Flight School Maintenance Part 141 Aircraft and Maintenance Requirements

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Flight School MaintenancePart 141 Aircraft and
Maintenance Requirements

• Aircraft and Equipment
• Maintenance Requirements
• Procedures for Maintaining Airworthiness
• Maintenance Training Requirements
• Line and Service Personnel Requirements

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141.39 Aircraft.

• Each aircraft used flight training and solo
  flights must
• (a) Be registered as a civil aircraft in the
  United States
• (b) Be certificated with a standard airworthiness
  certificate or a primary airworthiness
  certificate
• (c) Be maintained and inspected according to the
  requirements under subpart E of part 91 of this
  chapter that apply to aircraft operated for hire

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141.39 Aircraft. (continued)

• (e) Each aircraft used in a course involving
  IFR en route operations and instrument approaches
  must be equipped and maintained for IFR
  operations. For training in the control and
  precision maneuvering of an aircraft by reference
  to instruments, the aircraft may be equipped as
  provided in the approved course of training.

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141.75 Aircraft requirements.

• The following items must be carried on each
  aircraft used for flight training and solo
  flights
• (a) A pre-takeoff and pre-landing checklist
  and
• (b) The operator's handbook for the aircraft,
  if one is furnished by the manufacturer, or
  copies of the handbook if furnished to each
  student using the aircraft.
• NOTE This is in addition to the AFM or RFM
  required by 91.9(b).

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141.89 Maintenance of personnel, facilities, and
equipment.

• The school may not provide training unless
• (a) Each aircraft necessary for that training
  meets the standards specified in the holder's
  approved training course outline and the
  appropriate requirements of this part.

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141.93 Enrollment Events.

• (a) Upon enrollment, the school must furnish a
  student with a copy of the following
• (3) The safety procedures and practices
• developed by the school
• And that describe the operation of its aircraft.
• Those procedures and practices shall include
  training on at least the following information--
• (v) Aircraft discrepancies and approval for
  return-to-service determinations.

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141.33 Personnel.

• (a) A school must meet the following personnel
  requirements
• (2) If the school employs dispatchers, aircraft
  handlers, and line and service personnel, then it
  must instruct those persons in the procedures and
  responsibilities of their employment.

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Airworthiness Maintenance Control Practices
Procedures

• System to show the status of inspections and
  other required maintenance 91.7, 141.39, 141.89
• System to identify and record mechanical
  irregularities and defects 91.7, 91.203,
  91.405, 141.39, 141.89, 141.93(a)(3)(v)

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Airworthiness Maintenance Control Practices
Procedures

• System to show what equipment is required for
  placarding or MEL procedures91.213
• System to record action taken and approval for
  return to service after maintenance. 43.9,
  43.11, 91.213, 91.407
• System for keeping Maintenance Records 91.417

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Airworthiness Maintenance Control Practices
Procedures

• Instructions for dispatchers, aircraft handlers,
  line, and service personnel in the procedures and
  responsibilities of their employment.
  141.33(a)(2).
• Training for students on the schools safety
  procedures including aircraft discrepancies and
  approval for return to service.141.93(a)(3)(v)

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Airworthiness Maintenance Control Practices
Procedures

• Examples of Forms and Procedures
• AML-2 Aircraft Maintenance Status
• AML-1 Aircraft Maintenance Log
• DMI-1 Deferred Maintenance Log for use with MEL
• DISP-1 Flight Schedulers Daily Aircraft Listing
  and Status Record.

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Flight School Maintenance

• Practical Test Standards What a Private Pilot
  Should Know About Aircraft Maintenance.
• Review 91 and 43 Airworthiness and Maintenance
  Rules
• Review Operations With Inoperative Equipment
• 141 Maintenance Rules for Flight Schools
• Maintenance Practices and Procedures