a 100 hour inspection?

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The main difference is WHO is allowed to perform the inspections

  • Annual inspections- only A&P mechanics with Inspection Authorization
  • 100 hour inspections: may be performed by any A&P mechanic (no IA required)
6
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If an aircraft has been on a schedule of inspection every 100 hours, under what condition may it continue to operate beyond the 100 hours without a new inspection?

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not more than 10 hours, while en route to a place where the inspection can be done
The excess time it takes to get to the place where the plane is repaired must be included in the 100 hours

7
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If the annual inspection date has passed, can an aircraft be operated to a location where the inspection can be performed?

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Yes under a Special Flight Permit issued by the FAA for the purpose of flying the aircraft to a location where the annual inspection can be performed.
ALL applicable ADs must be compiled with before the flight.

8
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What are “Special Flight Permits” and when are they necessary?

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Issued for an aircraft that may not currently meet applicable airworthiness requirements but is capable of safe flight.

9
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What are 5 reasons “Special Flight Permits” typically issued for?

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  1. Flying an aircraft to a base where repairs, alterations or maintenance are to be performed, or to a point of storage
  2. Delivering or exporting an aircraft
  3. Production flight testing new-production aircraft
  4. Evacuating aircraft from area of danger
  5. Customer demo flights in new-production
10
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How are “Special Flight Permits” obtained?

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Necessary forms may be obtained from the local FSDO or Designated Airworthiness Representative

11
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After aircraft inspections have been made and defects have been repaired, who is responsible for determining that the aircraft is in airworthy condition?

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Pilot in command

12
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What regulations apply concerning the operation of an aircraft that has had alterations or repairs which may have substantially affected its operation in flight?

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no person may operate or carry passengers in any aircraft that has any alterations that have appreciably changed its flight characteristics until an appropriately-rated pilot with at least a private pilot certificate

1) flies the aircraft
2) Makes an operational check of the maintenance performed of alterations checked
3) Logs the flight in the aircraft records

13
Q

Can a pilot legally conduct flight operations with known inoperative equipment onboard?

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Yes, under specific conditions with
1) Approved Minimum Equipment List (MEL)
2) Letter of authorization, issued by the responsible Flight Standards office
HAVE DAVE REVIEW WITH ME

14
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What limitations apply to aircraft operations conducted using the deferral provision of 14 CFR 91.23 (d)?

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When inoperative equipment is found during preflight or prior to departure, flight should be cancelled, obtain maintenance prior to flight, or defer the item or equipment

15
Q

During the preflight inspection in an aircraft that doesn’t have a MEL, you that an instrument or equipment is inoperative. Describe how you will determine if the aircraft is still airworthy.

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I will ask myself the following questions:
1) Are the inoperative instruments or equipment part of the VFR day type certification?
2) Are the inoperative instruments or equipment listed as “Required” on the aircraft’s equipment list or “Kinds of Operations Equipment List”?
3) Are the inoperative instruments or equipment required according to the FARs? (for example, VFR, IFR, day, night)
4) Are the inoperative instruments or equipment required to be operational by an AD?
If the answer is YES to any of these, the aircraft is NOT worthy
Any inoperative equipment must be removed or deactivated from the aircraft

16
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What are the Minimum Equipment Lists?

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The MEL is a precise listing of instruments, equipment, and procedures that allows an aircraft to be operated under specific conditions with inoperative equipment.

17
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Who approves the MEL?

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FAA

18
Q

For an aircraft with an approved MEL, explain the decision sequence a pilot would use after discovering the position lights are inoperative?

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1) Pilot would make an entry in the maintenance record or discrepancy record
2) Item is then either repaired or deferred in accordance with MEL
3) Once confirmed with inoperative position lights is acceptable with the MEL, Position Lights switch is turned OFF, open the circuit breaker, and placard the position light switch as INOPERATIVE

19
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Explain the limitations that apply to aircraft operations being conducted using an MEL?

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MEL for small, non-turbine powered airplanes allows for deferral of inoperative items or equipment.
FAA considers an approved MEL to be a supplemental type certificate
Once a Letter of Authorization is issued by the FAA, then the MEL becomes mandatory for that aircraft

20
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What instruments and equipment are required for VFR day flight?

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ATOM ATO FFLAMES
A- Anticollision light system-aviation red or white for small airplanes certificated after March 11, 1996
T- Tachometer for each engine
O- Oil pressure gauge for each engine
M- Manifold pressure gauge (for each altitude engine, ie. turbo-charged)
A - Altimeter
T- Temperature gauge for each liquid-cooled engine
O- Oil temperature gauge for each air-cooled engine
F-Fuel gauge indicating the quantity in each tank
F- Flotation gear- if operated for hire over water beyond power-off gliding
L-Landing gear position indicator, if airplane has retractable gear
A- Airspeed indicator
M-Magnetic direction indicator
E- Emergency locator transmitter
S-Safety belts (and shoulder harness for each front seat in aircraft manufactured after 1978)

21
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What instruments and equipment are required for VFR night flight?

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FLAPS
F- Fuses -one spare set or three fuses of each kind required accessible to the pilot in flight
L- landing light- if the aircraft is operated for hire
A- Anticollision light system- approved aviation red or white
P- position lights (navigation lights)
S -Source of electrical energy- adequate for all installed electrical and radio equipment

22
Q

Who can perform maintenance on an aircraft?

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Any of these:
FAA-certificated A&P mechanic
A&P mechanic with Inspector authorization
FAA certificated repair station
Aircraft manufacturer
23
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Define “preventive maintenance”.

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simple or minor preservation operations and the replacement of small standard parts not involving complex assembly operations

24
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Who can perform preventive maintenance?

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Certificated pilots, excluding student pilots, sport pilots and recreational pilots

25
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Where can you find items approved for preventive maintenance?

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14 CFR Part 43, Appendix A Paragraph C

26
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What logbook entry information is required of the person performing preventive maintenance?

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Description of work
Date of completion
Pilot’s name, signature, certificate number and type of certificate held