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Airworthiness

OBJECTIVE
  • To develop the pilot’s understanding of basic airworthiness requirements for the airplane.

ELEMENTS
  • Required instruments and equipment for day/night VFR 
  • Procedures and limitations for determining airworthiness of the airplane with inoperative instruments and equipment with and without a minimum equipment list (MEL) 
  • Requirements and procedures for obtaining a special flight permit 
  • Airworthiness directives, maintenance/ inspection requirements, compliance and appropriate records 
  • Procedures for deferring maintenance on aircraft without an approved MEL 
  • Difference between MMEL, MEL, and Kinds of Operation Equipment List 
  • How to obtain MEL/MMEL for aircraft S/N 

COMPLETION STANDARDS
  • Exhibits knowledge of the elements related to airworthiness requirements by explaining: 
  • Required instruments and equipment for day/night VFR 
  • Procedures and limitations for determining airworthiness of the airplane with inoperative instruments and equipment with and without an MEL 
  • Requirements and procedures for obtaining a special flight permit 
  • Locating and explaining: 
  • Airworthiness directives 
  • Compliance records 
  • Maintenance/inspection requirements 
  • Appropriate record keeping 

COMMON ERRORS
  • Starting aircraft document search from first entry instead of last entry 
  • Inability to determine required aircraft inspections 
  • Assuming all aircraft have MELs 
  • Not able to use Kinds of Operation Equipment List in accordance with FAA Regulations 
  • Failure to understand MEL requirement in large or turbine-powered aircraft and its relation to 91.203 (All things must work in large/turbine unless has MEL) 
  • Thinking reporting squawks is a bad thing or causing "trouble" 
  • Thinking asking to see aircraft maintenance logbooks is a bad thing or "causing trouble" 
  • Thinking that because a commercial operation or flying club gave you the keys for the aircraft, the aircraft is in compliance with all inspections. There is no "right of reliance." 

THINGS TO REMEMBER
  • ALL placards are required, no excuses for PIC 
  • Easy replacement by copying and taping missing placard from Section 2 of Aircraft POH/AFM or Type Certificate Data Sheet (TCDS) 
  • Owner/Operator PRIMARILY responsible for airworthiness 
  • Have student READ airworthiness & registration certificates 
  • INOP scenarios: transponder, one strobe light, alternator, missing baggage door placard 
  • Requiring rental outfits and flying clubs to keep aircraft in airworthy condition, have all required placards legible, and maintenance logbooks available for review is not causing trouble, it’s REQUIRED! 
  • Reporting squawks allows outfits to get those squawks repaired. Not reporting squawks can put your certificates and life in jeopardy, along with others. What about the next renter, possibly a student? 
  • What is the school’s, rental outfit’s, or flying club’s process for reporting grounding squawks? 
  • Many places have a sheet for squawks, do they have a sheet for non-squawk cosmetic items such as ink marks in the upholstery, rips in fabric, or cracked plastics? 
  • The maintenance is not complete until the mechanic’s signature on the proper entry is in the appropriate aircraft maintenance logbook. It is not okay to fly based on a phone call from the mechanic, or a conversation in which the mechanic states "it’s done" 
  • Missing compass correction card is easy FAA violation 
  • Safety of Flight Issues vs. Paperwork Issues, both grounding. 

STUDY
  • 14 CFR part 43 
  • 14 CFR part 91 
  • TCDS for training aircraft 
  • POH/AFM 
  • Airworthiness Summary (see appendix) 
  • “Pilot’s Handbook of Aeronautical Knowledge” Ch. 8 

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