Flashcards on Essential Aircraft Maintenance Records

Essential Aircraft Maintenance Records: A Student's Guide

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What is the definition of "Time in Service" for maintenance time records?

The time from the moment an aircraft leaves the surface of the earth until it touches it at the next point of landing.

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Aircraft Maintenance Records

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Question: What is the definition of "Time in Service" for maintenance time records?

Answer: The time from the moment an aircraft leaves the surface of the earth until it touches it at the next point of landing.

Card 2

Question: What must be recorded when returning an aircraft to service after a 100‑hour inspection?

Answer: An entry describing the type and extent of inspection, the date, the aircraft total time in service, and the signature, certificate number, and rating

Card 3

Question: What brief information summarizes the required maintenance record entry after a 100‑hour inspection?

Answer: Type of inspection, date, aircraft time in service, signature, and certificate number of the person who performed/approved it.

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Question: Who is required to make the entry in the aircraft records after a 100‑hour inspection?

Answer: The person performing the work.

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Question: How long must the record of a 100‑hour inspection be retained by the owner or operator?

Answer: Until the work is repeated or superseded by other work, or for one year after the 100‑hour inspection was performed.

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Question: What must be recorded after compliance with an Airworthiness Directive (AD)?

Answer: An entry stating the AD has been complied with, including the AD number and revision date, date of compliance, aircraft total time in service, method

Card 7

Question: Where should the description of a major repair or major alteration be recorded?

Answer: On an FAA Form 337, which then becomes part of the maintenance records.

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Question: What must be done with completed FAA Form 337 copies?

Answer: Give one signed copy to the aircraft owner and one copy to the FAA.

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Question: When an aircraft is sold, what happens to the aircraft records that contain the current list of Airworthiness Directives?

Answer: They are transferred to the purchaser at the time of the sale.