Airworthiness Requirements

S.P.A.R.R.O.W.

• Supplements: manuals for extra equipment installed in the aircraft (G1000, Aspen Standby)

• Placards: markings and stickers placed in an aircraft, stating operation instructions or limitations for that aircraft. Placards are found in section 2 of the POH. If any listed is not installed, the aircraft is not airworthy.

• Airworthiness Certificate: certificate given to the aircraft when all the requirements to be airworthy are met. It does not expire but must be kept current with required inspections.

Required inspections for the Airworthiness Certificate: FAR 91.409, 411, 413, 207

A.V.I.A.T.E.S.

• Airworthiness Directives: mandatory inspections issued by the FAA when they see a problem in the aircraft. There are two types: (FAR: 39)

  • Urgent

  • Non-Urgent (2)

    • One time

    • Recurrent

• VOR : inspections done every 30 days. Required only for IFR flights.

• Inspections: (FAR 91.409)

  • 100-hour: required for aircraft for hire. Cannot be overflown unless it is taken to maintenance (+10 hours). Any time into the ten hour buffer will be deducted from the next 100-hour block. Beyond this ten hour buffer, a SFP is required. 

    • Can be performed by A&P (Airframe and Powerplant Mechanic)

    • Annual: Done every 12 calendar months. Cannot be overflown. 

• Can be performed by A&P with an IA (Inspection Authority)

• Transponder: needs to be inspected every 24 calendar months.

• ELT: needs to be inspected every 12 months, after use of one cumulative hour, or ½ of battery used. 

  • Memory aid: 12|1|.5 (emergency frequency)

• Static Pressure System: needs to be inspected every 24 calendar months.

• Registration: Required for all aircraft. A registration has a valid period and some situations of which a registration wouldn’t be valid.

7.30.F.T.D.U.C

• 7 years

• 30 days after the owner’s death

• Foreign registration 

• Transfer of ownership

• Destruction of aircraft

• US citizenship loss

• Cancellation upon request

• Radio License: Only needed if flying international. One for the pilot and the aircraft.

• Operations Manual:

• Serial number

• Tail number

• Weight and Balance

• Weight and Balance: must have the most current data.

A MEL is the Minimum Equipment List of instruments, equipment and procedures that allow the aircraft to be operated under specific conditions with inoperative equipment. 

K.T.A.A.

• Kinds of Equipment List

• Type Certificate Data Sheet

• Airworthiness Directive

• ATOMATOEFLAMES and FLAPS (FAR 91.205)

Acron does not have a MEL. Instead Acron has an Inoperative Equipment Decision Sequence Flow Chart found in the In Flight Guide available from Centrik.