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Special Airworthiness Certificates Regulations & Policies

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Learning Objective (Index)

• Learning Objective (Index)
• Aircraft Documents
• ARROW-PECM
• Aircraft Inspections
• AV1ATE
• Airworthiness Directives
• Types of Airworthiness Directives
• Issuance of Airworthiness Directives
• Airworthiness Directive Compliance
• ADs Records (FAR 91.417)
• Required VFR Day + Night Equipment
• Inoperative Equipment
• Minimum Equipment List (MEL)
• AC 91-67 Minimum Equipment Requirements for General Aviation Operations Under FAR PART 91
• Can We Fly With Inoperative Equipment On Our Aircraft?
• Inop Equipment Not Required
• Inop Equipment Required
• Special Flight Permit or Ferry Permit
• Reasons For Request a Special Flight Permit
• Which Information Do You Need to Provide to Request a Special Flight Permit? 14 CFR 21.199

Aircraft Documents

The airplane must have he following documents on-board for any and all flight operations

ARROW-PECM

1. Airworthiness Certificate (FAR 91.203)
1. Must contain the aircraft’s serial number
2. Must be in view for all passengers and crew
3. Does not expire
2. Registration Certificate (14 CFR 48.100)
1. Identifies the owner of the aircraft
2. Expire when (730FTDUC)
1. 7 Years
2. 30 days after death
3. Foreign registry (Change to another country)
4. Transfer of ownership (If the airplane is sold)
5. Destroyed
6. USA Citizenship Revoked
7. Cancelled
3. Radio Station License
1. Only required for international flights
2. Are issued by the FCC Federal Communications Commission
3. Aircraft and Pilot Must have this license
4. Operating Handbook (POH)
1. Must be FAA Approved
2. Cannot be missing pages
5. Weight and Balance data sheet
1. Must be current
6. Placards
7. External Data Plate
1. Must be fireproof plate
2. Must be in a place where it is not likely to be destroyed or lost in an aircraft accident
3. Must be on the rear most entrance door or fuselage near the tail surface
4. Contains the aircraft’s serial number
8. Compass Card
1. Must be near to the Magnetic Compass
9. Markings

Aircraft Inspections

Aircraft are required to undergo the following routine maintenance inspection to remain airworthy

AV1ATE

1. Annual Inspection (12 Calendar Months) (FAR 91.409a)
1. Required for all Aircraft
2. Must be signed off by a Mechanic with an Inspection Authorization (IA)
2. 100h Inspection (FAR 91.409b)
1. Aircraft for Hire
2. Time in service is generally calculated with the Tachometer
3. The 100 hour may be exceeded by no more than 10 hours for the sole purpose of flying to a location where the inspection can be completed
3. VOR Inspection (30 Days) (FAR 91.171)
1. IFR Only
4. Altimeter - Pitot-Static system and Encoder Inspection (24 Calendar Months) (FAR 91.411)
1. IFR Only
2. The test must be conducted by
1. The manufacturer of the aircraft
2. A certificated repair station
3. A certificated mechanic with an airframe rating (Static pressure system test and inspections only)
5. Transponder Inspection (24 Calendar Months) (FAR 91.413)
1. Must be tested and inspected:
1. Within the previous 24 calendar months
2. After installation
3. Maintenance where data correspondence error could be introduced
2. Test conducted by
1. Certificated repair station
2. A holder of a continuous airworthiness maintenance program
3. The manufacture of the aircraft if that transponder was installed by that manufacture
6. ELT Emergency Locator Transmitter Functional and Battery Check (12 Calendar Months) (FAR 91.207)
1. Must be replaced or recharged if the transmitter has been used for more than one hour of cumulative use
2. Must be replaced or recharged if 50% of its useful battery life has expired

Types of ELT’s

• 121.5 Mhz:
• VHF
• Not very reliable
• There is no more production or importations so make more expensive the maintenance
• 406 Mhz:
• Satelite
• Very reliable for search and rescue
• Cheaper maintenance
• Can be activate from the cockpit

Airworthiness Directives

ADs are legally enforceable regulations issued by the FAA in accordance with 14 CFR part 39 to correct an unsafe condition in an aircraft, engine, propeller or appliance (AC 39-7)

Types of Airworthiness Directives

Are 3 types of ADs depending on the urgency

1. Standard AD Process
1. Notice of Proposed Rule Making (NPRM) followed by a Final Rule
2. Final Rule
2. Emergency AD
1. An immediate adoption of a rule to correct an unsafe condition
3. Superseded AD
1. When a new AD replace an old AD

Issuance of Airworthiness Directives

• The FAA will issue ADs when
• An unsafe condition exists in a product
• The condition is likely to exist or develop in other products of the same type design
• Are published in the following web page

Airworthiness Directives (ADs)

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• ADs may also have intervals
• One-time AD
• Recurring AD
• Not Applicable AD

Airworthiness Directive Compliance

• All ADs are mandatory
• An aircraft cannot overfly an AD
• Usually require an inspection or condition and limitation you must comply with

ADs Records (FAR 91.417)

• Method of compliance
• AD number and revision date
• Date and time when due again, if recurring
• Certified mechanic’s signature
• Type of certificate
• Certificate number of the repair station or mechanical performing the work

Required VFR Day + Night Equipment

The list of all the instruments that must be installed and operational for an aircraft to fly VFR during Day

Inoperative Equipment

Minimum Equipment List (MEL)

Is a specific inoperative equipment document for a particular make and model aircraft by serial and registration number

• If the inoperative equipment is listed in the MEL, you are able to fly
• The operator of the aircraft request the MEL for a specific aircraft
• When the operator have a letter of authorization issued by the FAA, then the use of the MEL becomes mandatory for that aircraft
• The FAA approved MEL becomes the primary guidance for inoperative equipment
• The MEL must be on board the aircraft during each operation

AC 91-67 Minimum Equipment Requirements for General Aviation Operations Under FAR PART 91

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Can We Fly With Inoperative Equipment On Our Aircraft?

There are some steps to follow when we have an inoperative equipment in our aircraft

Special Flight Permit or Ferry Permit

If an aircraft have any problem with any required equipment in order to be airworthy and you are located in an airport with no maintenance service, you can ask to your nearest Flight Standards District Offices FSDO for a Special Flight Permit to an airport with maintenance service

Reasons For Request a Special Flight Permit

• Flying the aircraft to a base where repairs, alterations, or maintenance are to be performed, or to a point of storage.
• Delivering or exporting the aircraft.
• Production flight testing new production aircraft.
• Evacuating aircraft from areas of impending danger.
• Conducting customer demonstration flights in new production aircraft that have satisfactorily completed production flight tests.
• A special flight permit may also be issued to authorize the operation of an aircraft at a weight in excess of its maximum certificated takeoff weight for flight beyond the normal range over water, or over land areas where adequate landing facilities or appropriate fuel is not available.

Which Information Do You Need to Provide to Request a Special Flight Permit? 14 CFR 21.199

1. The purpose of the flight.
2. The proposed itinerary.
3. The crew required to operate the aircraft and its equipment, e.g., pilot, co- pilot, navigator, etc.
4. The ways, if any, in which the aircraft does not comply with the applicable airworthiness requirements.
5. Any restriction the applicant considers necessary for safe operation of the aircraft.
6. Any other information considered necessary by the Administrator for the purpose of prescribing operating limitations.
7. The Administrator may make or require the applicant to make appropriate inspections or tests necessary for safety.